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:
51.2 x 4.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51.2 x 4.9 cm
Text block dimension:
47.0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
30 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:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Māi nāthap phāikhao Mahā Thianchao hὁivā thammang Nipphānnasūt. Thān uthitsa suanbun pai hā Pānὁ lae khanvā pai hὁt müa sao kὁ khὁhü dai kin ngāi khanvā pai hὁt müa swāi khὁ hü dai nung süaphā khanvā pai hὁt müa lā kὁ khὁ dai āpnam katham bun hü dai phon thīyāk phāk thīphān dae thoen.
Lānthī 14 nā 2: Sadet yām tae sū thiangvan lae tham rikkhitta attano Nān Sao taemkhian pī düan chiang khün 6 kham mü van 4 thai. Batnī mūnla satthā māi mī Thao Bā Saeng 2 phua mia kὁ mā khonkhwāi hā dai yang potakka bailān mā taemkhian yang thammang Nipphānnasūt phūk 1 kὁ doem phüa chak uthitsa suanbun suanthān an nī pai hā yang buttā phū aniccakam pai sū palalok phāinā nāmapayāti süvā Bā Nὁ nan khὁhü thevabut nam hā khὁhü thevadā nam hὁt khὁhü nābun khamsū khὁhü dai phon thīyāk khὁhü dai phāk thī phān hü dai thüng suk 3 pakān khü müangkhon lae sanfā suk thī laeo mī nelaphān pen yὁt thae dae bun hoei khὁhü dai som dang kham mak kham pāthanā hü phūkhā dae bun hoei.
Lānthī 15 nā 2: Māi