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:
51.3 x 4.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51.3 x 4.9 cm
Text block dimension:
46.0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
22 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text was mostly written in Pali is used in an ordination ceremony. General speaking, the kammavacha (kammavācā) deals with the set of questions and answers which is used in the 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: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມ 3 ມວງເລີຍຊາວນາທີ ແຕ້ມຂຽນປີຮັບໃຄ້ ເດືອນອອກໃໝ່ 12 ຄ່ຳ ວັນ 7 ມື້ກັດໃຄ້ ປີ 1995 ນັ້ນແລ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າພິກຂຸອິນທະປັນໂຍ ລູກຍົກພ້ອມດ້ວຍລູກເຕົ້າທຸກຄົນ ກໍ່ມາສ້າງແປງປະສາດຫຼັງ 1 ພ້ອມດ້ວຍເຄື່ອງອັດຖະປະຣິຂານສັບປະຣິວານທານທັງຫຼາຍຝູງນີ້ ເມືອຫາຍັງມາດາແມ່ຜູ້ອະນິດຈະຣະຄາບໄປສູ່ເບື້ອງໜ້ານັ້ນ ຊື່ວ່າສາວຄຳຈັນ ນັ້ນຂໍຫື້ພົ້ນຮອດຈອດເຖິງ ຂໍຫື້ໄດ້ພົ້ນທີ່ຍາກພາກທີ່ຜານ ຫື້ໄດ້ເຖິງສຸກແດ່ເທີ້ນບຸນເຮີຍ.
Lānthī 10 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām 3 muang loei sāo nāthī taemkhian pī hap khai düan ὁk mai 12 kham van 7 mü kat khai pī 1995 nan lae khāphachao phikkhu Inthapanyo lūkyok phὁm dὁi lūk tao thūk khon kὁ mā sāng paeng pasāt lang 1 phὁm dὁi khüang atthaparikhān sapparivān thang lāi fūng nī müa hā yang mādā mae phū aniccara khāp pai sū büang nā nan chüvā Sao Khamchan nan khὁ hü phon hὁt chὁt thüng khὁ hü dai phon thīyāk phāk thīphān hü dai thüng suk dae thoen bun hoei.