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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00124

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627828

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Sathu Phò Vandi from Ban Pak Xaeng village

Subject matter:

Suttanta doctrine

Copyist:

Novice Bunkong

Copying date in native date:

BE 2516, a suat year (the year of the Mouse)

Copying date in Gregorian:

1973

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

50.6 x 4.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

50.6 x 4.4 cm

Text block dimension:

45.4 x 3.9 cm

Number of pages:

56 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The content tells the story of a couple. The wife was unfaithful, she was committing adultery. When she knew that her husband buried the treasures somewhere. She told her adulterer about that. One day, she arranged for him to hide in the space under their house. Then she asked her husband about the treasures. If he does not tell her, he could not sleep with her. The husband was forced to tell her. When the adulterer knew, he went to dig and take away all the treasures. In the coming morning, the couple went to find their treasures, but they could not find any. The treasures were stolen. The husband was distressed.

Colophon:

See no. DS 0062 00125.

Other notes:

This manuscript is the second fascicle of a series of 3 manuscripts entitled Pīsāpākòn bearing DS 0062 00123 – 00125 and was registered by the preservation of Lao Manuscripts Programme (PLMP) and bears no. 06.01.20.10.050.01.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ປີສາປາກອນ (ຜູກ 2)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Pīsāpākòn (phuk 2)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The manunscript of Pisa (fascicle 2)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali