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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00147

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628158

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:

47.1 x 3.4 cm

Number of pages:

50 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

Chanthakhat went to Khantharattha kingdom where he met Princess Kaeo Uttamathani, the daughter of the king of Khantharattha kingdom. The princess was a beautiful girl. They both fell in love, and finally they married. They had a son named Dukkata Khattiya Vongsa. Later, Chanthakhat was the successor to his father in-law and reigned Khantharattha kingdom as King Chanthakhat.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 25 ໜ້າ 1: ມານະວັນ 3 [ຂຶ້ນ] 14 [ເດືອນ] ຍີ່ ຕີກຸລະຍະສົກ ຍາມກອງງາຍ ໝາຍມີເຈົ້າຫົວວຽງແກ ແລະສະຫະພະຣິຍາ ບຸດຕະນັດຕາ ໄດ້ສ້າງຈັນທະຄາດ ລຳນີ້ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາພະເຈົ້າ ເທົ້າ 5 ພັນວັດສາ ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ. Folio 25 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). Chao Hua 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.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຈັນທະຄາດ (ຜູກ 5)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Candagāt (phuk 5)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The story of Chanthakhat (fascicle 5)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao