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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00177

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628188

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Chomphet (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Lueng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Sao Phio; her husband

Subject matter:

Buddhist Chronicle

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

CS 1192, a kot nyi year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1830

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:

54 x 4.2 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

54 x 4.2 cm

Text block dimension:

49.2 x 4.2 cm

Number of pages:

62 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

On the way to Devadaha city, the great procession passed a garden called Lumbini Park. The beautiful park with its sala trees and scented flowers and busy birds and bees attracted Queen Sirimahamaya. Since the park was a good resting place, the queen ordered the bearers to stop for a while. As she rested underneath one of the sala trees, her birth began, and a baby boy was born. It was an auspicious day. The birth took place on a full moon which is now celebrated as Vesak, the festival of the triple event of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, in the year 623 BC.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ປະຖະມະສົມໂພດ (ຜູກ 2)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Pathama sambodhi (phuk 2)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The foremost enlightenment (fascicle 2)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao