Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitto from Vat Maha That Monastery
Subject matter:
Ānisaṃsa (merit)
Copyist:
Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitto from Vat Maha That Monastery
Copying date in native date:
ຂຶ້ນ 14 ຄ່ຳ ວັນພະຫັດ ເດືອນ 5 ພ.ສ 2527
Copying date in Gregorian:
1984 April 14
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 x 51.6 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
5 x 51.6 cm
Text block dimension:
4 x 48 cm
Number of pages:
28 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The merit derived from making merit on birthday anniversaries. Being born as a human being is hard as it depends on one’s previous accumulated merit. Meeting the Buddha and having a chance to listen to his sermons are also very hard. Therefore, making merit on one’s birthday anniversary is the most auspicious and meritorious.
Colophon:
Folio 13 on the verso side: In BE 2527, on the fourteenth day of the waxing moon of the fifth [lunar] month, a Thursday, at 9:30 o’clock, Pha Phui Thiracitto from Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan, Luang Prabang, was the sponsor and the scribe of the making of this manuscript in order to support the Teachings of the Buddha. Nibbāna hotu no anāgate kāle (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana).
Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ອານິສົງເຮັດບຸນວັນເກີດ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Ānisaṃsa Het Bun Vankoet
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The merit derived from making merit on birthday anniversaries