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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00139

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628150

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Chomphet (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Lueng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Thit Thongdi; his wife; all their children

Subject matter:

Literature

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

CS 1267, a hap sai year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1905

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:

55.3 x 4.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

55.3 x 4.5 cm

Text block dimension:

50.1 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

52 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The content tells about Ai Kampha (Mr. Orphan) who had learnt the Three Vedas of the Hindu from a hermit. Before sending Ai Kampha away, the hermit gave him a bamboo bottle of honey and holy water. The honey and holy water could be cooked as food. The water had a power of rain.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສຽວສະຫວາດ (ຜູກ 10)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Siao Savat (phuk 10)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The story of Siao Savat (fascicle 10)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao