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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0056 00687
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/791461
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Pak Chaek Monastery
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Ritual
Copyist:
Anonymous
Begin Year Date:
1901
End Year Date:
2000
Place of copying:
Pak Chaek Village
Script:
Tham Lue
Writing support:
Mulberry Paper
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
45 x 25 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
40.4 x 20 cm
Text block dimension:
32 x 18 cm
Number of pages:
92 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The manuscript is usually used by a ceremonial master who is a leader at the Buddhist ceremonies. The texts are related to saying offerings and inviting the monks to give a sermon. The contents tell Somma khua than (Sayings to ask for pardon to the offerings), Somma maha sat (sayings to ask for pardon to the great existences), Khatha Tham (verses of the Dhamma), Ratthana tham maha sat (Inviting to peach the great existence), Thwai bangkhom phachao (pay homage to the Buddha), Mae ying chak than pha vatsa (women will offer the rains-cloth), Kham somma thu pha (saying of respect to monks and novices), Kham khama phachao (sayings to ask for pardon to the Buddha), Kham kao than kang vatsa (sayings for giving offerings in the mid-Buddhist lents), and another Buddhism teachings.
Colophon:
ໜ້າ 1r: ໝາຍໜ້າທັບພັບ ກ່າວທານ ພາຍເກົ້າ ສາບໍ່ແຫຼກ ເປັນມະລຶດທຶດທັດ ບາງກໍ່ບາງ ຂຽນຫາກບໍ່ເປັນຕາຂຽນ ບາງພວດກາຍ.
Other notes:
The manuscript is covered with a cotton cloth and sewn with a cotton cord at its top spine.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ພັບກ່າວທານ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Bab Kāo Dān
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Book of sayings for offerings
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lue; Pali
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