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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00423

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/519038

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Vinaya

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.4 x 55.6 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.4 x 55.6 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 x 48.5 cm

Number of pages:

50 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text describes about the kinds of men who should not be ordained as novices or monks. There are three kinds of men who are prohibited to be ordained as novices or monks including the man who has the defective gender, the man who did the great evil deed with one of any of five kinds of Anantariya-kamma (immediacy-deeds), and the man who committed any of the four offenses to Buddhism.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ອັກຄະບັບພະຊາກໍາມະ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Akkha Babbajjā Kamma

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The principles for the ordination act

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao