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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00356

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518971

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Secular literature

Copyist:

Chao Mòm (monk) Phaeng

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.4 x 55.1 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.4 x 55.1 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 51 cm

Number of pages:

22 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

Kinnali or kinnari (a half-man and half bird creature). Once King Phommathat of Benares travelled lonely into the Himalaya forest for hunting, he saw a kinnali who was so beautiful staying with her husband, kinnala. He was suddenly fallen in love with her and wanted her to become his own wife. Thus, he shot her husband by his archer and persuaded her to become his wife. Kinnali rejected his offer. Moreover, she condemned at him as a bad man. She stayed alongside her husband and cried. When the king went away, Indra came and poured the holy water on kinnala, then he revived.

Colophon:

Folio 10 on the recto side: Chao Mòm (monk) Phaeng is the scribe, and may I share much merit please, Mae-Òk (lay women).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ກິນນະລີ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Kinnalī

Item 1 - Title in English script:

A half-man and half-bird creature

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao