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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00028

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624163

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Chanthavong Bhikkhu of Ban Pak Chaek village

Subject matter:

Suttanta Doctrine

Copyist:

Chanthavong Bhikkhu of Ban Pak Chaek village

Copying date in native date:

ອອກໃໝ່ 14 ຄໍ່າ ເດືອນ 3 ປີ ກົດໃຈ້

Copying date in Gregorian:

1960 January 12

Place of copying:

Pak Chaek village, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province

Script:

Tham Lue

Writing support:

Palm-Leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

56.0 x 4.6 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

56.0 x 4.6 cm

Text block dimension:

47.5 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

36 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text mention about once in the Buddha’s time, there was a woman who had the most ardent religious faith in the Teachings of the Buddha. One day she was preparing an offering of food for monks, before offering to monks, there was a crow catching on a tree near by flew down and ate the offering. By the result of the bad action, when the crow died it went to hell and later a ghost.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 16 ໜ້າ 2: ພິກຂຸຈັນທະວົງ ຂຽນແລເນືອ. Lānthī 16 nā 2: Bhikkhu Chanthavong khian lae nüa.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ເທວະທູຕະສູດ (ຜູກ 6)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Devadūta Sutta (Phuk 6)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Discourse on the Divine Messengers (fascicle 6)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao