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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00205

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624340

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Mae Thao Saenthanansa

Subject matter:

Suttanta Doctrine

Begin Year Date:

1910

End Year Date:

2010

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:

50.4 x 4.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

50.4 x 4.3 cm

Text block dimension:

45.0 x 3.8 cm

Number of pages:

36 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

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:

ລານທີ່ 17 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມຕາວັນຂຶ້ນສູ່ທ່ຽງແລ ມູນລະສັດທາໝາຍມີແມ່ເຖົ້າແສນທະນັນໄຊ ທານເມືອຫາສາມິໂນ ອັນເປັນຜົວ ຜູ້ອະນິດຈະກຳໄປສູ່ປະລະໂລກພາຍໜ້າ ນາມະປະຍາຕິຊື່ວ່າພໍ່ເຖົ້າແສນທະນັນໄຊ ຂໍຫື້ນາບຸນນຳຮອດຈອດເຖິງແດ່ເທີ້ນ. ສຸດທິນັງ ວັດຕະເມທານັງ ນິບພານັງ ປະຣະມັງສຸກຂັງ. Lānthī 17 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām tāvan khün sū thiang lae mūnla satthā māi mī Maethao Saen Thanansai thān müa hā sāmino an pen phua phū aniccakam pai sū palalok phāinā nāmmapayāti süvā Phὁthao Saen Thanansai khὁhü nābun nam hὁt chὁt thüng dae thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ນິບພານນະສູດ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Nibbāna Sutta

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Discourse on Nibbāna

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao