ວັດທາດຫຼວງ

ໜັງສືຄໍາພີໃບລານຂຽນດ້ວຍອັກສອນທໍາລາວ, ອັກສອນລາວ, ພາສາລາວ ແລະພາສາບາລີ ບັນຈຸເນື້ອໃນຄວາມຮູ້ຫຼາຍດ້ານ ປະກອບດ້ວຍ ກົດໝາຍ, ຄໍາພີພາສາບາລີ, ຊາດົກ, ຕໍານານພະພຸດທະສາສະໜາ, ຕໍານານເມືອງ, ຕໍາລາຢາພື້ນເມືອງ, ທໍາມະທົ່ວໄປ, ນິຍາຍທໍາມະ, ນິທານ, ພື້ນ, ບົດສູດມົນ, ປະເພນີ, ພະສູດ, ພະວິໄນ, ພະອະພິທໍາ, ວັນນະຄະດີ, ອານິສົງ, ອັກສອນສາດ, ໂຫລາສາດ, ໂອວາດຄໍາສອນ. ໜັງສືຄໍາພີເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຖືກສ້າງຖວາຍໄວ້ເປັນສົມບັດຂອງວັດທາດຫຼວງ ໂດຍພະມະຫາເຖລະ, ພະບໍລົມມະວົງສານຸວົງ, ຂ້າລາຊະການຊັ້ນສູງ, ແລະຊາວພຸດຜູ້ມີສັດທາທົ່ວໄປ ແລະຖືກປົກປັກຮັກສາໂດຍເຈົ້າອະທິການວັດແລະພະສົງ-ສາມະເນນວັດທາດຫຼວງ ຣາຊະມະຫາວິຫານ ຈົນເປັນມໍລະດົກຕົກທອດມາເຖິງປັດຈຸບັນ. The manuscripts are palm leaves written in Tham Lao and Lao scripts, in Lao and Pali languages contain various kinds of texts including Law, Monolingual Pali, Jataka, Buddhist chronicle, Secular chronicle, Medical treatise, White magic, General Buddhism, Folktale, Prayer, Ritual, Sutta, Vinaya, Abhidhamma, Literature, Anisong (Award), Philology, Astrology, Didactics. These manuscripts were sponsored the making and donated to Vat That Luang by great monks, members of the royal family, high ranking officials and devout Buddhist. They have been preserved by former abbots and monks and novices of Vat That Luang monastery as heritage until to our present days. Custodial history: The manuscripts in the collection of Vat That Luang were being made from late 17th century to the mid-20th century, were donated to the monastery by their sponsors who were senior monks, members of the royal family, high-ranking officials and prominent people lived around the monastery and in Luang Prabang town. Later in 1995, the manuscripts were organised and arranged by the project Preservation of Lao Manuscript Programme in collaboration between the Sangha of Luang Prabang and National Library of Laos. Arrangement: The manuscripts were/are kept in two manuscript cabinets in the sim (ordination hall) together with the Buddha statues. They were organised and arranged by the project Preservation of Lao Manuscript Programme in collaboration between the Sangha of Luang Prabang and National Library of Laos in 1999. The manuscripts are tied together in white cotton bags and kept in a woodden cabinet and a glass cabinet.