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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00888
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537516
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:
1800
End Year Date:
1900
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 59.4 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
5 x 59.4 cm
Text block dimension:
3.6 x 52.5 cm
Number of pages:
20 pages
Number of blank pages:
0 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
While residing at the 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 while he was offering food and robes to monks. After their death, the husband was born as a deity living nearby a main road, whereas the wife was born as a ghost living near him. She was living without food and clothes and being 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.
Other notes:
Some leaves are brownish and damaged.

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
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