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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0106 00001

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/791745

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Somphone Lattanachindavong

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Ai Mai Sian (Sen)

Subject matter:

Magic and Divination

Copyist:

Ai Mai Sian (Sen)

Copying date in native date:

A huang pao year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1961

Place of copying:

Pak Chaek Village

Script:

Tham Lue; Lao

Writing support:

Mulberry Paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

21 x 20 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

16.9 x 16 cm

Text block dimension:

12.7 x 12.3 cm

Number of pages:

48 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The contents include various kinds of invulnerable spells for protecting the reciter from weapons such as gunshot, swords, knives, etc. Some spells are in short texts of talisman, used to write on a piece of cloth or metal.

Colophon:

ຮູບ 1r: ໝາຍໜ້າທັບພັບສິບປະຄຸນປາຍເກົ້າ ພະເຈົ້າວ່າຂອງອ້າຍໄຫມ່ສຽນ ບ້ານປາກແຈກ ຄົງອາລະແລເນີທ່ານເຮີຍ. Page 1r: Front cover of Sippakhun, at the beginning. The Lord says [it] belongs to Ai Mai (‘brother ex-novice) Sian (Sen) from Pak Chaek village. Very invulnerable. Dear All! ຮູບ 24v: ໝາຍໜ້າທັບພັບສິບປະຄຸນປາຍປາຍ ຂົນນາຍວ່າຂອງອ້າຍໄຫມ່ສຽນ ຂ້ອຍສ້າງແຕ່ປີລວງເປົ້າແລທ່ານເຮີຍ. Page 24v: Back cover of Sippakhun, at the end. The boss says [it] belongs to Ai Mai (‘brother ex-novice) Sian (Sen) from Pak Chaek village. I made in a luang (huang) pao year. Dear All!

Other notes:

Page 1r has an illustration of two men fighting. One man has a sword on his right hand, while his left hand raise to stop the fight. Another man has two swords on his two hands ready to fight his enemy. Page 24v has two drawings of two Buddhas in meditating position. The painter calls them Gotama Buddha and Ariya Metteyya Buddha.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ພະຍາຍາມຫຼວງ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Phayā yām luaṅ]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Great time]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao