Vat Pak Chaek Monastery, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province
Script:
Tham Lue; Lao
Writing support:
Paper Schoolbook
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
16.1 x 20.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
16.1 x 20.7 cm
Text block dimension:
19.0 x 14.0 cm
Number of pages:
76 pages
Number of blank pages:
7 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
A king of Bharanasi city wanted to kill Ai Kampha (an orphan man). The king assigned Ai Kampha impossible works which Ai Kampha had to complete the work each within one day. Helping by the supernatural power of Indra, Ai Kampha could complete the assigned works which made incredible for the king and his ministers. For example, the king ordered Ai Kampha to have completed the cutting of the trees on three mountains for making a rice field.
Colophon:
Hūpthī 032r – 032v – 033r: Sadet laeo yām sip muang loei sip sòng nāthī tòn sao khòng pī kot sangā. Phò sò 2533; chò sò 135 sip sòng; khò sò 1990 düan yī òkmai sip kham van angkhān thai hwāi san nan laae. Chao satthā Ai Saengkham lae Sao Khamchan 2 phua mia phòm dòi lūklān kò mī chai lüam sai nai khun kaeo chao 3 pakān ching phā kan mā sāng tham Siao Savāt phūk 7 vai khamsū sāsanā pha khodom Gotama chao. Khòhü dai thüng suk 3 pakān suk an mī nai müangkhon lae sanfā suk thī laeo mī viangkaoe nirandòn nelaphān hai tūkhā thae dae bun hoei laeo lae.
Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna sangkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kappiyaṃtaṃ naṃ aiya dhema. Phikkhu Inthapanyā Salo Ajān Vat Bān Pakchaek khian khamsū phòyok phò Nān In sünòi süvā Ai Saengkham Sao Khamchan lae.
Attamā phūkhian khò pāthanā ao lokuttaratham chao sing diao.