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:
15.1 x 21.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
15.1 x 21.0 cm
Text block dimension:
13.0 x 19.0 cm
Number of pages:
88 pages
Number of blank pages:
11 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
A young novice in Thavaravadi kingdom who was 10 years old. His family lived in a village on the other bank of a river. One day, the novice thought of his parents. Then he planned to visit them. To reach his hometown, only journey by boat was available. Xiang Miang wanted to go to the village as well. So he talked to the novice if let him company with in the boat he will held him to row. When the novice let him gotten in the boat, Xiang Miang did nothing.
Colophon:
Hūpthī 033r – 033v: Sadet laeo yām sip muang kāng van nan lae khian poek sī tὁ pī kot sai düan 7 chamloen khün dai sip kham van thit thai kāp set nan lae phikkhu Inthapanyāsalo Vat Bān Pākchaek ritchanā dὁi tham lāo mā kāi lae tua nὁi tua yai bὁ samoe kan lae tua nὁi kὁ mī tua yai kὁ mī lae. Kadāt kap baep nī khian tua bὁ ngām lae.
Hūpthī 034r: Khὁhū phūkhā dai thüng lokuttara tham chao dae kὁ khā thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khāyāvahaṃ nibbāna saṃkhātaṃ hontu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kapiyaṃtaṃ aiya thema. Khὁ chong hü pen uppa nitsai hü phūkhā dae bun hὁei laeo lae tua bὁ ngām sak met lae lae tok lāi kai lae.