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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00530

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537158

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Sathu Nyai Phui Thiracitta Maha Thela from Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan Monastery

Subject matter:

Suttanta doctrine

Copying date in native date:

ແຮມ 8 ຄໍ່າ ວັນຈັນ ເດືອນ 8 ປະຖະມະສາດ ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2539 ຕົວ ປີຮວາຍໄຈ້

Copying date in Gregorian:

1996 July 07

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 51.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 x 51.5 cm

Text block dimension:

4.1 x 47 cm

Number of pages:

14 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Bāhuṃ or Jayamaṅgala Gāthā celebrates the triumph of the creative power of goodness over the destructive force of evil, and contains eight episodes describing how the Buddha drew on his inner power in order to triumph over external malevolent forces. The first stanza (victory over Mara); second stanza (conquering Alavaka (Yakka); third stanza (taming Naragiri (drunken elephant); forth stanza (subduing Angulimala); fifth stanza (rout of Cinca falsely accusing the Buddha); sixth stanza (vanishing Saccaka); seventh stanza (subduing Nandopananda (hostile King of Nagas); and eight stanza (conquest over Baka Brahma).

Colophon:

Folio 6 on the recto side: In BE 2539, a hwai cai year, on the eighth day of the waning moon of the eighth [lunar] month, Monday, a hwai sanga day, [the writing was finished]. Sathu Nyai (great abbot) Phui Thiracitta Thera from Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan, Luang Prabang, was the sponsor of the making of this manuscript to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Nibbāna paccaya hotu no (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສັບພາຫຸງ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sab Bhāhuṃ

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The words of Bhāhuṃ Sutta or Jaya Mangala Gatha

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao