This manuscript is Thūpavaṃsa explainings the history of building Buddha images that are regarded as a representative of the Buddha. To serve different benefits, construction of pagodas are constructed into different shapes and enshrine Buddha relics enshrine, accompanied with other offering-alms the Buddha representations, with different material use and shapes. such as a Buddha image and Cediya where the relics are enshrined.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in CS 1253, a ruang mao year, on the seventh waxing-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, the fifth day of the week.
May the merit derived from writing this manuscript definitely bring me to meet Metteyya Buddha in his period. May I be gifted with sharp wisdom. May this merit be transferred to my family members and my teachers. I, Novice Maṇgala, wrote the manuscript while taking care of Sawathu Cao Kruba (senior charismatic monk) Sommana at Wat Ban Hong Si Bun Rüang. I was always disturbed by high and deep tones of buffalo bells ringing while I was writing the manuscript. Although my letters are on the lines, the sizes of the letters are unstably small as hens’ eyes and big as tomcats’ eyes. I am not well-experienced in inscribing palm-leaf manuscripts. Please read it carefully. My handwriting was not beautiful because I was lazy and lost concentration by cowgirls coming around.
Other notes:
The date corresponds to 1253 Bhadrapada 7 = Thursday, 10 September 1891.