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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0113 00412
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792227
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:
1862
Place of copying:
Anonymous
Script:
Dhamma Lan Na
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
5.2 x 51 cm
Text block dimension:
4.5 x 40 cm
Number of pages:
44 pages
Number of blank pages:
5 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Himaphan or Himavanta, 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, 97 Gaṭhā in total”

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
หิมมฯพานตฯ์
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
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