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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0113 00377
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792192
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) Chanda
Copying date in native date:
11, 10 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1242
Copying date in Gregorian:
1880 September 1
Place of copying:
Wat Si Phu Phiang, Nan
Script:
Dhamma Lan Na
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
5.5 x 54.3 cm
Text block dimension:
4.5 x 48.5 cm
Number of pages:
26 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
This manuscript describes the scene when Indra transformed himself begging for a son, a daughter, and a wife of Sīvijaya. Sīvijaya agreed to do so, but finally Indra revealed himself and gave the son, daughter, and wife back to Sīvijaya. Moreover, when the villagers of Kaliṅga city were given back the white elephant, the father of Sīvijaya sent armies to invite Sīvijaya, his son, daughter, and wife back to the palace.
Other notes:
(Left side of the first folio) “Siñjayarāja, fifteenth fascicle”.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
สิงหฯ์เชยยฯราชฯ ผูก 15
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Siṅjayarāja, Phūk XV
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Siṅchaiyarāja, Fifteenth fascicle
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Lan Na
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