Phò òk; Mae òk Chua Man (father; mother of Novice Man)
Subject matter:
Didactics
Copyist:
Anonymous
Copying date in native date:
CS 1279, a moeng sai year
Copying date in Gregorian:
1917
Place of copying:
Vat Pak Lueng, Chomphet district
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
57.8 x 4.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
57.8 x 4.7 cm
Text block dimension:
54.0 x 3.7 cm
Number of pages:
12 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
Yot khamson (the peak of the teaching) is the traditional Lao poems and proverbs which is the root adopted from the Buddhist teachings concerning actions in a proper way. They are short phrases with meaningful, rhymed, impressive and deep. For example, tham dī dai dī tham xua dai xua (As you sow, you reap).