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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00452

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624587

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Saen Thana together with his wife

Subject matter:

Vinaya 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:

51.1 x 5.2 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

51.1 x 5.2 cm

Text block dimension:

46.5 x 4.0 cm

Number of pages:

20 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 9 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມວັນຊ້າຍແລ ແລ້ວເດືອນ 7 ແຮມ 7 ຄ່ຳ ມື້ວັນ 3 ໄທ ຮ້ວງເມັດ ສັດທາແມ່ນແສນທະນະ 2 ຜົວເມຍເປັນເຄົ້າກວ່າລູກຫຼານທັງມວນ ຈັກອະທິດສະທານເມືອໄວ້ພາຍໜ້າ ຂໍຫື້ເປັນຜະລະບຸນໂກສົນ ແສນທະນະແລະພ້ອມດ້ວຍລູກເມຍແຕ່ໂຊ່ນີ້ແລະຊາດໜາ ຫື້ໄດ້ເຂົ້າສູ່ເນລະພານເຍືອ ທັງຜູ້ຂຽນແດ່. ສິດທິທະນັງຣາພັງ ສຸກຂັງພະລັງ ແລ້ວແລ. Lānthī 9 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām van sāi lae laeo düan 7 haem 7 kham mü van 3 thai huang met satthā maen Saen Thana 2 phua mia pen khao kwā lūk lān thangmuan chak uthitsa thān müa vai phāinā khòhü pen phala bun koson Saen Thana lae phòm dòi lūk mia tae sonī lae sātnā hü dai khao sü nelaphān yüa thang phūkhian lae. Siddhi dhanaṃ rabhaṃ sukkhaṃ bhalaṃ laeo lae.

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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