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:
48.3 x 4.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
48.3 x 4.9 cm
Text block dimension:
44.0 x 4.3 cm
Number of pages:
18 pages
Number of blank pages:
3 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Damaged
Description of manuscript content:
The text was mostly written in Pali is used in an ordination ceremony. General speaking, the kammavacha (kammavācā) deals with the set of questions and answers which is used in the ceremony. In the ceremony, the ordaining monk must answer several “yes or no” questions posed to him by a monk on his right during a chant called Pha Kammavachachan (Act-announcing teacher) who faces another monk on the left called Pha Anusavanachan (Ordination proclaiming teacher).
Colophon:
Lānthī 20 nā 1: Sadet khian laeo yām 4 muang yang sāo nāthī khὁng düan 11 ὁkmai 13 kham pī khān pī poek yī nan tang khian tham Champā 4 ton mat 3 nī tae düan 3 haem 9 kham thüng düan 11 ὁkmai 13 kham ching sam let sip phūk lae tua tang man tua nὁi khü kaen ngā boeng yāk thī sut ching vā nān laeo mī kān chep pen pai nam dae dai lān lāi dae lae.
Lānthī 20 nā 2: Lom bailān mī sāo bai thang nāthap lae phikkhu Inthapanyo rikkhitta attano dὁi nam bik müa khian tham kap nī mat 3 nī āyū khā kὁ dai 61 pī tem lae.
Nāthap phāipāi Champā 4 ton mat 3 phūk sip laeo lae mat 3 phūk sip phāipāi.