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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00180
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627884
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Anonymous
Subject matter:
Rites; Ritual
Copyist:
Anonymous
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
33.2 x 4.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
33.2 x 4.7 cm
Text block dimension:
28.6 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
20 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text tells a traditional ceremony called Kae kamnoet kao mae (Cure the birth from nine mothers) is organized for a child who is sick or unwell. The sickness of the child is considered to be caused by his or her previous life. The incantation in Pali is recited by a ceremonial master, related to the names of the nine mothers. In case the child is one year old, his or her previous mother named Nang Montha, if the child is two years old, the mother named Nang Nantha, three years, the mother named Nang Yutanha, four years, the mother named Nang Vaphathika, five years, the mother named Nang Pukkathika, six years, the mother named Nang Sangni, seven years, the mother named Nang Thevatti, eight years, the mother named Nang Sari, and nine years, the mother named Nang Siyutta.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ກໍາເນີດ 9 ແມ່
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Kamnoet 9 mae
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Birth of 9 mothers
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lao; Pali
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