ມະຫາວັກ ແປວ່າ ວັກໃຫຍ່ ວ່າດ້ວຍ ສິກຂາບົດນອກປາຕິໂມກ ເປັນຊື່ຄໍາພີໝວດທີ່ ໓ ໃນ ໕ ໝວດແຫ່ງພະວິໄນປິດົກ ມີ ໑໐ ຕອນ ຄື ໑. ມະຫາຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍການບັນພະຊາອຸປະສົມບົດ. ໒. ອຸໂປສະຖະຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍອຸໂປສົດແລະສີມາ. ໓. ວັດສູປະນາຍິກະຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍການເຂົ້າວັດສາ. ໔. ປະວາຣະນາຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍ ປະວາຣະນາ ໕. ຈໍາມາຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍເຄື່ອງໜັງ. ໖. ເພສັດຊະຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍຢາ ແລະເລື່ອງກັບປະຍະ ອະກັບປິຍະ ແລະກາລິກ. ໗. ກະຖິນຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍກະຖິນ. ໘. ຈີວະຣະຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍຈີວອນ. ໙. ຈໍາເປີຍຍະຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍ ນິກຄະຫະກໍາຕ່າງໆ.໑໐.ໂກສໍາພີຂັນທະກະ ວ່າດ້ວຍພິກຂຸຊາວໂກສໍາພີວິວາດກັນແລະສັງຄະສາມັກຄີ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ ໒໖ ໜ້າ ໑: ສັງກາດຣາຊະໄດ້ ປາຍ ໔໐໔ (ກົງກັບ ຈ.ສ. ໑໑໔໔) ຕົວ ປີເຕົ່າຍີ່ ເດືອນ ໘ ແຮມ ໑໑ ຄໍ່າ ວັນ ໑ ຣາຊະຄູເຈົ້າວັດກວານແກວງກັບທັງສາວຄໍາຕັນ ສາວຄໍາພັນ ມີສັດທາສ້າງ ສັບມະຫາວັກ ມັດຕົ້ນ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາ ນິບພານະ ນິບພານັງ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫຕຸ.
Mahavagga means the great section is on the disciplinary rules outside the Patimokkha and is the name of the scripture which is the third of the five sections of the Vinaya Pitaka, containing ten chapters. 1. Maha khandhaka is on the ordinations. 2. Uposatha khandhaka is on the uposatha and sima. 3. Vassupanayika khandhaka is on the entry of the Buddhist Lent. 4. Pavarana khandhaka is on the invitation. 5. Camma khandhaka is on the leather goods such as shoes and ramps. 6. Bhesajjha khandhaka is on the medicine, and the things are allowable, unallowable and up to the times. 7. Kathina khandhaka is on the Kathina robes. 8. Civara khandhaka is on the robes. 9. Campeyya khandhaka is on the punishments. 10. Kosambi khandhaka is on the quarrels among the monks of Kosambi and the Sangha unity. Colophon: Folio 26 on the recto side: Sangkatrasa 404 (corresponding with CS 1144), a tao nyi year, on the eleventh day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month, the first day of the week (Sunday). Rasakhu (abbot) of Vat Kwang kwaeng together with Sao Tan and Sao Khamphan had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this first manuscript-bundle entitled Sap Mahavak (Words of Mahāvagga) to support the Teachings of the Buddha. May this be a condition to reach Nirvana.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 26 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.2 cm, width 54.1 cm, depth 1.1 cm.
Condition of original material: Fragile.
Alternative calendar and date: Lao, CS 1144, a tao nyi year
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.1.
