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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0069 00006

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628323

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Pak Ou (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Mrs. Chon

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Ai Mai Sen

Subject matter:

Suttanta doctrine; Astrology

Copyist:

Ai Mai Sen

Copying date in native date:

CS 1322

Copying date in Gregorian:

1960

Place of copying:

Pak Chaek village

Script:

Tham Lue

Writing support:

Mulberry paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

26 x 24.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

21.4 x 18.2 cm

Text block dimension:

16 x 14.8 cm

Number of pages:

72 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript is a multiple-text manuscript with the texts relating to Buddhist chants, spells, talismans, astrology and traditional medicine. The contents include Vanchum vanfu (sunken days and floating days), Van xaiyadithi thang 5 (the five victorious days), Khatha chaichue (incantation of good memory), talisman for curing headache, talisman for easily giving birth of a child, incantations for getting rid of diseases, thirty perfections, verse of Unhassavisai, verse of Sakattva, Kham da phi (word for berating a spirit, and etc…

Other notes:

The manuscript is covered with a brown cotton cloth and sewn with a cotton string at the top. The writing was begun from both sides.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພັບສາລາກະຣິວິດຊາສູດ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sālākarivijcha Sutta

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Salakarivitsa Sutta

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Lao; Pali