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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00686

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537314

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Suttanta doctrine

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:

4.4 x 58.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.4 x 58.3 cm

Text block dimension:

3.6 x 52.1 cm

Number of pages:

52 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text gives the story of a bhikkhuni (female monk) who practiced Vipasana meditation and attained a higher stage of the Dhamma that gave her the inner eyes to see suffering spirits in the hells. She asked the Buddha about the reasons why they had ended up in hell. Thus, the Buddha illustrated to her the bad deeds they had conducted during their previous lives in the human world.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ເທວະທູດຕະສູດ (ຜູກ 3)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Devadūta Sutta (Phuk 3)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Discourse on the Divine Messengers, (fascicle 3)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao