This text is about famous preachings dealing with various aspects of Buddhism, including meditation practices, such as Samattha Kammatthan and Vipassana Kammatthan. 6 folios
Thamma Thetsana (Teaching the People) (ທຳມະເທສະໜາສອນປະຊາຊົນ)
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This text is about the basic teachings of Buddhism or thamma. There is an added part with Sathu Nyai Saisamut Monk at Vat Pa Phon Phao temple and the surrounding area, where he is making merit to King Si Savangvong. 19 folios
This multiple-text manuscript ( written on greyish khòi paper with black ink) deals with very different topics, such as traditional medicine, magic formulas, astrology and divination (predicting the future of persons depending on the year and month of their birth). 82 folios. Language of material...
This leporello multiple-text manuscript is written with black ink in greyish khòi (sa?) paper. This text is about many topics, such as traditional medicine, Palasik 9 (prohibitions with nine kinds of punishments), and notes on certain events. The scripts used are mostly Old Lao (first part) and S...
This is a leporello manuscript made of blackened khòi paper. The text is written either in yellow ink (beautiful handwriting) or white chalk (coarse handwriting). The texts pertain to astrology, the auspicious time to start with certain ceremonies, accompanied by drawings of the sun, moon and sta...
This is a leporello manuscript made of blackened khòi paper. The whole manuscript is written in yellow ink. The texts are written in modern Thai and Khòm scripts. on fortune-telling, especially related to the future of rulers facing either luck or misfortune in certain planetary constellations. T...
This is a leporello manuscript made of blackened khòi paper. The whole manuscript is written in yellow ink. The texts are written in a number of scripts: Tham-Lao, Old Lao, modern Thai, and Khòm scripts. The texts are about traditional medice, magical devices, and (in the manuscripts second part)...
The leporello multiple-text manuscript is made of white-greyish khòi paper with black ink in various scipts, namely Thai, Khòm, Tham-Lao, and Old Lao scripts. This multiple-text manuscript is about many topics such as story of the magic formula, how to remove one's bad luck through the performanc...
Accordian-style folding book (parabaik) of unknown provenance and topic. Written in a mixture of Thai and Khom (Thai-style Khmer writing). All the Cet Riw manuscripts were kept together in a wooden box, so presumably all are on the same topic - medical treatment. Extent: 1 accordian paper books...