The four leporelleo-style mulberry paper manuscripts contain secular texts dealng with astrology and magic formulas. Texts of these genres are preferrably written on mulberry paper, not palm-leaf.
Manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thera
Scope & Content:
With four exceptions (see below), the manuscripts of this corpus are palm-leaf manuscripts. Nine-tenth of the 98 fascicles deal with religious themes. One third of these manuscripts (29) have Anisong (blessing) texts pertaining to the religious benefit derived from certain kinds of gift-giving (d...
This folded multiple-text manuscript is written with black ink on greyish mulberry paper in Tham-Lan Na script and language. The texts deal with several subjects, like chanting, divination and magic formula, and many ceremonies. There are a number of magical diagrams and yantras (with combination...
This multiple-text manuscript deal with various topic,s such as magical spells, divination and fortune-telling the removal of one's bad luck through a special ceremony. This folded manuscript is written with black and red ink on greyish mulberry (sa) paper mostly in Old Lao script, with a few pag...
This text of manuscript is about how to entering the priesthood to be a monks or novices in the Buddhism. Pagination in Lao numerals. Text is not inscribed with a stylus but written in black ink. 10 folios
This multiple-text manuscript is written with blue ink on greyish mulberry (sa) paper. The texts are mostly written in Tham-Lao script (at least with two different hands), in addition several pages are written in Old Lao script. This text deals with diverse topics, such as magical devices or Gāth...
This text of manuscript is about the teaching of the Buddha by chanting a story of Chanthapasot to monks and nuns, male and female to listen. The colophon mentions as sponsors Chan (a former monk) Bunthan and Sao (Miss) Si.The exact date when the manuscript was finished was Friday, 19 November 19...
This text is about the first chanting of the Buddha teaching about how to walk in the middle path and how to realize the Alinya Sasi or the four noble truths which the Buddha strictly obeyed to until his final Parinibbana. The colophon mentions as sponsor monk Sitthi Pannya (Mὸm Suk), along with ...
This text contains a list of Buddhist terms in Pali popularly used for chanting during ceremonies to cast away evil and prevent harm or to bring merit to the chanters and those who listen to the prayers. The colophon mentions as sponsors Sathu Sansai and his wife, along with their children and re...
