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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00584

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624719

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Phò Thao Ai Tan together with his wife

Subject matter:

General Buddhism

Copyist:

Thu Phò

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:

Paper Schoolbook

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

16.0 x 20.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

16.0 x 20.3 cm

Text block dimension:

13.0 x 17.5 cm

Number of pages:

70 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

On one time, while residing at Buppharam Mahavihara monastery in Savatthi city, the Buddha delivered a sermon to King Pasenadi about the merit derived from making sand stupas. The king and his followers had made 84.000 sand stupas and dedicated to worship the Triple Gem. A person who is faithful having made one or ten thousand stupas for worshiping the Triple Gem. After death, the person will never go to places of evil for 500 existences, but will be born in Tavatimsa heaven with heavenly properties. Thereafter, the person will return to the human world with prosperity and servants.

Colophon:

ຮູບທີ່ 008v: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມວັນທ່ຽງຂ້າແລ. ສຸດທັງ ວັດຕະເມທານັງ ປະຣະມັງ ສຸກຂັງ ທານັງເມ ປະຣິສຸດທັງ ນິບພານະ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫນຕຸໂນ. ສັດທາ ສະຕິ ວິຣິຍະ ປັນຍາ ຫິຣິໂອດຕັບປະ ຂໍຫື້ບຸນຄ້ຳຊູຜູ້ຂ້າ. Hūpthī 008v: Sadet laeo yām van thiang khā lae. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ thānaṃme parisutthaṃ nibbāna paccayo hontu no. satthā sati viriya panyā hiri ottappa khὁhü bun khamsū phūkhā.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພະຍາພິມພິສານຖາມບັນຫາພະເຈົ້າ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Phraya Bimbisāra Thām Panhā Phrachao

Item 1 - Title in English script:

King Bimbisāra asks questions to the Buddha

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali

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Item 2 - Title in Native script:

[ອານິສົງ ເຈດີຊາຍ]

Item 2 - Title in Roman script:

Ānisaṃsa Cetiya Sai

Item 2 - Title in English script:

Merit of sand stupas

Item 2 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 2 - Language:

Lue; Pali