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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00151

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624286

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Chaek Monastery

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Jataka

Begin Year Date:

1910

End Year Date:

2010

Place of copying:

Pak Chaek village, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province

Script:

Tham Lue

Writing support:

Palm-Leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

55.0 x 5.1 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

55.0 x 5.1 cm

Text block dimension:

50.5 x 4.3 cm

Number of pages:

68 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

Maharat or Mahārāja (the great king) is the eleventh episode of the 13 episodes of Vessantara Jataka. The text mentions Brahmin Jujaka took Jali and Kanha back his hometown in Kalinka. Jujaka lost the way and directed to Sivi which was the city of King Sonsai (Sanjaya). When King Sonsai saw his grandchildren, heransomed the two young princes from Jujaka. The king also fed the Brahmin with delicious food. With hungriness for many days, the Brahmin ate too much. Finally his bloated stomach was broken and then he died.

Other notes:

Many first folios have damages on the left end, which affect the text.

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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:

Lue; Pali; Lao