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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00530
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537158
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Sathu Nyai Phui Thiracitta Maha Thela from Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan Monastery
Subject matter:
Suttanta doctrine
Copying date in native date:
ແຮມ 8 ຄໍ່າ ວັນຈັນ ເດືອນ 8 ປະຖະມະສາດ ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2539 ຕົວ ປີຮວາຍໄຈ້
Copying date in Gregorian:
1996 July 07
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 x 51.5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
5 x 51.5 cm
Text block dimension:
4.1 x 47 cm
Number of pages:
14 pages
Number of blank pages:
3 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Bāhuṃ or Jayamaṅgala Gāthā celebrates the triumph of the creative power of goodness over the destructive force of evil, and contains eight episodes describing how the Buddha drew on his inner power in order to triumph over external malevolent forces. The first stanza (victory over Mara); second stanza (conquering Alavaka (Yakka); third stanza (taming Naragiri (drunken elephant); forth stanza (subduing Angulimala); fifth stanza (rout of Cinca falsely accusing the Buddha); sixth stanza (vanishing Saccaka); seventh stanza (subduing Nandopananda (hostile King of Nagas); and eight stanza (conquest over Baka Brahma).
Colophon:
Folio 6 on the recto side: In BE 2539, a hwai cai year, on the eighth day of the waning moon of the eighth [lunar] month, Monday, a hwai sanga day, [the writing was finished]. Sathu Nyai (great abbot) Phui Thiracitta Thera from Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan, Luang Prabang, was the sponsor of the making of this manuscript to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Nibbāna paccaya hotu no (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana).

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສັບພາຫຸງ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Sab Bhāhuṃ
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The words of Bhāhuṃ Sutta or Jaya Mangala Gatha
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali, Lao
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