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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00670

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537298

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Phò-òk (lay father) Peng and Mae-òk (lay mother) Thi together with their children and grandchildren

Subject matter:

Suttanta doctrine

Copying date in native date:

ແຮມ 10 ຄໍ່າ ວັນພະຫັດ ເດືອນ 6 ສັງກາດຣາຊາໄດ້ 1294 ຕົວ ປີກັດເຮົ້າ

Copying date in Gregorian:

1932 May 16

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 59.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 x 59.3 cm

Text block dimension:

3.7 x 51.6 cm

Number of pages:

72 pages

Number of blank pages:

0 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

While the Buddha was dwelling in Kapilavatthu, he delivered a sermon to his disciples describing Dāna (alms-giving) and Sīla (morality). The results of alms-giving and observing the precepts depend on the practitioners. Those who wish to gain lokiya (mundane) results such as becoming a king, an affluent, God Indra, Brahma or an emperor, their wishes are regarded as carelessness because they follow their own cravings. If they wish to gain lokuttara (supra-mundane) results such as Nirvana, they are regarded as careful.

Colophon:

Folio 36 on the recto side: In Culasakkarat (CS) 1294, a kat hao year, on the tenth day of the waning moon of the sixth [lunar] month, Thursday, at noon (10:30–12:00), the writing of this manuscript was finished. Phò-òk (lay man) Peng and his wife Mae-òk (lay woman) Thi together with their children and grandchildren had jointly the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Maha Munlanipphan to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of 5 thousand years. May the benefits derived from this merit support me in this life and other lives in the future. May I enter the Nirvana.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ມູນລະນິບພານ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Mūla Nibbāna (Phuk Ton)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Discourse on the way to Nirvana (fascicle 1)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao