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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0011 00617
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537245
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Pha Phui Thiracitta Thela, abbot of Vat Maha That
Subject matter:
Suttanta doctrine
Copyist:
Pha Phui Thiracitta Thela, abbot of Vat Maha That
Copying date in native date:
ຂຶ້ນ 14 ຄໍ່າ ວັນພຸດ ເດືອນ 5 ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2521 ປີເປິກສະຫງ້າ
Copying date in Gregorian:
1978 April 21
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
4.6 x 51.2 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
4.6 x 51.2 cm
Text block dimension:
4.1 x 48.2 cm
Number of pages:
28 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The fourth fascicle of Cundasukarika Sutta was written in Lao and narrates Matali Devaputta who took Dhammaki Bandit to the Tavatimsa heaven. God Indra invited him to stay in the heaven but Dhammika declined because he wanted to accumulate merit. Then he descended to the human world.
Colophon:
Folio 14 on the recto side: In BE 2521, a poek sanga year, on the fourteenth day of the waxing moon of the fifth [lunar] month, a Wednesday, in the morning between 9:00–10:30, the writing of this manuscript was finished. Pha Phui Thiracitta Thera, the abbot of Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan and the ecclesiastical head of the sub-district of Vat That, the chair-person of the Buddhist Fellowship of Luang Prabang province, was the sponsor of the making of this manuscript entitled Chuntha-sukarikasut 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). This manuscript belongs to Vat Pha Maha That, Luang Prabang province.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ຈຸນທະສຸກະຣິກະສູດ (ຜູກ 4 )
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Cundasukarika Sutta (Phuk 4)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Cundasukarika Sutta (fascicle 4)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali, Lao
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