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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00241
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627945
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Chao Mòm Mi from Vat That monastery
Subject matter:
Didactics
Copyist:
Anonymous
Copying date in native date:
CS 1276, a kap nyi year
Copying date in Gregorian:
1914
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
59.5 x 5.2 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
59.5 x 5.2 cm
Number of pages:
54 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 deed.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 26 ໜ້າ 2: ສັງກາດ 1276 ຕົວ ປີກາບຍີ່ ເດືອນ 12 ວັນ 6 ມື້ເປິກເສັດ ເຈົ້າໝ່ອມມີ ວັດທາດ ມີໃຈໃສສັດທາເປັນອັນຍິ່ງ ຈິ່ງໄດ້ສ້າງສະມາດສົງສານ ຜູກນີ້ໄວ້ກັບວໍລະພຸດທະສາສະໜາ ຂໍໃຫ້ໄດ້ 5000 ພະວັດສາ ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ນິບພານັງ ປະຣະມັງ ສຸກຂັງ. Folio 26 on the verso side: Sangkat (CS) 1276, a kap nyi year, the sixth day of the week (Friday), the twelfth lunar month, a poek set day. Chaomom (monk) Mi from Vat That had the ardent religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Samat Songsan, to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ (Nirvana is the greatest bliss).

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສະໝາດສົງສານ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Samāt saṃsāra
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The cycle of death and rebirth
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lao; Pali
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