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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00462

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624597

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

White Magic

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:

Mulberry Paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

20.9 x 26.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

20.9 x 26.3 cm

Text block dimension:

20.0 x 24.0 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text was written in two sides and contains various “Khatha” (stanzas). The stanzas are used at a ceremony by a ceremonial master or monk who is respected by people in the village. They believe that the recitation of the stanzas will remove inauspicious things from their village, houses and their bodies. The power of the stanzas will protect them from dangers.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ອັນນິສົງຈັດຕຸຣົງນ້ອຍ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Ānisaṃsa Caturanga Nòi

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao