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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00078

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628089

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:

57.4 x 4.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

57.4 x 4.5 cm

Text block dimension:

53.3 x 3.7 cm

Number of pages:

50 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The content tells that King Phommadata who ruled Phammadata city had two wives named Chanthadevi and Singkha. The king wished to have children.Thus he asked his wives to make merit and observe precepts in order to ask for blessings from gods, Indra and Brahma for children. Later, Queen Chanthadevi got pregnant with Bodhisatta. This made Princess Singkha envious. She accused the queen of committing adultery. Then, the king dispatched the queen in pregnancy by putting her on a raft and floated her on the Ganga River. At the time, Indra sent a goddess to be born from an opera flower. Her given name was Suvannaphimpha Khanun Ngio. Later, the king received her as his daughter and gave her a castle in the palace.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພິມພາຄະນຸນງີ້ວ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bimbā ganun ngio (phuk ton)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Princess Bimba knits her brow (fascicle 1)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao