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EAP791/1/17/39
- Record Id:
- 040-003706553
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003706207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108466648.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP791/1/17/39
- Title:
- 破獄交簡煉度秘
- Additional Titles:
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Poyu jiaojian liandu mi
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript.
Title of the first text: 破獄交簡煉度秘 [Poyu jiaojian liandu mi].
Compilation of three texts: Poyu, Jiaojian and Liandu Mi. Poyu:The Poyu: instructions to break the Gates of Purgatory. Send the Five Armies and Keau Hu Man to attack the Underworld and collect the dead. Jiaojian:Instructions to send messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is taking place;Lian du:Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have rescued from the Purgatory during the second death ritual; last part. They are bathed with water. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join the ancestors’ table pibu pai. The dead are bathed, got new clothes, are fed. They become official Ancestors.
Custodial history: Private collection.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 38 folios.
Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Lanten Textual Heritage
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003706207
033-003706514
040-003706553 - Is part of:
- EAP791/1 : Lanten Manuscripts from Northern Laos
EAP791/1/17 : Anonymous Collector 17
EAP791/1/17/39 : 破獄交簡煉度秘 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003706207[0017]/033-003706514[0039]/040-003706553
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP791/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 37 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP791-1-17-39
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Chinese
- Scripts:
- Han (Traditional)
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Northern Laos
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Former External References:
- EAP791_MSS329
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in a private collection in Northern Laos.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)