Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitto from Vat Maha That Monastery
Subject matter:
Ānisaṃsa (merit)
Copyist:
Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitto from Vat Maha That Monastery
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:
4.5 x 50.5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
4.5 x 50.5 cm
Text block dimension:
4.2 x 47.5 cm
Number of pages:
16 pages
Number of blank pages:
0 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Damaged
Description of manuscript content:
When Buddha was staying at Isipatana Marugadayavana in Varanasi, he talked about a poor man who was faithful and saw other people making merit (offerings) but he did not have anything to do so. One day he dug in the soil and made a stupa. He decorated the stupa with ornaments in order to worship the Triple Gem. Then he and his wife also offered food to monks. After their death, the merit derived from making the stupa supported them to be born as deities in the heaven with a castle and a lifespan for 84,000 years.
Colophon:
Folio 7 on the recto side: Thiracitta Thera (Phui Thiracitto), the abbot of Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan, and the Chao Khana Tasaeng Tai (the southern ecclesiastical head of the sub-district), Luang Prabang, were the scribe and the sponsor of the making of this manuscript.