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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00244

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627948

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Suttanta doctrine

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:

53.7 x 4.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

53.7 x 4.5 cm

Text block dimension:

51.1 x 3.3 cm

Number of pages:

38 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The contents talk about Bodhipakkhiya dhamma or the thirty-seven factors of enlightenment are the requisites or qualities related to awakening or enlightenment in Buddhism. In many of the discourses, Buddha has referred to the significance of developing these 37 requisites to developing one’s mind and to attain liberation. The 37 requisites of enlightenment are described in the following seven groups: 1. Four foundations of mindfulness (satipatthana) 2. Four types of right effort (sammappadana) 3. Four bases of mental power (iddhipada) 4. Five spiritual faculties (pancha indriya) 5. Five spiritual powers (pancha bala) 6. Seven factors of enlightenment (satta bojjhanga) and 7. The Noble Fightfold Path (ariya atthaṅgika magga).

Other notes:

This manuscript was registered by the preservation of Lao Manuscripts Programme (PLMP) and bears no. 06.01.20.07.040.02

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ບົວຣະພັນທະ (ຜູກ 3)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Buarabanda (phuk 3)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Buaraphantha (fascicle 3)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali