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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00534

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624669

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Bhikkhu Inthapanyo, while acting as abbot of Vat Ban temple

Subject matter:

Didactics

Copyist:

Bhikkhu Inthapanyo, while acting as abbot of Vat Ban temple

Copying date in native date:

ອອກໃໝ່ 12 ຄໍ່າ ວັນຈັນ ເດືອນ 5 ປີ ເປິກຍີ່, ພໍສໍ 2540 ຈໍສໍ 1359 ຄໍສໍ 1998

Copying date in Gregorian:

1998 March 09

Place of copying:

Vat Ban Fai 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 20.6 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

16.1 x 20.6 cm

Text block dimension:

18.5 x 13.3 cm

Number of pages:

76 pages

Number of blank pages:

9 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text mentions about the virtues of a Buddha comprise of 56, the virtues of the Dhamma include 38, and the virtues of the Sangha include 14 expanding into 108 and existing in the body of the group of eight Ariya-puggala (noble individuals). Every Buddha praises the virtue of Nibbāna is the superb. Any ordained and unordained person who wish to reach nibbāna should learn forty kinds of Samatha kammatthāna and Vipassanā kammatthāna and pay intention to follow that.

Colophon:

Hūpthī 031v – 032r: Sadet khian laeo yām bāi 3 muang loei 25 nāthī tòn laeng khòng vanthī 9 vanchan mü hap mao pī poek yī düan 5 òkmai 12 kham phò sò 2540; chò sò 1359; khò sò 1998 lae. Khāphachao phikkhu Inthapanyo khian yū Vat Hòifāi yāmmüa müa mettā satthā yū Bān Hòifāi phon lae khian lae, pen tham Vat Bān Pakchaek lae. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna sangkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kappiyaṃtaṃ aiyanaṃ dhema. Maen phikkhu Inthapanyo maen chao āthikān Vat Bān Pakchaek lae müa khian tham phūknī pen chao vat yū Vat Hòifāi lae.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສັດທາວິມາລາ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Saddāvimārā

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Saddāvimārā

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao