Phò Thao Saengbai (grandfather of Ms. Saengbai) together with his wife
Subject matter:
Suttanta Doctrine
Begin Year Date:
1909
End Year Date:
2009
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:
50.3 x 4.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
50.3 x 4.0 cm
Text block dimension:
46.3 x 3.8 cm
Number of pages:
44 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
On one occasion, the Buddha was staying at the Nigodharam monastery in Kapilavatthu. Mahapajapati Gotami, the step-mother and maternal aunt of the Buddha, ordered a weaver man to make a robe in order to offer it the Buddha. When the robe was already for offering. She brought the robe to the Buddha with intention to offer him. But the Buddha told her to offer the robe to the Sangha. As the offering to the Sangha will gain much merit than to offer to the Buddha himself.