ປິຕະກະ ທັງ ໓ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)

ຫລັງຈາກທີ່ພະພຸດທເຈົ້າ ຊົງຕັດສະຣູ້ອະນຸຕະຣະສໍາມາສໍາໂພທິຍານແລ້ວ ພະພຸດທະອົງກໍ່ສະເດັດໄປປະທັບສໍາລານຢູ່ໃນນິໂຄທາຣາມ ເມືອງກະບິນລະພັດ ໃນກາລະນັ້ນຍັງມີພະນາງປະຊາບໍດີໂຄຕະມີ ອັນເປັນແມ່ລ້ຽງຂອງພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ ກໍ່ໄດ້ໃຫ້ນາຍຊ່າງຫູກຫຍິບຜ້າພື້ນໜຶ່ງ ເພື່ອມາຖວາຍໃຫ້ແກ່ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ ແຕ່ໃນຄັ້ງນັ້ນພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າໄດ້ແນະນໍາໃຫ້ພະນາງປະຊາບໍດີໂຄຕະມີ ນໍາຜ້າພື້ນນັ້ນໄປຖວາຍໃຫ້ແກ່ຄະນະສົງ ເນື່ອງຈາກວ່າ ການໃຫ້ທານແກ່ຄະນະສົງນັ້ນຈະມີພາລະອານິສົງຫລາຍກວ່າ ການໃຫ້ທານແກ່ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າອົງດຽວ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ ໒໖ ໜ້າ ໑: ພະພຸດທະສັງກາດຣາຊາ ພັນປາຍ ໒ ຮ້ອຍ ໘ (ຄວາມເປັນໄດ້ແມ່ນກົງກັບ ຈ.ສ. ໑໒໐໘) ຕົວ ປີຮວາຍສະງ້າ ເດືອນ ໑໐ ແຮມ ໔ ຄໍ່າ ມື້ເຕົ່າຍີ່ ວັນ ໔ ຣິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມຕູດມື້ເຊົ້າ ເຈົ້າໝ່ອມແລພໍ່ເປົ້າແລະແມ່ເພັງ ລູກຫລານພ້ອມກັນເອົາເຂົ້າຂອງມາສ້າງ ປິຕະກະທັງ ໓ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາ ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ ຕາບເທົ້າ ໕ ພັນພະວັດສາ ສົ່ງຜະລະບຸນໄປຫານ້າຊຽງຈັງ ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ໄດ້ພົ້ນຈາກທຸກຂຶ້ນສູ່ສະເຫວີຍສຸກ ໓ ປະການກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ.

On one occasion, the Buddha was staying at the Nigrodharama monastery in Kapilavatthu. Mahapajapati Gotami, the step-mother and maternal aunt of the Buddha, ordered a weaver man to make a robe in order to offer it the Buddha. When the robe was already for offering. She brought the robe to the Buddha with intention to offer him. But the Buddha told her to offer the robe to the Sangha. As the offering to the Sangha will gain much merit than to offer to the Buddha himself. Colophon: Folio 26 on the recto side: Buddhist Era one thousand 2 hundred and 8 (Possibility is CS 1208), a hwai sanga year, on the fourth day of the waning moon of the tenth lunar month, a tao nyi day, the fourth day of the week (Wednesday), the writing was accomplished in the morning. Chao Mom and father Pao and mother Pheng jointly spent their belongings to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Pitaka thang 3, to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years and dedicate the results of this merit to Uncle Xiang Chang. May he be free from misery and reach the three states of happiness.

Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 26 leaves.

Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.5 cm, width 54.4 cm, depth 1 cm.

Condition of original material: Good.

Alternative calendar and date: Lao, CS 1208, a hwai sanga year

Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.

Scribe(s): Unidentified.

Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.1.