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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00155

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624290

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copying date in native date:

ຈຸນລະສັງກາດໄດ້ 1341

Copying date in Gregorian:

AD 1978

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:

54.6 x 5.0 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

54.6 x 5.0 cm

Text block dimension:

49.5 x 4.0 cm

Number of pages:

26 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

King Sonsai (Sanjaya) accompanied with Queen Phusatī, Jali, Kanha and four ministers travelled to Mount Vamka in order to invite Ascetic Vessantara returned the kingdom of Sivi. While the six princes facing each other, each of them was crying bitterly and became unconscious. At the time a shower of rain fell down and everyone became conscious. Then all of them apologized Ascetic Vessantara for their mistakes and invited him disrobed from ascetichood and returned the city.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 13 ໜ້າ 1: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມວັນຈ້າຍອ່ອນ ຈຸນລະສັງກາດຣາຊະໄດ້ 13[ຂໍ້ຄວາມຂາດຫາຍ] Lānthī 13 nā 1: Sadet laeo yām van chāi ὁn chunla sangkāt rāja dai 13 [khὁ khwām khāt hāi].

Other notes:

Last folio has a break at the right end and some text is missing.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສັກກະຕິ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Chakhatti

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The section on the six princes

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao