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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00531

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537159

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

Copyist:

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

Copying date in native date:

ແຮມ 2 ຄໍ່າ ວັນຈັນ ເດືອນ 7 ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2515 ຕົວ ປີເຕົາໃຈ້

Copying date in Gregorian:

1972 Mei 29

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.6 x 51.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.6 x 51.3 cm

Text block dimension:

4.2 x 46.9 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:

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 (eradicating Cinca falsely accusing the Buddha); sixth stanza (making Saccaka disappear); seventh stanza (subduing Nandopananda (hostile King of Nagas); and eight stanza (conquest over Baka Brahma).

Colophon:

Folio 8 on the recto side: In BE 2515, a tao cai year, on the second day of the waning moon of the seventh [lunar] month, at the time of the morning drum (7:30–9:00), [the writing was finished]. Pha Phui Thiracitta Thera, the abbot of Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan and the Chao Khana Tasaeng Tai (the ecclesiastical head of the sub-district of Vat That), Luang Prabang, was the scribe and the sponsor of this manuscript entitled Sapphahung to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Nibbāna paccaya hotu no anāgate kāle niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana in the future, constantly and certainly).

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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