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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00205

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628216

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:

55 x 4.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

55 x 4.4 cm

Text block dimension:

48.8 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

52 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The content tells a millionaire couple cooked rice for their breakfast. Accidentally, there were 500 individual Buddha who came from Khanthamat mountain walked for collecting alms. When the millionaire couple saw the individual Buddhas, they invited them to receive their rice. They offered all the rice to the Buddhas. The rice was also enough for the five hundred Buddhas. Thereafter, the husband was tired and slept. When he woke up, he felt very hungry. So, he asked his wife to look for rice. The wife went to see the rice pot. By the power of the individual Buddhas, the pot was full of rice. Then the wife told her husband to come and have his meal.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ທໍາມະປັດທະ (ຜູກ 13, ມັດ 13)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Dhammapada (phuk 13, mat 13)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Way of truth (fascicle 13, bundle 13)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao