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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00540

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537168

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitta Thera, abbot of Vat Maha That Monastery

Subject matter:

Ānisaṃsa (merit)

Copyist:

Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitta Thera, abbot of Vat Maha That Monastery

Copying date in native date:

ຂຶ້ນ 7 ຄໍ່າ ວັນເສົາ ເດືອນ 8 ພຸດທະສັກກາດ 2515 ຕົວ ປີເຕົ່າໃຈ້

Copying date in Gregorian:

1972 June 17

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 51.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.5 x 51.4 cm

Text block dimension:

4.2 x 48 cm

Number of pages:

22 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

While staying in the Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha talked about a devout person who offered monks cloth for sale. After his death, he entered a twenty-five yojana height castle illuminated with seven kinds of jewelry in the Tavatimsa Heaven.

Colophon:

Folio 11 on the recto side: In BE 2515, a tao cai year, on the seventh day of the waxing moon of the first-eighth [lunar] month, a Saturday, at the time of the morning drum (7:30–9:00), Pha Phui Thiracitta Thera, the abbot of Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan and the Chao Khana Tasaeng Tai (the southern ecclesiastical head of the sub-district of Vat That), Luang Prabang municipal, had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Sòng Phedan to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Nibbāna paccaya hotu no niccaṃ dhuvaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana which is the greatest bliss, constantly and certainly).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສອງພີດານ (ເພດານ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sòng Phīdān

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The merit derived from making a ceiling

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao