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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00349

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518964

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Ānisaṃsa (merit)

Begin Year Date:

1800

End Year Date:

1900

Place of copying:

Vat That village, Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.4 x 55.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.4 x 55.3 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 x 48.5 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text mentions about the merit derived from making Thung Lek (a flag with iron sheets) and donated to a monastery in order to worship the Triple Gem. In the Buddha’s time while residing at Bupparam Vihara, the Buddha answered the questions raised by King Pasendhi Kosala about the benefits which derived from the making of various kinds of flags and donated as worship to the Triple Gem. The Buddha said “… in the time of Vipassi Buddha, there was a trouble man along with his wife had the most ardent religious faith to make a flag. They prepared a wood for using as the pole of the flag. Their flag had not been finished yet the husband suddenly died. With his faithful mind, he occurred in Tavatimsa Heaven as a divinity and possessed a lot of heavenly treasures.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສອງທຸກເຫຼັກ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sòng Dhung Lek

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Benefits derived from making a flag with iron sheets.

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao