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:
54.9 x 5.2 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
54.9 x 5.2 cm
Text block dimension:
50.0 x 4.8 cm
Number of pages:
26 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The Buddha delivered this Nibbāna Sutta to his followers while staying at the Jetavanna Monastery in Savatthi. The content describes about the making of merit including alms-giving, observing precepts, listening to Dhamma preaching, and meditating. In there, the observing precepts is the initial way to enter Nirvana. Only giving alms but not observing precepts, after dead, can be born as a ghost like the story of a couple millionaires. The result of sponsoring the making of, or writing this manuscript and offering it to the Sangha can support the ghosts to be born in a good place in heavens.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Māi nāthap phāikhao Nipphānnasūt lae chao satthā māi mī Phὁ Khammī 2 phua mia thān müa hā mae lae nāmapanyāti sü Ī Kom lae.
Lānthī 12 nā 2: Phὁ Ajān Khanān Nantha rikkhitta dὁi ton aiang khā lae sadet laeo yām 12 muang theng nan lae pī moeng sai sangkāt rāja dai phan 9 hὁi 707 ton düan 10 khün 14 kham mü van thit moeng sai lae chao satthā māi mī Phὁ Khammī 2 phua mia kap lūk kὁ doem phüa chak uthittsa suanbun suanthān thammang Nipphānnasūt phūk nī chak uthittsa suanbun pai hā mae phū anitcakam pai sū palalok phāinā nāmapayāti süvā Ī Kom khün pen nāng thao Khankham khὁhü nābun an nī nam hὁt chὁt thüng hὁt müa sao khὁ hü dai kin ngāi hὁt müa swāi kὁ khὁ hü dai nung süaphā hὁt müa lā kὁ khὁ hü dai āpnam katham bun hü dai phon yāk phāk thīphān nī dae thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ. Phūkhā dai sai thammang phūk nī phūkhā chak pāthanā ao payā sapphanyūtayān duang pasoet hü dai koet lom phachao Ariya Mettaya dae thoen.
Lānthī 13 nā 2: Nāthap tham