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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00128

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627832

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 Vat That Luang monastery

Subject matter:

Suttanta doctrine

Copyist:

Pha Bunsom

Copying date in native date:

BE 2516, a salu year (the year of the Cow)

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:

52.3 x 4.9 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

52.3 x 4.9 cm

Text block dimension:

44.4 x 4.2 cm

Number of pages:

54 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

A millionaire in Pharanasi city had a beautiful daughter. He handed over his daughter to a man named Phanit. One day, Phanit was arrested by a group of millionaires’ sons who were immoral and crazy about power. They abandoned Phanit in Mahavan forest in order to let him die in the forest. There, Phanit met a god who was ever his friend in the previous existence. The god gave him medicine with the power of beauty. When Phanit consumed the medicine, he became handsome. Then the god brought him by the air to his family in Pharanasi.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 26 ໜ້າ 1: ພຸດທະສັງກາດໄດ້ 2516 ຕົວ ປີສະຫຼູ ເດືອນ 12 ແຮມ 7 ຄ່ຳ ວັນອາທິດ ລິດຈະນາແລ້ໝາຍມີສາທຸພໍ່ວັນດີ ວັດທາດຫຼວງ ມີໄດ້ໃຈສັດທາສ້າງທຳ ນະຣະຊີວະ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ ຕາບຕໍ່ເທົ້າ 5000 ວັດສາ ນິບພານະ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫຕຸໂນ ນິດຈັງ ທຸວັງ. Folio 26 on the recto side: In the Buddhist Era (BE) 2516, a salu year (year of the cow), on the seventh day of the waning moon of the twelfth lunar month, Sunday. Sathu Phò (monk) Vandi from Vat That Luang sponsored the making of this manuscript entitled Narasiva, to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Nibbāna paccayo hotu no niccaṃ dhuvaṃ (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana constantly and certainly).

Other notes:

This manuscript is the third fascicle of a series of 4 manuscripts entitled Narajīva bearing DS 0062 00126–00129 and was registered by the preservation of Lao Manuscripts Programme (PLMP) and bears no. 06.01.20.10.050.02.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ນະຣະຊີວະ (ຜູກ 3)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Narajīva (phuk 3)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Narasiva (fascicle 3)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali