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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00273

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627977

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka; Rite and Ritual

Copyist:

Anonymous

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Industrial paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

20.9 x 16.1 cm

Text block dimension:

18.7 x 13.5 cm

Number of pages:

62 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

Matthi or Maddī, Princess Maddi, the Vessantara’s consort, is the ninth section and 12th fascicle in the Vessantara Jataka. When Princess Maddi goes away for fruits. As she is returning she finds her way barred by three fierce animals including a lion, a tiger and a leopard. Having known that Jujaka was away with her two children. By the time, three beasts sent by Indra let her pass. When Maddi arrives back at the hermitage having found no children anywhere. She inquiries from her husband what has happened to them. But he keeps silent. She is very upset, burst into tears and falls down.

Other notes:

The pages of the first and last parts are missing.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ມັດທີ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Maddi

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Matthi

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali

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Item 2 - Title in Native script:

ສູດຂວັນເຂົ້າກາງໄຮ່ກາງນາ

Item 2 - Title in Roman script:

Sūt Khwan Khao Kāṅhai Kāṅnā

Item 2 - Title in English script:

Chant for the spirit of rice in the rice fields

Item 2 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 2 - Language:

Lao