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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00842

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537470

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:

4.4 x 55.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.4 x 55.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3.1 x 51 cm

Number of pages:

48 pages

Number of blank pages:

0 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

Maharat or Mahārāja (the great king) is the eleventh of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text describes Brahmin Jujaka who took Jali and Kanha back to his hometown in Kalinka. Jujaka lost the way and ended up to Sivi which was the city of King Sonsai (Sanjaya). When King Sonsai saw his grow grandchildren, he ransomed them from Jujaka. The king also fed the Brahmin with delicious food. Because he had been hungry for many days, the Brahmin ate so much that his stomach broke and he died.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ມະຫາຣາດ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Mahārāja

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The great king

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao