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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00588

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624723

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Suttanta Doctrine

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

Place of copying:

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:

16.6 x 20.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

16.6 x 20.8 cm

Text block dimension:

19.0 x 14.0 cm

Number of pages:

68 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text mentions about anyone who commits an anantariya-kamma (heinous crimes which bring immediate, uninterrupted and uninterruptible results) will go to the hill called Avīci Naraka, the lowest level of the hell realm with the most suffering. The five different actions which each constitute an anantariya-kamma are the only actions which can produce a definite result. The five crimes are: (1) Intentionally murdering one’s father; (2) Intentionally murdering one’s mother; (3) Killing an Arhat (fully enlightened being; (4) Shedding the blood of a Buddha; and (5) Creating a schism within the Sangha, the community of monks.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ເທວະທູຕະສູດ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Devadūta Sutta]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Discourse on the divine messengers

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao