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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00736

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537364

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Thit (ex-monk) Pan and his wife, Sao Buasi

Subject matter:

Suttanta doctrine

Copying date in native date:

ຂຶ້ນ 7 ຄໍ່າ ວັນ 6 ເດືອນ 8 ຈຸນລະສັງກາດຣາຊາໄດ້ 1285 ຕົວ ປີເຕົ່າເສັດ

Copying date in Gregorian:

1923 July 11

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.8 x 58.2 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.8 x 58.2 cm

Text block dimension:

3.9 x 53.5 cm

Number of pages:

68 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

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 are regarded as careless-ness 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 32 on the recto side: In Cula-sakkarat (CS) 1285, a tao set year, on the seventh day of the waxing moon of the eighth [lunar] month, the sixth day of the week (Friday), at the time of the temple drum, the writing of this manuscript was finished. Thit Pan and Sao Buasi, husband and wife, had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Maha Munla-nipphan to be dedicated to Thit Hüan who has already died to the other world. If he has been stuck in a place of suffering, please have him moved to a good place. Sādhu sādhu anumodāmi (Well done, well done! We say amen!).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ມະຫາມູນລະນິພານ ຜູກດຽວ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Mahā Mūlanibbāna, Phuk Diao

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Discourse on the way to Nirvana, single fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao