Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan: HMML Repository

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

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 Maha That Rasabovoravihan
Project Codes
DS
Project Numbers
DS 0011 00001-0011 00450
Type
Digital
Active Catalog Records
977
Digital Surrogates
977
HMML Reading Room (sample record)
https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/518617
HMML Authority File
https://haf.vhmml.org/organization/239010506212
Languages
Pali, Lao
Preservation Status
Complete
Cataloging Status
Not started

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