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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0113 00098
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/791913
Country:
Thailand
City (Province):
Nan
Name of collection:
Wat Monthian
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Anonymous
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Phra (Monk) Indavichai
Copying date in native date:
Cuḷasakarāja 1258
Copying date in Gregorian:
1896
Place of copying:
Wat Monthian, Nan
Script:
Dhamma Lan Na
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
6 x 53 cm
Text block dimension:
5 x 44 cm
Number of pages:
10 pages
Number of blank pages:
4 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
This manuscript pertains to the Bodhisatta who was born as King Mahā Chanaka ruling over the city of Mithilā. One day, the king was fed up with the throne and decided to be ordained as a monk. His wife Nāng Sīwalī followed and convinced him to return to the city but was declined, thereby living together in the forest. One day, they saw a girl who wore two anklets on one leg that made noise and one anklet on the other that was silent. The king Mahā Chanaka thus told his wife that the two-anklet noise was able to be compared to conflicts developing when living together. Then they met an arrow craftsman who closed his one eye while adjusting an arrow straight. The king also told her that an arrow would be straightly adjusted only if the craftsman used one eye. This act was similar to peace derived from keeping oneself alone. Nāng Sīwalī thus considered herself as a hindrance against his practices thereby returning to the city.
Colophon:
สักกะ 1258 ตัว ฯ [The writing of this manuscript was finished] in 1258 CS.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ชนก
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Janaka
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The story of Prince Mahajanaka
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Lan Na
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