ພະອຸບປະຄຸດມີລັກສະນະເດັ່ນໃນດ້ານມີອິດທິລິດ ເປັນພະອໍລະຫັນທີ່ຍັງມີຊີວິດຢູ່ ອາໄສຢູ່ບໍລິເວນສະດືໃນມະຫາສະໝຸດ. ທ່ານເກີດຫຼັງພຸດທະການໃນຊ່ວງພະເຈົ້າອະໂສກມະຫາຣາດປົກຄອງເມືອງປາຕະລິບຸດ. ຄັ້ງໜຶ່ງ, ພະເຈົ້າອະໂສກມະຫາຣາດ ໄດ້ຈັດງານສະຫຼອງສົມໂພດພະສະຖູບເຈດີທີ່ພະອົງຊົງສ້າງຂຶ້ນ ຈໍານວນ ໘໔,໐໐໐ ອົງ ເປັນເວລາ ໗ ປີ ໗ ເດືອນ ໗ ວັນ. ໃນຂະນະນັ້ນ ພະຍາມານໄດ້ປາກົດຕົວແລະບັນດານໃຫ້ມີຝົນຕັກໜັກເພື່ອທໍາລາຍພິທີການສະຫຼອງນັ້ນ. ພິກຂຸທັງຫຼາຍໄດ້ນິມົນພະອຸບປະຄຸດເຖລະຂຶ້ນມາປາບພະຍາມານຈົນພະຍາມານພ່າຍແພ້. ເນື້ອໃນຍັງກ່າວເຖິງ ພະເຈົ້າອະໂສກມະຫາຣາດ ໄດ້ອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ພະຣາຊະໂອລົດແລະພະຣາຊະທິດາ ຊົງພະນາມວ່າ ເຈົ້າມະຫິນທະຣາຊະກຸມມານ ແລະພະນາງສັງຄະມິດຕາຣາຊະທິດາ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍຕິດສະມະຫາອຸປະຣາດພະອະນຸຊາ (ນ້ອງຊາຍ) ແລະ ຫຼານຊາຍ ອັກຄິທັດຕະພາມ ອອກບວດເປັນພິກຂຸແລະພິກຂຸນີ ເພື່ອເຮັດໃຫ້ພະອົງເປັນທາຍາດພະພຸດທະສາສະໜາຕາມຄໍາແນະນໍາຂອງຄະນະສົງ. ຕໍ່ມາ, ພະເຈົ້າອະໂສກມະຫາຣາດໄດ້ສົ່ງພະທໍາມະທູດ ໙ ສາຍ ອອກໄປເຜີຍແຜ່ພະພຸດທະສາສະໜາໃນທະວີບຕ່າງໆ. ພະມະຫາໂສນະເຖລະແລະພະອຸດຕະຣະເຖລະ ພະທໍາມະທູດ ສາຍທີ ໘ ໄດ້ເດີນທາງມາເຜີຍແຜ່ພະພຸດທະສາສະໜາໃນດິນແດນສຸວັນນະພູມ ຫຼື ອາຊີອາຄະເນ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ ໒໗ ໜ້າ ໑: ສັງກາດຣາຊະໄດ້ ໘ ເອັດ (ກົງກັບ ຈ.ສ. ໑໑໘໑) ຕົວ ປີກົດສີ ເດືອນ ໘ ຂຶ້ນ ໑໔ (ຄໍ່າ) ພໍ່າວ່າໄດ້ ວັນເສົາ ມື້ກັດໃສ້ ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມທ່ຽງວັນ ອ້າຍເຂັມ ຜົວເມຍ ມີໃຈໃສສັດທາໄດ້ສ້າງ ມະຫາອຸປະຄຸດຫລວງ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາພະເຈົ້າ ໄວ້ກັບຊຽງຢືນ ຕາບຕໍ່ມົດຊົ່ວໃບລານ ນິບພານະ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫຕຸ ທຸວັງ ທຸວັງ.
Venerable Upagupta Thera has his prominent feature in term of power, is an arahant and alive, living in so-called the navel of the ocean. He was born after the Buddha’s time during the time of King Ashoka rulling Pataliputta. Once, King Ashoka held a celebration of the 84,000 pagodas created by him for 7 years, 7 months and 7 days. At the moment, the Mara king appeared and made heavy rain to destroy the ceremony. Senior monks invited the Venerable Upagupta Thera come up to subdue the Mara until the Mara was defeated. The content also mentions about King Ashoka allowed his son and daughter named Prince Mahindra and Princess Sanghamitta and also the king’s brother and nephew named Viceroy Tissa and Aggidatta Brahmin to be ordained as bhikkhus and bhikkhuni. In order to make the king to be a relative of Buddism. Later, the king sent nine groups of missionary monks to spread the teachings of the Buddha in different continents. Venerable Sona and Venerable Uttara, the 8th group, travelled to Suvarnabhumi or Southeast Asia. Colophon: Folio 27 on the recto side: Sangkatrasa 8 and one (corresponding with CS 1181), a kot si year, on the foueteenth day of the waxing moon of the eighth lunar month, Saturday, a kat sai day, the writing was accomplished at the time of thiang van (between 10.30–12.00 o’clock). Ai Khem and his wife had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Maha Upakhut Luang (Great Upagupta) to support the Teachings of the Buddha, for Vat Xiang Yün to last until the end of the palm leaves. May this be a condition to reach Nirvana, certainly.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 26 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.0 cm, width 54.4 cm, depth 1.1 cm.
Condition of original material: Fragile.
Alternative calendar and date: Lao, CS 1181, a kot si year
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.1.
