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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00516

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537144

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Thit (ex-monk) Bun and his wife, Sao Sao together with their sons and daughters

Subject matter:

Buddhist chronicle

Copying date in native date:

ອອກໃໝ່ 11 ຄໍ່າ ວັນອາທິດ ເດືອນ 12 ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2510 ຕົວ ປີເມິ່ງມົດ

Copying date in Gregorian:

1967 November 12

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 52.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.5 x 52.4 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 47.7 cm

Number of pages:

72 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text explains Sangayana or Saṅgīti (the first Buddhist Council) which started three months after the passing away of the Buddha and lasted for seven months to complete. The Council was organized at the Sattapanna Cave in Rajagaha, attended by 500 arahants and patroned by King Ajatasattu. The Venerable Maha Kassapa presided over the council. The Venerable Upali was chosen to answer the questions on the Vinaya and Venerable Ananda to recite all the Suttas (Discourses).

Colophon:

Folio 36 on the recto side: In BE 2510, a moeng mot year, on the eleventh day of the waxing moon of the twelfth [lunar] month, a Sunday, at 10:00, Thit (Mr. ex-monk) Bun together with his wife Sao (Miss) Sao and all their children had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Sangkhayana to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of five thousand years. May both of us reach the three stages of happiness with the Nirvana as the ultimate goal. May this not be ignored as it is what we desire. Nibbāna paccayo hotu no idhaṃme dhamma dānaṃ āsavak khayāvahaṃ hotu anāgate kāle (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana. Giving the gift of Dhamma is the condition [for us] to be released from defilements, forever.).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ປະຖະມະສັງຄາຍະນາ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Pathama Saṅgāyanā (Phuk Ton)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The first Buddhist Council (fascicle 1)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao