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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00465

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537093

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitto from Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan Monastery, Luang Prabang

Subject matter:

Ānisaṃsa (merit)

Copyist:

Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitto from Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan Monastery, Luang Prabang

Copying date in native date:

ຂຶ້ນ 8 ຄໍ່າວັນຈັນ ເດືອນຈຽງ ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2540 ຕົວ ປີເມິ່ງເປົ້າ

Copying date in Gregorian:

1998 January 05

Place of copying:

Vat Maha That, Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.5 x 50.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.5 x 50.3 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 x 45 cm

Number of pages:

16 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text describes the duties that a husband and a wife have to serve each other. A husband should serve his wife by: 1) honoring her; 2) being courteous to her; 3) being faithful to her; 4) handing over authority to her; and 5) providing her with ornaments. A wife should serve her husband by 1) managing household affairs in a proper way; 2) being hospitable to both her and his friends and relations; 3) being faithful to him; 4) taking care of the goods he brings home; 5) being skillful and industrial in performing all her duties.

Colophon:

Folio 8 on the recto side: In BE 2540, a moeng pao year, on the eighth day of the waxing moon of the first [lunar] month, a Monday, corresponding to 5 January AD 1998, at 9:30, the writing was finished. Pha Phui Thiracitta Thera, the abbot of Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan, Luang Prabang, had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Anisong Kan tham bun taeng ngan (the benefits derived from making merit on wedding ceremonies) to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Nibbāna paccayo hotu no anāgate kāle (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ອານິສົງບຸນແຕ່ງງານ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Ānisaṃsa Bun Taeng Ngān

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The merit derived from making merit on wedding ceremonies

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao