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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00039

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628050

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Chomphet (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Lueng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Place of copying:

Vat Pak Lueng, Chomphet district

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

59.2 x 4.7 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

59.2 x 4.7 cm

Text block dimension:

52.1 x 3.8 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The content tells in the time of Kukkusantho Buddha. One occasion, the Buddha delivered a sermon to King Nanrai and his ministers and court officials. The Buddha spoke about the human body. Then the king and his followers were faithful in the Buddha asked him to accept them as his disciples. Then they asked the Buddha for the ordination. The Buddha said that you should not be ordained right now due to you did not clear up your houses, families, city, and servants. Thus the king and his followers went back to their city. After management, they went to the Buddha and were ordained as monks at the place of the Buddha.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພະກໍາພີກາຍຍະ (ຜູກ 3)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Phra kambi kāyya (phuk 3)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The scripture of the body (fascicle 3)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao