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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0063 00067
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628078
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Chomphet (Luang Prabang)
Name of collection:
Vat Pak Lueng
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Xiang Nga; his wife
Subject matter:
Secular Chronicle
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:
56.8 x 4.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
56.8 x 4.7 cm
Text block dimension:
52.1 x 3.8 cm
Number of pages:
14 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions about Indra’s message in order to instruct the human beings in this world. The human beings should collect merit by giving alms, observing precepts, meditating, and listening to Dhamma preaching. Thirty years after the death of the Buddha, there would not have any arahants. In Sangkat (Culasakkarat) 1000, King Dhammikarat (a great righteous king, this probably means King Asoka) would support the Teachings of the Buddha and Buddhism would have flourished. After that, it would be a dark era of the era of the devil. Only the ones who follow morality would be safe.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 6 ໜ້າ 2: ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມກອງງາຍ ໝາຍມີຊຽງງາ ຜົວເມຍ ໄດ້[ພ້ອມ]ກັນສ້າງໜັງສື ຕຳນານພະຍາອິນ ຜູກນີ້ໄວ້ກັບພຸດທະທາດສາສະໜາຫໍເຮືອນ ໄວ້ໄຫວ້ນົບຄະຣົບຢຳແຢງທຸກຄ່ຳເຊົ້າວັນຄືນ ຂໍໃຫ້ພະຍາດທິໂລຄາ ຂໍໃຫ້ມີອາຍຸໝັ້ນຍືນຍາວກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ສາທຸ ສາທຸ ອະນຸໂມທາມິ. Folio 6 on the verso side: The writing of this manuscript was finished in the morning (between 7.30-9.00 o’clock). Xiang (ex-novice) Nga and his wife sponsored the making of this manuscript entitled Tamnan Phaya In, to support the Teachings of the Buddha, to be respected and worshiped in every day and nights. May I be free from all diseases, may I have longevity. Sādhu sādhu anumodhami (Amen, amen! I rejoice).

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ໜັງສືພະຍາອິນ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Naṅsü phrayā In
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The book of Indra
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Lao
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