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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00233

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628244

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Chomphet (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Lueng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Somdet Sitthipanya

Subject matter:

Buddhist Chronicle

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

CS 1288, a hwai nyi year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1926

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:

52.2 x 4.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

52.2 x 4.5 cm

Text block dimension:

46.5 x 3.8 cm

Number of pages:

38 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The text was written in Nissaya style. The story tells about the striving for enlightenment of Ascetic Gotama. After Sujata’s meanl, Gotama went to Gaya. The ascetic received eight handfuls of glass from Brahmin Sotthiya. He sat down under a banyan tree. After sitting, he made this resolution: “Though my skin, my nerves and my bones shall waste away and my life blood go dry, I will not leave this seat until I have attained the highest wisdom, called supreme enlightenment, that leads to everlasting happiness”.

Other notes:

The left end and middle of the leaves are damaged with bites by rats. The damages affected the inscribed texts.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ປະຖະມະສົມໂພດ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Pathamasambodhi]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Primal enlightenment]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao