Pha Phui Thirachitto, abbot of Vat Maha That (Luang Prabang)
Subject matter:
Anisaṃsa (merit)
Copyist:
Pha Phui Thirachitto, abbot of Vat Maha That (Luang Prabang)
Copying date in native date:
BE 2517, a hap mao year
Copying date in Gregorian:
1974
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:
52.3 x 5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
52.3 x 5 cm
Text block dimension:
48.6 x 4.3 cm
Number of pages:
14 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
On one occasion, the Buddha was staying at the Jetavanna monastery along with monks. On one Uposatha day, the people of Savatthi who were faithful went to the monastery to observe Uposatha precepts and listen to the sermon by the Buddha. At night of the day, the monks and people were practicing in the darkness. There was a woman bringing a lamp, she lit it there in order to make light for the monks and people doing their practices easier. When she died, the merit of making the light supported her to be happened in Tavatimsa heaven with a crystal castle of 16 yojana height illuminating like the moonlight.
Colophon:
(1) ລານທີ່ 6 ໜ້າ 1: ພະພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2518 ປີຮັບເໝົ້າ ເດືອນ 10 ແຮມ 3 ຄ່ຳ ວັນອັງຄານ ຍາມ 13 ໂມງ 5 ນາທີ ໝາຍມີພະຜຸຍ ຖີຣະຈິດໂຕ ເຈົ້າອາທິການວັດພະມະຫາທາດ ແລະເຈົ້າຄະນະຕາແສງວັດທາດ ນະຄອນຫຼວງພະບາງ ລາວຣັດຖະ ເປັນຜູ້ສ້າງເປັນຜູ້ຂຽນ ນິບພານັງ ປາຣະມັງ ສຸກຂັງໂຫຕຸໂນ.
Folio 6 on the recto side: In the Buddhist Era (BE) 2518, a hap mao year, on the third day of the waning moon of the tenth lunar month, Tuesday, at 13.05 o’clock. Pha (monk) Phuoy Thirachitto, the abbot of Vat Phamahathat, the Head of the sub-district of Vat That, Luang Prabang, Laos. He is the scribe. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ hotu no (Nibbana is the greatest bliss, may we attain).
(2) ລານທີ່ 6 ໜ້າ 1: ໜັງສືວັດພະມະຫາທາຕຸ ຣາຊະບໍວໍຣະວິຫານ ຫຼວງພະບາງ ລາວຣັຖ.
Folio 6 on the recto side: The manuscript of Vat Phamahathat Rajabovoravihan, Luang Prabang, Laos.