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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00037

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627741

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Thit (ex-monk) Ngao; his wife

Subject matter:

Didactics

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

CS 1244, a tao sanga year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1882

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

55.8 x 4.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

55.8 x 4.8 cm

Text block dimension:

46.1 x 3.6 cm

Number of pages:

140 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Rasasat Thammasat (king’s law and jurisprudence). The text mentions about Achan Thisapamok (a famous instructor) who lived in Takkasila city and finished three fields of medicine. He taught at Takkasila School and also cured patients. He was well-known and had many students who came from all directions.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 70 ໜ້າ 1: ຈຸນລະສັງກາດໄດ້ 1244 ຕົວ ປີກົດສະງ້າ ເດືອນ 3 ແຮມ 10 [ຄໍ່າ] ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມກອງງາຍ ວັນ 6 ໝາຍມີ ທິດເຫງົ້າ ຜົວເມຍ ມີໃຈໃສສັດທາສ້າງ ກົດໝາຍອະນາຈັກ ໄວ້ກັບໂລກສົງສານ ນິບພານະ ປັດໄຈໂຍ. Folio 70 on the recto side: In Cunlasakkarat (CS) 1244, a kot sanga year, on the tenth day of the waning moon of the third lunar month, the writing was finished in the morning (between 7.30-9.00 o’clock), the sixth day of the week (Friday). Thit (ex-monk) Ngao and his wife had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Kotmay Anacak, with this world. Nibbāna paccayo (May this a condition for Nirvana).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຣາຊະສາດ ທໍາມະຊາດ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Rājasāta Dhammasāta

Item 1 - Title in English script:

King’s law and jurisprudence

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali