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:
51.0 x 4.5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51.0 x 4.5 cm
Text block dimension:
46.3 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
34 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Damaged
Description of manuscript content:
Sakkaban or Sakkapabbam (the section on Sakka or Indra) is the tenth section of the 13 sections of Veassantara Jataka. The content mentions about Sakka or Indra transformed as a Brahmin and bagged Princess Maddi from Vessantara. Vessantara gave Maddi to the Brahmin. Then the Bramin gave Maddi back and also eight blessings to Vessantara such as may the people of the Sivi city forgive him and invite him to back home.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Māi nāthap thammang Sakkaban phāipāi lae chao satthā sāng khian thān maen Khanān [missing text]. Ai Hong Phīying Saobua phὁm dὁi lūktao thuk khon kὁ mā phὁm kan sāng khian thān müa vai phāinā khὁhü phūkhā thanglāi dai thüng suk 3 pakān mī nīlaphān pen thī laeo hü phūkhā thang lāi thae dae bun hoei laeo lae.
Lānthī 17 nā 1: Sadet laeo yām tae 11 muang san sao nan khian pī kā hao düan 12 haem 5 kham van phahat van nὁk mü kat pao nan lae rikkhitta Phikkhu Inthapanyo Salo khian dὁi ton aiang khā lae.
Lānthī 17 nā 2: Māi nāthap thammang Sakkaban banpāi lae khian pī kā hao 1993 mot thang Bān Pākchaek pen satthā namkan lae thammang Sakkaban banpāi lae thān hoei. Lom bailān mī 18 bai thang nāthap thammang Sakkaban phūk nī khā khian ao hāk than ao lae khian vai süp sāsanā phachao Gotama haeng hao 5 phan pha vatsā lae.