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 21.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
16.0 x 21.7 cm
Text block dimension:
19.0 x 14.5 cm
Number of pages:
64 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The story of the coming Buddha, Maitreya. When Maitreya Bodhisatta was born as the son of Queen Kancana Devi and King Asatta. The Bodhisatta’s given name was Ajitta Kumara. When Ajitta Kumara was sixteen years old, he was ordained as a monk together with other 500 boys. Later, Prajapati Gautama brought a very fine cloth for offering it to the Buddha. No monk could receive the cloth but the young Monk Ajitta received it. The monk was blamed by other monks. Later, the Buddha explained that Monk Ajitta is the Bodhisatta who will become the coming Buddha, he is proper to have it.
Colophon:
ຮູບທີ່ 033r – 033v: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມ 11 ໂມງ ກາງວັນນັ້ນແລ ພິກຂຸອິນທະ ອາຈານວັດປາກແຈກ ລິກຂິດຕະອັດຕະໂນ ເລບລຽງດ້ວຍເອົາທຳລາວມາກ່າຍແລ ຂຽນປີມຶງເໝົ້າ ສັງກາດລາຊາໄດ້ ພັນສາມຮ້ອຍສີ່ສິບເກົ້າຕົວ(1349) ພ.ສ. 2530 ແລ 1987 ແລ ເດືອນຍີ່ ຈໍາເລີນຂື້ນໄດ້ 3 ຄໍ່ານັ້ນແລ ຂໍຫື້ຜູ້ຂ້າໄດ້ຖຶງສຸກ 3 ປະການມີເນລະພານເປັນທີ່ແລ້ວ ກໍ່ຂ້າແດ່ບຸນເຮີຍ ເດືອນອອກໃໝ່ 3 ຄໍ່າ ມື້ວັນຈັນ ໄທ ຮວາຍສະງ້າ ນັ້ນແລ.
Hūpthī 033r – 033v: Sadet laeo yām 11 mong kāng van nan lae. Phikkhu Intha Ajān Vat Pākchaek rikkhitta attano lep liang dὁi ao tham lāo mā kāi lae. Khian pī müng mao sangkāt lājā dai phan sām hὁi sī sip kao tua (1349), phὁ sὁ 2530 lae; 1987 lae, düan yī chamloen khün dai 3 kham nan lae. Khὁhü phūkhā dai thüng suk 3 pakān mī nelaphān pen thī laeo kὁ khā dae bun hoe. Düan ὁkmai 3 kham mü vanchan thai hwāi sangā nan lae.