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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00064

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/791879

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Didactics

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

Anonymous

Copying date in Gregorian:

1900-1930

Place of copying:

Anonymous

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

4 x 48 cm

Text block dimension:

3.2 x 40 cm

Number of pages:

14 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript defines thirteen Austere Practices (Dhutaṅgavatta) questioned upon by Phra Munin (Lord Milinda) to Phra Nāgasena. Lord Milinda asked him what people should have done to get free from suffering and attain Nirvana. Phra Nāgasena answered that people depended on their own accumulated merit to achieve it; that condition could be compared to competent archery soldiers who were instructed by good trainers, thus advancing their skills and being able to shoot more precisely and masterly.

Other notes:

The left hand side of the first page reads “Guidelines of the 13 Dhutaïgawatra (the ascetic practices)”. (The left-hand side of the first folio) “Thirteen Austere Practices (Dhutaṅgavatta).”

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

คลฯอฯงธุตํฯควัตรฯ 13

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Klong Dhutaṅgavatta xiii

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Thirteen Austere Practices

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na