Pak Chaek village, 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:
15.8 x 20.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
15.8 x 20.9 cm
Text block dimension:
19.0 x 13.5 cm
Number of pages:
104 pages
Number of blank pages:
33 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions various contents which include in the Pitaka canon such as the number of the previous Buddhas; duration of performing perfection of Paññādika Buddha and Saddhādika Buddha; the conditions of human beings who will be born in the period of the religion of the coming Buddha names Ariya Mettaiya; the short story of Gotama Buddha; the benefits derived from giving, observing precepts, meditating, listening to Dhamma preaching; radiation of loving-kindness; the conditions of human world, hells, heavens, brahma and nirvana; and etc.
Colophon:
Hūpthī 033r: Sadet laeo velā 2 muang tòn laeng vanthī4 düan 12 thanvā düan lü hao maen düan yī haem 1 kham pī 2014. Chao satthā maen Sāthu Bon chao āthikān Vat Pakchaek nai thān bon düan 3 phing pī 2015, phüa saloem salong hong song nām lang mai phòm dòi dòkbua kòpsim lae hò kòng lang mai, kòng luang lae kòng nòi kò maen kòng nòi mai mòt lae.
Hūpthī 033v: Kò phüa chak uthitsa suanbun suanthān an nī müa vai phāinā kò khò hai pen phala bon kamsū bonus kae Sāthu Bon kò khā thoen, phò dòi thaokeo lae phū anumothanā dae thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna sangkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kappiyaṃtaṃ naṃ aiya dhema.
Hūpthī 034r: Phū rikkhitta taem khian maen mai Onfan Phò Mai Nò khian khamsū Sāthu Bon chao āthikān Vat Ban Pakchaek sü vat maen Pathomvanārām. Sāthu Bon hoei pen naeo dai hu khian tham phūk nī bò khü phūk ün thī khian mā kham long mī bīn 1 boeng dīdī noe bòn vihān mā tò sai sāng nām bò lae ching maen sāng ārām, boeng khak khak noe pen nan māi lāi