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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00059

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628070

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Chomphet (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Lueng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Saen Boribat; his wife from Pak Lueng village

Subject matter:

Buddhist Chronicle

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

CS 1290, a poek si year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1928

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 x 5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

59 x 5 cm

Text block dimension:

55.6 x 4.1 cm

Number of pages:

60 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

In the Buddha’s time, the Lord Buddha gave his eight hairs to two merchants named Tapussa and Bhallika who were brothers. They received the hairs with the most pleasure. Then they built a stupa on the Si Khutara Mount for enshrining the Buddha’s relics of hairs in order for people and divine deities to pay respect and to worship.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພະເກສາທາດສະກຸ້ງ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Phra kesā dhātu sakung

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The hair relic at Sakung stupa

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao