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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00420

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792235

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Monk Atharawong

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:

5.1 x 51 cm

Text block dimension:

4.4 x 41.6 cm

Number of pages:

32 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Mahārāja (the great king) is the eleventh of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text tells that Brahmin Jūjaka took Jali and Kanha back to his hometown in Kalinka. He got lost and he was directed to Sivi which was the city of King Sonsai (Sanjaya). When King Sonsai saw his grandchildren, he ransomed the two young royal children from Jūjaka. The king also fed the Brahmin with delicious food. Because he had been hungry for many days, the Brahmin ate too much, his bloated stomach broke, and he died.

Colophon:

ปริปุณณะแล้วยามแถจักใกล้ขึ้นสู่เที่ยงแกล่ข้าน้อยแล อธรวงรัสสภิกษุ ริกขิตเนิอ ค่อยพิจจรณาไพดูสะน่อยเทิอะ นายที่ไหว้เหิย เหตตัวข้าบ่ช่างซนานหลายแล ฯ [I] finished copying [this manuscript] soon before noon. Monk Atharawong copied [the manuscript]. Please read the text carefully because I am not good at [inscribing palm-leaf manuscripts].

Other notes:

(Left side of the first folio) “Mahārāja, 69 Gaṭhā”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

มหาราชฯ

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