Pak Chaek village, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province
Script:
Tham Lue; Lao
Writing support:
Palm-Leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
51.3 x 4.6 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51.3 x 4.6 cm
Text block dimension:
44.7 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
22 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text was mostly written in Pali is used for an ordination ceremony. General speaking, the kammavacha (kammavācā) deals with the set of questions and answers which is used in an ordination ceremony. In the ceremony, the ordaining monk must answer several “yes or no” questions posed to him by a monk on his right during a chant called Pha Kammavachanchan (Act-announcing teacher) who faces another monk on the left called Pha Anusavanachan (Ordination proclaiming teacher).
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 10 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມບ່າຍ 3 ມວງຍັງຊາວນາທີເຕັມ ຂອງປີກ່າເຮົ້າ ເດືອນ 3 ແຮມ 9 ຄ່ຳ ວັນສຸກໄທ ມື້ຮ້ວງເຮົ້າແລ ປີ 1994 ເຈົ້າສັດທາອ້າຍໄມ່ບຸນແລະສາວແສງເກັບ ແລ້ວຊື່ພໍ່ອ້າຍຜາຍແລະແມ່ອ້າຍຜາຍ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍລູກເຕົ້າທຸກຄົນ ພາກັນສ້າງທຳມັງກຳມະວາ (ກຳມະວາຈາ) ຜູກນີ້ທານເມືອໄວ້ພາຍໜ້າ.
Lānthī 10 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām bāi 3 muang yang sao nāthū tem khòng pī ka hao düan 3 ham 9 kham van suk thai mü huang hao lae pī 1994 chao satthā Ai Mai Bun lae Sao Saengkep laeo sü Phò Ai Phāi lae Mae Ai Phāi phòm dòi lūktao thukkhon phākan sāng thammang Kammavā(Khammavāchā) phūk nī thān müa vai phāinā.