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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00357
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518972
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan
Right to Left?:
Yes
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Rites and rituals
Begin Year Date:
1800
End Year Date:
1900
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
5.6 x 60 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
5.6 x 60 cm
Text block dimension:
3.8 x 52.5 cm
Number of pages:
12 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
Kharava Luang, the great reverence is a religious ritual of respect organizing by lay people in a temple. The text mentions before the monks will enter the rain-residence, the lay people conduct this ceremony. They worship the Triple Gem with inner and outer offerings. Inner offerings comprise of pañca khandha (the five groups of existence), their lives and practice, and outer offerings comprise of flowers, candles, incenses, nut and betel placing in front of the Triple Gem. Then they undertake to reverence for the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ຄາຣະວະຫຼວງ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Gārava Luang
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Great reverence
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali, Lao
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