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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00145

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628156

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Chomphet (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Lueng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Chao Hua Viangkae; his wife

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

BE 2505

Copying date in Gregorian:

1962

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 4.6 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

55.3 x 4.6 cm

Text block dimension:

47 x 3.8 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:

One time, chaos happened in the village of five millionaires. Giants entered the villages and ate the people for food. They invited the two brothers to their village to resolve the circumstance. Then the two brothers went to the village and suppressed the giants.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 26 ໜ້າ 1: ມານະວັນ 3 [ຂຶ້ນ] 14 [ເດືອນ] ຍີ່ ຕີກຸລະຍະສົກ ຍາມກອງງາຍ ໝາຍມີເຈົ້າຫົວວຽງແກ ແລະສະຫະພະຣິຍາໄດ້ສ້າງ ລຳຈັນທະຄາດ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາພະໂຄຕະມະເຈົ້າ ເທົ້າ 5 ພັນວັດສາ ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ສາທຸ ສາທຸ. Folio 26 on the recto side: On the third day of the week (Tuesday), the fourteenth day of the waxing moon of the second lunar month, tikulayasok, the writing of this manuscript was finished in the morning (between 7.30-9.00 o’clock). Chaohua Viangkae and his wife sponsored the making of this manuscript entitled Chanthakhat, to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Sādhu sādhu (Amen, amen!)

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຈັນທະຄາດ (ຜູກ 3)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Candagāt (phuk 3)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The story of Chanthakhat (fascicle 3)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao