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:
16.0 x 20.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
16.0 x 20.8 cm
Text block dimension:
19.0 x 13.5 cm
Number of pages:
102 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The result from bad actions in the previous existence brings the actor to one of eight naraka (woeful states, hells). The eight hells consist of:
Sanjīva, the “reviving” naraka; Kālasūtra, the “black thread” naraka; Saṃghāta, the “crushing” naraka; Raurava, the “screaming” naraka; Mahāraurava, the great screaming” naraka; Tapana, the “heating” naraka; Pratāpana, the “great heating” naraka; and Avīci, the “uninterrupted” naraka.
Colophon:
Hūpthī 047r – 047v – 048r – 048v: Sadet khian laeo yām bāi 2 muang tem tὁn laeng pī tὁ san düan 7 ὁkmai sip kham van chan thai moeng khai phὁ sὁ 2535; chὁ sὁ 1354; khὁ sὁ 1992 nan lae.
Phὁ sὁ 2535; chὁ sὁ 1354; khὁ sὁ 1992 lae. Tham Sothandasūt phūk nī dai müa yüm ao tham Vat Bān Khoknāng Nam Ngā phon mā kāi lae Nam Ou hao phī bὁ mī lae bὁ mī vat nai mī lae khan phikkhu sammanen tua dai dai thet dai thetsanā laeo khὁ hai haksā vai thī dī thī som khuan hü khὁi dae bὁ mī tua ti khian süp lae mī tae kā tua ti māng lae tham hāi kὁ bὁ khuan lae. Khāphachao phikkhu Inthapanyosalo Ajān dai khian tham kham sὁn khὁng pha phuttha chao duang süvā tham Sothanda nī nī vai süp sāsanā pha Khodom Gotama chao nī phūkhā khὁ pāthanā ao yang lokuttara tham chao duang pasoet khὁhü mā koet nai chai phūkhā dae thoen. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna saṃkhātaṃ hontu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kapiyaṃtaṃ naṃ aiya thema. Intha phī kὁ bὁ la kaeo 3 khüa yὁ vai sai hua bot phuttho menātho chao