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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00337

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792152

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:

4.1 x 41.5 cm

Number of pages:

8 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Sakkapabba or Sakkaban (the section on Sakka or Indra) is the tenth section of the 13 sections of Veassantara Jataka. The content mentions Sakka or Indra transformed as a Brahmin and bagged Princess Maddi from Vessantara. Vessantara gave Maddi to the Brahmin. Then the Bramin gave Maddi back and also eight blessings to Vessantara such as may the people of the Sivi city forgive him and invite him back home.

Other notes:

(Left side of the first folio) “Sakkapabba Kaṇḍa, 43 Gathā”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

มหาราช

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Mahārāja

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Mahārāja (The Great King)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na