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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0104 00003

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/791741

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Pak Ou (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Khampom Phongsavanh

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Ritual; Magic and Divination

Copyist:

Anonymous

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

1999

Place of copying:

Pak Chaek Village

Script:

Tham Lue

Writing support:

Mulberry Paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript paper dimension:

36.6 x 15.1 cm

Text block dimension:

27.5 x 14 cm

Number of pages:

42 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript contains the texts of magic spells and horoscope, is used by ceremonial ceremonies for ill persons and at the farms and to give advice to the people on giving names to their children. The contents include Khatha sut thon phayat (incantation to recite for putting diseases away), hong khwan (Call the spirit), Hap khwan (Receive the spirit), Sut mangala, Utthi unhassavijaya gatha, Mārabhaṃ, Suep sata khao (prolong rice’s fate), Sut ao khwan khao (recall rice’s guardian spirit), Suep sata khon (prolong one’s fate), Sai xue luk on (give a name to a child), and Ao khao sai ye (Put rice into a granary).

Other notes:

The manuscript is sewn with a cotton string. The front cover is damaged. The back covers is missing.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ສູດຂວັນ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Sūt khwan]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Chanting to call the spirit]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali