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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00571

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537199

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Buddhist tale

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

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 59.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.6 x 59.8 cm

Text block dimension:

3.6 x 52.3 cm

Number of pages:

22 pages

Number of blank pages:

0 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

While residing at Jetavana Monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha talked about a peta (hungry ghost) called Pesakara who had once been the wife of a weaver. When she was a human, she was stingy. She scolded her husband when he was offering food and robes to monks. After his death, the husband was born as a deity living nearby a main road, while the wife was born as a ghost living near him. She was living without food and clothes and burned in pain. When she asked for food and clothes from the deity, the food turned into excrement and the clothes into hot metal sheets.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ມະຫາວິບາກ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Mahāvipāka

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Great consequence

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao