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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00835

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537463

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Jataka

Begin Year Date:

1800

End Year Date:

1900

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.3 x 55.2 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.3 x 55.2 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 x 51.2 cm

Number of pages:

38 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

Himmaphan or Himavanta, the second of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text describes Prince Vessantara’s birth, his marriage with Princess Maddī and their two beloved children: Jali and Kanha. Prince Vessantara was banished to the forest by the citizens of the Sivi because he gave away the invaluable white elephant of the city to the city of Kaliṅga. Maddī accompanied Prince Vessantara to the forest. Then she described the region of the Himalaya as if she had already seen it.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຫິມມະພານ (ບັ້ນຕົ້ນ, ຜູກ 2)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Himavanta (Ban Ton, Phuk 2)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The Himalaya forest (first part, fascicle 2)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao