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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00438
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/519053
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan
Right to Left?:
Yes
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Phòthao (grandfather) Thit Heuane and his wife Sao (Mrs) Chan
Subject matter:
Buddhist chronicle
Copying date in native date:
ແຮມ 8 ຄໍ່າ ກົງວັນຈັນ ເດືອນ 9 ສັງກາດລາຊາ ໄດ້ ພັນ 4 ຮ້ອຍ 75 [ພ.ສ.2475] ຕົວປີ ກ່າເຮົ້າ
Copying date in Gregorian:
1932 August 25
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
5.3 x 58.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
5.3 x 58.8 cm
Text block dimension:
3.8 x 53 cm
Number of pages:
44 pages
Number of blank pages:
6 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text mentions about the story of Gotama Buddha. In the seventh week the Buddha was meditating under the Rajayatana tree when two merchants by the name of Tapassu and Bhallika offered him rice cake. This was the Lord Buddha's first meal after enlightenment. The two merchants took refuge in the Buddha and the Dhamma, and became the first lay disciples of the Gotama Buddha. The Buddha gave them his eight hairs for worship. The merchants installed the Buddha’s hairs in the stupa which was located on the Si Khuttara Mount in their home city of Uppara Nagara.
Colophon:
Folio 19 on the recto side: In Culasakkarat 1 thousand 4 hundred and 75 (corresponding with BE 2475), a ka hao year, on the eighth waning day of the ninth [lunar] month, on Monday. Phòthao (grandfather) Thit (ex-monk) Heuane and his wife Sao (Mrs.) Chan were the principal initiators and with their children and all their relatives had the ardent religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Sikhuttasut Thattukung to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ niccaṃ (Nirvāna is the greatest bliss, certainly).

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສິງຄຸດຕະຣະ ຜູກດຽວ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Sing Khuttara, Phuk Diao
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The chronicle of the Sing Khuttara Mount, single fascicle
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali, Lao
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