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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00064

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628075

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:

54.4 x 5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

54.4 x 5 cm

Text block dimension:

45.5 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

52 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text was written in Nissaya style, and tells about an ascetic who lived in Himmaphan forest for a long. Because of his wish to come back to the human world. After death, he was reborn in the womb of the queen of Pharanasi king. His skin was like gold at birth. So his father named him Suvanna Phommathatta Kumman. When he was 15 years old, he was the successor to his father as the king of Pharanasi named King Suvanna Phommathat. The king set up the almshouses at the four corners of the city and donated a lot.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

50 ຊາດ (ມັດ 9 ຜູກ 2)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

50 jāti (mat 9, phuk 2)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

50 existences (bundle 9, fascicle 2)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao