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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00239

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627943

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Sathu Kaen

Subject matter:

Didactics

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

BE 2508, a tao si year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1955

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

53.5 x 4.6 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

53.5 x 4.6 cm

Text block dimension:

49.5 x 3.8 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text describes the cycle of lives in saṃsāra starting with birth, age, illness and death. The places where all beings are born after death include hells, jinns, specters, beasts, human world and heavens. The condition of each place is different. The Buddha performed his perfections for 24 asongkhai (number followed by 140 zeros) and one hundred great eons. Finally, the Buddha attained enlightenment and became the Blessed One and taught his followers on how to escape from saṃsāra. The wise persons should perform only good deeds.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສົງສານ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Saṃsāra

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The cycle of death and rebirth

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali