Nai Hum Bunpiang and Hua Na Nang Phia La from Ban Vat That village
Subject matter:
Buddhist chronicle
Copying date in native date:
ແຮມ 6 ຄໍ່າ ເດືອນ 12 ພ.ສ 2482
Copying date in Gregorian:
1939 December 2
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
4.8 x 59.5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
4.8 x 59.5 cm
Text block dimension:
4 x 54 cm
Number of pages:
26 pages
Number of blank pages:
7 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions about the Sangayana or Saṅgīti (the first Buddhist Council) which started three months after the passing away of the Buddha and spent for seven months in completion. The Council was organized at the Sattapanni Cave in Rajagaha, attended with 500 arahants, and supported by King Ajatasattu. The Venerable Maha Kassapa was the president of the council. Venerable Upali was chosen to answer the Vinaya rules. Venerable Ananda was chosen to recite all the discourses.
Colophon:
Folio 9 on the recto side: Nai Hum Bunpiang.
Folio 10 on the recto side: In BE 2482, on the sixth waning day of the twelfth [lunar] month, Hua Na Nang Phia La from Ban Vat That had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript to support the Teachings of the Buddha and to dedicate it to Hua Na Phia Chit who already died and has gone to the other world. If she is stuck in a place of suffering, please let her move to a good place numerous times better than previously. Dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ (Continuously).