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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00292

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518907

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Akkhavorapasitthikhamphila Setthanakkhara Itsara Hòkham Faina (king), together with the queen and his mother king, prince, princess and all royal family

Subject matter:

Suttanta doctrine

Copying date in native date:

ຂຶ້ນຄໍ່າ 1 ວັນ 3 ມື້ ກ່າເໝົ້າ ເດືອນ 11 ຈຸນລະສັງກາດ 1272, ຕົວປີ ກົດເສັດ

Copying date in Gregorian:

1910 October 4

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

5 x 55.1 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 x 55.1 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 51.2 cm

Number of pages:

14 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The first fascicle of Cundasukarika Sutta was written in Pali language begins Sukittimā subācāro susiravā supāgatassa. The text is popularly used by a monk to read in the nyot tham ceremony which is organized in a monastery or a house in order to get merit.

Colophon:

Folio 6 on the recto side: In Culasakkarat (CS) 1272, a kot set year, on the first waxing day of the eleventh [lunar] month, the third day of the week (Tuesday), a ka mao day. The writing of this manuscript had been finished in the morning between 9.00-10.30 o’clock. Akkhavorapasitthi Khamphila Setthanakkhara Itsara Hòkham Faina (king) together with the queen and his mother king, prince princess and all royal family had the ardent religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entiled Chanthasukarika sut, to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of five thousand years. Suddinaṃ vattame danaṃ nibbāna paccayo hotu no niccaṃ dhuvaṃ (This gift of mine has been properly offered. May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana, constantly and certainly.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຈຸນທະສຸກະຣິກະສູດ ຜູກຕົ້ນ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Cundasukarika Sutta, Phuk Ton

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Cundasukarika Sutta, fascicle 1

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao