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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00180

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624315

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Khanan (ex-monk) Thammapanya

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Khanan (ex-monk) Thammapanya

Copying date in native date:

ປີ ກາບສັນ ສັງກາດ 1 ພັນ 3 ຮ້ອຍ 6 ຕົວ

Copying date in Gregorian:

AD 1944

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:

57.3 x 4.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

57.3 x 4.4 cm

Text block dimension:

51.0 x 3.8 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Phaya Pokkharaphat and Queen Mathurachitta married for years but they did not have a child. Therefore, the queen and her followers together observed five precepts and wished to have a son. One night the queen dreamed and saw a while elephant descending from a heaven to her. Later, she got pregnant of the Bodhisatta. When she was being pregnant for nine months, the king died and the queen left the kingdom. Because she was menaced by four ministers. She lived in a herd of elephants. Later, she gave birth of a son.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 1 ໜ້າ 1: ໜ້າທັບພາຍເຄົ້າທຳມັງຜະລະສັງຂະຫຍາ ຜູກຖ້ວນ 13 ແລ. ຕົກພະນ້ອຍເທດສະໜາຕາແຕກອອກແລ ຕົວງາມກາຍ. Lānthī 1 nā 1: Nāthap phāikhao thammang Phalasangkhayā phūk thuan 13 lae. Tok phanὁi thetsanā tā taek ὁk lae tua ngām kāi.

Other notes:

The date appears on DS_0056_00179_010. This manuscript is in a series of eighteen fascicles from DS 0056 00168 to 00185.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພະລະສັງຂະຫຍາ (ຜູກຖ້ວນ 13)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bhala Sangkhanyā (Phuk 13)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Bhala Sangkhanyā (fascicle 13)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao