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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00451

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624586

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Saen Thanansai together with his wife

Subject matter:

Vinaya Doctrine

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

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:

51.2 x 5.2 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

51.2 x 5.2 cm

Text block dimension:

47.5 x 3.8 cm

Number of pages:

22 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 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: ໝາຍໜ້າທັບພາຍເຄົ້າກຳມະວາຈາ ໝາຍເຈົ້າສັດທາອາວແສນນັນທະໄຊ ຂາເຈົ້າທັງ 2 ຜົວເມກັບລູກ ທານເມືອໄວ້ພາຍໜ້າ ຂໍຫື້ໄດ້ເຖິງສຸກ 3 ປະການແດ່ເທີ້ນ. Lānthī 1 nā 1: Māi nāthap phāikhao Kammavāchā māi chao satthā Aāo Saen Nanthasai khā chao thang 2 phua mia kap lūk thān müa vai phāinā khòhü dai thüng suk 3 pakān dae thoen.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ກໍາມະວາຈາ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Kammavācā

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The formal words of an act

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao