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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00329

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792144

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

Anonymous

Copying date in Gregorian:

1850-1880

Place of copying:

Anonymous

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

5.5 x 49.5 cm

Text block dimension:

4.5 x 41 cm

Number of pages:

18 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Himavanta or Himaphan , the section on the Himalaya is the second of the 13 sections of the Vessantara Jataka. It describes Prince Vessantara’s birth, his marriage to Princess Maddī, and their two beloved children named "Jali" and "Kanha". Then, Prince Vessantara was deported to the forest by the citizens of the Sivi to give away the invaluable white elephant of the city to Kalingka city. Maddī asked Prince Vessantara to accompany her to the forest. Then she narrated the region of the Himalaya as if she had already seen it.

Other notes:

(Left side of the first folio) “Himavanta Kaṇḍa, 134 Gathā”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

หิมวนตฯ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Himavanta

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Himavanta (Himaphan forest)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na