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 5.3 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
54.9 x 5.3 cm
Text block dimension:
48.0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
22 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
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 Kammavachanchan (Act-announcing teacher) who faces another monk on the left called Pha Anusavanachan (Ordination proclaiming teacher).
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 1 ໜ້າ 1: ໜ້າທັບພາຍເຄົ້າກຳມະວາຈາ ໝາຍເຈົ້າສັດທາພໍ່ອ້າຍບາງ 2 ຜົວເມຍ ທານເມືອໄວ້ພາຍໜ້າ ຂໍຫື້ໄດ້ເຂົ້າສູ່ວຽງແກ້ວຍອດເນລະພານແດ່ເທີ້ນ.
ລານທີ່ 7 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມຕອນແລງແລ ຜູ້ຂ້າໄດ້ໃສ່ກຳມະວາຈາຜູກນີ້ ໄວ້ຄ້ຳຊູສາສະໜາ ຜູ້ຂ້າຈັກປາຖະໜາເອົາຜະຫຍາສັບພັນຍູຕະຍານສິ່ງດຽວແລ.
ລານທີ່ 10 ໜ້າ 2: ໜ້າທັບພາຍປາຍກໍາມະວາຈາແລ ນັນທະຣິກຂິດຕະ ດ້ວຍຕົນອຽງຂ້າແລ.
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Nāthap phāikhao Kammavāchā māi chao satthā Phò Ai Bāng 2 phua mia thān müa vai phāinā khòhü dai khao sū viangkaeo nelaphān dae thoen.
Lānthī 7 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām tònlaeng lae phūkhā dai sai Kammavāchā phūk nī vai khamsū sāsanā phūkhā chak pāthanā ao phayā sapphanyūtayān sing diao lae.
Lānthī 10 nā 2: Nāthap phāipāi Kammavāchā lae. Nantha rikkhitta dòi ton aiang khā lae.