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Tuk aia ka Pasaih
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manuscripts (document genre)
1800-2000
The material was passed down by ancestors. Mr. Luu Sanh Thanh has inherited the whole material and kept it from Superior Priest Truong Dinh (Hoai Trung). Several materials were collected by himself.
103 unnumbered pages
Cham manuscripts, made of Buong leaf. The bearing area of the material was pierced holes and stuck with two small, round strips of wood to hold the two ends of the Buong leaf material. Each page of Buong leaf was pierced holes at the two ends to fit in with the bearing area. The two covers were made of wood to hold the material with thread in the middle. Pages were numbered in order. Pages 01, 02 and 99 were left blank. Letters were inscribed on the leaf surface, and then blackened with an ink that is extracted from a wild flower in the forest (bingu kalao). The text was written in Akhar Thrah language. The material is in good condition. Size (length - width - depth): 34 x 4.5 x 5 cm
The material covers religious themes. The content is about Tuk aia ka Pasaih.
Digitization of this manuscript was funded by the British Libaries' Endangered Archives Programme through the project, Digitisation of the Endangered Cham Manuscripts of Vietnam (no. EAP698).
Chamic languages
Religion