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:
50.8 x 4.5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
50.8 x 4.5 cm
Text block dimension:
45.0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
46 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Himmaphan or Himavanta, the section on the Himalaya is the second section of the 13 sections of Vessantara Jataka. The content describes about Prince Vessantara at birth, his marriage with Princess Maddī, and their two beloved children named "Jali" and "Kanha". Then, Prince Vessantara is deported to the forest by the citizens of the Sivi in the case of giving away the invaluable white elephant of the city to Kalingka city. Maddī asked Prince Vessantara to accompany him to the forest. Then she narrated the region of the Himalaya as if she had already seen it.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Lom bailān mī 23 bai thang nāthap lae, bailān san lae nὁi. Māi nāthap tham Himmaphān phāikhao lae. Tua bὁ ngām tok thuchao phanāi tondai dai thetsanā kὁ khὁi phichālanā ao hü khὁi dae noe, thī tok kὁmī thī lüa kὁmī pai nan lae.
Lānthī 22 nā 2: Sadet khian laeo düan sip haem 9 kham vansuk kāp sangā laeo yām 7 muang yang 17 tὁn laeng vanthī sip pī kā hao, phὁ sὁ 2536; chὁ sὁ 1377; khὁ sὁ 1993; nan lae. Chao satthā Phὁyok Thao Phὁnān In sü Ai Saengkham phariyā sü Sāo Khamchan phὁm dὁi lūk lān thanglāi phὁm kan sāng thān müa vai phāinā lae, khὁhü chao satthā thanglāi phὁm dὁi phūkhian hü dai thüng lokuttaratham ching lae. Mak 4 phala 4 mī nipphān pen yὁt thae dae bun hoei. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ asavak khayāvahaṃ nibbāna saṃkhātaṃ hotu anāgate kāle imehiyaṃ kapiyaṃtaṃ naṃ aiya dhema. Phikkhu Inthapanyo Salo Vat Bān Pākchaek pen phūkhian lae.
Lānthī 23 nā 2: Tham Vat Pākchaek. Nāthap tham Himmaphān phāipāi lae. Khian pī kā hao 1993, mot thang Bān Pākchaek pen satthā lae.