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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00497
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537125
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitto from Vat Maha That Monastery
Subject matter:
Ānisaṃsa (merit)
Copyist:
Pha (Monk) Phui Thiracitto from Vat Maha That Monastery
Copying date in native date:
ຂຶ້ນ 3 ຄໍ່າ ວັນພຸດ ເດືອນ 11 ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2518 ຕົວ ປຮັບເໝົ້າ
Copying date in Gregorian:
1975 October 08
Place of copying:
Vat Maha That, Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
4.5 x 51 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
4.5 x 51 cm
Text block dimension:
4 x 47 cm
Number of pages:
18 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
While residing at the Buppharam monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha talked to King Pasendi Kosala about the benefits derived from worshiping the Triple Gem with a flag. The Buddha gave an example: in the time of Vipassi Buddha, a troubled couple who had the most ardent religious faith made a flag in order to worship the Triple Gem. During preparing the flag, the husband suddenly died and because of his faith he entered the Tavatimsa Heaven as a divinity and possessed a huge amount of heavenly treasures.
Colophon:
Folio 8 on the verso side: In BE 2518, a hap mao year, on the third day of the waxing moon of the eleventh [lunar] month, a Wednesday, at 13:10 o’clock, [the writing was finished]. Pha Phui Thiracitto, the abbot of Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan, and Chao Khana Tasaeng of Vat That (the ecclesiastical head of the sub-district), municipal of Luang Prabang, were the sponsor and the scribe of this manuscript. Nibbāna paccaya hotu no anāgate kāle (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana).

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສະຫຼອງທຸງເຫຼັກ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Salòng Dhung Lek
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The merit derived from making a flag with iron sheets
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali, Lao
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