ທໍາມະບົດ ຫຼືທໍາມະປະທະ ເນື້ອໃນເປັນພາສາບາລີ ແປວ່າ ບົດແຫ່ງທໍາ ເປັນຊື່ຂອງຄໍາພີໜຶ່ງຂອງພະສຸດຕັນຕະປິດົກ ຂຸດທະກະນິກາຍ ເປັນພຸດທະພາສິດທີ່ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າຕັດແກ່ບຸກຄົນຕ່າງໆ ຕ່າງກໍາ ຕ່າງວາລະ ຕ່າງສະຖານທີ່ ເປັນບົດທໍາສັ້ນໆ ໃນຮູບແບບຄາຖາ ປະພັນເປັນບົດຮ້ອຍກອງຫຼືບົດກະວີ. ທໍາມະບົດແຕ່ລະບົດເປັນສັດຈະທໍາແລະເປັນອະມະຕະວາຈາຂອງພະຜູ້ມີພະພາກເຈົ້າ. ໃນທໍາມະບົດນີ້ມີບົດທໍາ ໔໒໓ ບົດ, ຖ້ານັບເປັນເລື່ອງໆ ທີ່ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າຕັດເຖິງ ມີຈໍານວນ ໓໐໒ ເລື່ອງ. ທໍາມະບົດນັ້ນ ມີຄວາມສໍາຄັນທຸກບົດ ຫາກໄດ້ນໍາມາເປັນແນວທາງໃນການທໍາຄວາມດີ ກໍ່ຈະໄດ້ຮັບປະໂຫຍດສົມດັ່ງປາດຖະໜາ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ່ ໔໗ ໜ້າ ໑: ຈຸນລະສັງກາດຣາຊໄດ້ ໑໒໒໒ ຕົວປີກົດສັນ ເດືອນ ໑໐ ຂື້ນ ໑໓ ຄໍ່າ ວັນ ໓ ມື້ກາບສີ ຣິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມກອງງາຍ ໝາຍມີ ນ້ອງສົມເດັດພະເປັນເຈົ້າກົມພະຣາຊະວັງຫໍຄໍາຝ່າຍຫລັງ ມີພະຣາຊະສັດທາສ້າງຍັງ ຄາຖາທໍາມະບົດ ໒ ຜູກນີ້ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ ຕາບຕໍ່ເທົ້າ ໕ ພັນພະວັດສາ ນິບພານະ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫຕຸ ໂນ ທຸວັງ ທຸວັງ.
Thammabot or Dhammapada with the whole text written in Pali means a word of the doctrine is the name of a scripture of Suttanta Pitaka Khuddaka Nikaya. The Dhammapadas are the Buddhist proverbs that the Buddha said to different people, different deeds, different agendas, and different places. They are short words of the doctrine in the form of verses composed as poems. Each of the Dhammapadas is the truth and is the immortal speech of the Buddha. There are 423 verses in the Dhammapada; if counted as the stories that the Buddha talked about, there are 302 stories. Every verse in the Dhammapada is important. It is used as a guideline for doing good deeds, it will benefit as desired. Colophon: Folio 47 on the recto side: Chunlasangkatrasa (CS) 1222, a kot san year, the thirteenth day of the waxing moon of the tenth lunar month, the third day of the week (Tuesday), a kap si day, the writing was accomplished at the time of kòng ngai (between 7.30–9.00 o’clock). A younger brother of the king of the golden palace in back side, had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript [entitled] Khatha thammabot, 2 fascicles, to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. May this be a condition for us to reach Nibbāna certainly.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 47 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.5 cm, width 56 cm, depth 1.6 cm.
Condition of original material: Good.
Alternative calendar and date: Lao, CS 1222, a kot san year
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Box no. 4.
