Nāi Phrā Takā Pòi Cā Kò Wing; his family, inhabiting Chang Phüak village, Chiang Mai
Catalog reference:
ชม- 09-03-014-00
Subject matter:
Abhidhamma Pitaka
Copyist:
Anonymous
Copying date in native date:
Cūḷasakarāja 1260 (2441 BE)
Script:
Shan; Burmese
Writing support:
Mulberry paper – Curled books
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
51 x 30 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
51 x 30 cm
Text block dimension:
38 x 24 cm
Number of pages:
51 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
Yes
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
This manuscript is part of Abhidhamma Piṭaka given by Lord Buddha to his late mother who had been reborn in Tusita Heaven. The Vibhaṅga treatise is a high-level Dhamma pertaining to physical constitutions, emotions, the life cycle that causes suffering (birth, aging, illness, death), meditation practices, the Four Noble Truth (suffering, causes of suffering, elimination of suffering, paths to eliminate suffering), and prohibitions. Each Dhamma topic is accompanied with an example for comparison.
Colophon:
ၵႃၼႆ ၵႃၼင် ၵွျင်းတၵႃ် ပွႆၸႃ ေၵႃ်ဝိင် သထ်ႃလိၵ် တိုဝ်ၶံ ၽိုၼ်ထံေလ်၊ တင်ေမ်တင်ၽုဝ် ပိၼ်တုဝ် ပိၼ်ၵုၼ် ပိၼ်ၽီ
တင်လီ ထိုင်တုဝ် မုဝ်သိုဝ် ထုပ်ၸိုဝ် တုၼ်ပႆ ဝႆလိုၼ် သူတၵ်ၶံ လႆြမတ် ၵူၸတ် လိုးတ။ ဢႃယု ဝၼ်ၼ ၵျုဝ်ၵွင် သူတွင် ထုပ်ၺႃ ြၽႃေႁႃထံ ထံမၸၵျႃ်၊ ၸွမ်းၸဝ်ၶဝ်ႁွတ် ၼိၵ်ပၼ် လိုးတ မုၼ်႟မုၼ်ေၼႃ်။
ႁိင်ၼိုင်သွင်ပၵ်ႁုၵ်သိပ်
May Còng Takā Pòi Cā Kò Wing, his wife, and their family who were the sponsors of the making of this manuscript fulfil all their wishes, live long, have good health, and be wealthy in every next life In their final lives may they meet the future Buddha, listen to His Dhamma, gain Arahantship, and attain Nibbāna.
Cūḷasakarāja 1260.
Remark: Corresponding to AD 1898/99
Other notes:
This whirlwind manuscript is severely damaged. The covering textile is missing.
(The inner flyleaf)
I approach the Buddha by my kneeling walk and put my hands on the ten fingers and a flower cone to pay homage to the Buddha. Now I am going to copy the religious manuscript. May I copy [the manuscript] without any mistakes and gain the five blessings (longevity, nice complexion, good health, strength, and wealth). May my family and I listen to the Dhamma of the future Buddha and reach Nibbāna, escaping the Cycle of Rebirths.