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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00099

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/791914

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:

Anonymous

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:

14 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

This manuscript is a Jātaka tale of the Bodhisatta’s birth as Suvanna Sama Kumāra who lived in a forest with his hermit parents. One day, a snake sputtered its venom into his parents’ eyes when they were collecting fruits in the forest. They became blind. Since then, Suvanna Sām took care of his parents. One day while he was collecting fruits and filling [a container] with water, he was unwittingly shot with an arrow by a hunter. He was not angry at the hunter but asked him to inform his parents what happened and take care of them. When his parents learned of this, they hug Suvanna Sām’s body and made a wish asking the holy spirits for help. Thanks to the merit he kindly took care of his parents, he revived; the eyes of his parents also became normal. The hunter saw the miracle and promised never to kill any sentient beings during his entire life.

Colophon:

สักกะ 1258 ตัว ฯ [The writing of this manuscript was finished] in 1258 CS.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สุวัณณฯสยฯๆาม

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Suvaṇṇasayāma

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Suvaṇṇasayāma

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na