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 11 ຄໍ່າ ວັນຈັນ ເດືອນ 11 ພຸດທະສັກກະຣາດ 2526
Copying date in Gregorian:
1983 October 17
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:
4.8 x 51.6 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
4.8 x 51.6 cm
Text block dimension:
4.2 x 48.3 cm
Number of pages:
26 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Yanthun Thesana or Yandun (ill omen) for preaching. The text describes the virtue and power of Abhaya-paritta (the danger-free protection) explaining unlucky portents, omens, disturbing bird calls, distressing astrology and nightmares, and dissatisfaction causes. May all these be destroyed by the power of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha. Recitation and listening to the Yandun are believed as protections against all dangers. Yandun is also used for chanting to make a holy water for sprinkling at a house ceremony.
Colophon:
Folio 12 on the verso side: In BE 2526, on the eleventh day of the waxing moon of the eleventh lunar month, a Friday, at the time of forenoon horn (9:00–10:30), Pha Phui Thiracitta Thera from Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoraviharn Luang Prabang had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Nyanthun to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of five thousand years. Nibbāna paccaya hotu no (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana). This manuscript belongs to Vat Pha Maha That, Luang Prabang.