Vat Manorom Sattharam: HMML Repository

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Manuscripts digitized by the DREAMSEA project. Cataloged in HMML Cloud at https://www.hmmlcloud.org/dreamsea/. The manuscripts are currently housed in Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan, which is among the oldest monasteries in Luang Prabang city. These manuscripts bear witness to the fact that the monastery had served as a hub of religious scholarship, festivals, and rituals in the past, where people could engage in social events and pursue studies and meditation. The texts contained in these manuscripts comprise of various Buddhist teachings, tales, chronicles, ways of earning merit, prayers, white magic, vinaya rules, and medicinal knowledge, written in Pali, Lao, and Lue languages, and inscribed in Tham Lao, Lao, and Tham Lue script.


Collection
Buddhist Hindu
Country
Laos
City
Luang Prabang
Repository
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Project Codes
DS
Project Numbers
DS 0062 00001-00307
Type
Digital
Active Catalog Records
307
Digital Surrogates
307
HMML Reading Room (sample record)
https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/627705
HMML Authority File
https://haf.vhmml.org/organization/681340298200
Preservation Status
Complete
Cataloging Status
Not started

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