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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00017
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518632
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan
Right to Left?:
Yes
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Buddhist tale
Copyist:
Chan (ex-monk) Lek
Begin Year Date:
1900
End Year Date:
1950
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
5.5 x 56 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
5.5 x 56 cm
Text block dimension:
4.5 x 51
Number of pages:
36 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
While residing at the Jetavana Monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha talked about a peta (hungry ghost) named Pesakara who had once been the wife of a weaver. When she was a human being, she was stingy. She scolded her husband when he donated food and robes to monks. After his death, the husband was reborn as a deity living near a main road and his wife was reborn as a ghost living near him. She was living without food and clothes and burned and in much distress. When she asked for food and clothes from the deity, the food turned into excrement and clothes became hot metal sheets.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ມະຫາວິບາກເຜດ ຜູກດຽວ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Mahā Vipāka, Phuk Diao
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The great consequence of a hungry ghost, single fascicle
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali, Lao
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