Pak Chaek village, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province
Script:
Tham Lue; Lao
Writing support:
Palm-Leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
55.0 x 5.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
55.0 x 5.0 cm
Text block dimension:
48.0 x 4.3 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 for an ordination ceremony. General speaking, the kammavacha (kammavācā) deals with the set of questions and answers which is used in an ordination 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 10 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດຂຽນແລ້ວຍາມ 4 ມວງແລງ ຍັງ 25 ນາທີແລ ຂຽນປີ 2001 ເດືອນ 4 ແຮມ 12 ຄ່ຳ ວັນອັງຄານ ມື້ກາບຍີ່ ວັນທີ່ 20 ປີ ພ.ສ 2543; ຈ.ສ 1362; ຄ.ສ ປີ 2001 ນັ້ນແລ ຂຽນໄວ້ເມື່ອຍັງຄົນແລ ພະອິນຕະປັນໂຍມະຫາເຖຣະ ຂຽນໄວ້ໃຫ້ລູກທານຫາຍາມເມື່ອຕາຍຈາກໂລກໄປນັ້ນແລ ສຸດທິນນັງ ວັດຕະເມທານັງ ອາສະວັກ ຂະຍາວະຫັງ ນິບພານະສັງຂາຕັງ ໂຫຕຸ ອະນາຄະເຕກາເລ ອິເມຫິຍັງ ກັບປິຍັນຕັງ ໄອຍະນັງ ເທມະ. ຂໍໃຫ້ຜູ້ຂ້າໄດ້ເຖິງໂລກຸດຕະຣະທຳດວງຜະເສີອດ ກໍ່ຂ້າແດ່ເທື້ອນ ນິຈັງ.
Lānthī 10 nā 2: Sadet khian laeo yām 4 muang laeng yang 25 nāthī lae. Khian pī 2001 düan 4 haem 12 kham van angkhān mü kap yī vanthī 20 pī phò sò 2543; chò sò 1362; khò sò pī 2001 nan lae. Khian vai müa yang khon lae Pha Intapanyo Mahāthera khian vai hai lūk thān hā yām müa tāi chak lok pai nan lae. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna sangkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kabbhiyantaṃ aiyanaṃ dhema. Khòhai phūkhā dai thüng lokuttara tham duang phasoet kò khā dae thoen niccaṃ.