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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0056 00414

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/624549

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:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

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:

55.2 x 5.2 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

55.2 x 5.2 cm

Text block dimension:

50.0 x 4.5 cm

Number of pages:

36 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

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.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຫິມມະພານ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Himavanta

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The Himalaya Forest

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao