Pha Vandi from Ban Pak Xaeng village; all his children
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Pha Bunsom Banthasit from Vat That Luang
Copying date in native date:
BE 2514, a kun year (the year of the Pig)
Copying date in Gregorian:
1971
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
53.1 x 5.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
53.1 x 5.0 cm
Text block dimension:
47.7 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
52 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Suvanna Sangkha Kumman, the Bodhisatta was laying on the raft floating to a giant city. Yakkhini Devi (giant queen) ordered her servants to catch the Bodhisatta for her food. They tried hard to catch the Bodhisatta, but they could not. Suddenly, a big wave took them away in the Ganga River. Later, Yakkhini went to see the Bodhisatta by herself. She felt pity for the baby. Thus, she jumped into the river and saved the body. She took Bodhisatta to her palace and looked after him as her child.