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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00482

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792297

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Mr. Nan (ex-monk) Sommana

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

Buddhasakarāja 2493

Copying date in Gregorian:

1850

Place of copying:

Anonymous

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.7 x 56.5 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 48 cm

Number of pages:

56 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript describes a story of the Buddha who was born as a poor man in a village. Before his father passed away, he told the Bodhisatta to drag his skull to different places. If the skull was stopped by anything, keep that thing. One day the skull was stopped by a monster who had black skin, four ears and five eyes. The man brought the monster back to his home. The monster ate charcoal, and its excrement became gold. One day, a king of the city announced that anyone who could build a gold bridge would be allowed to marry his daughter. The man heard that news and used the gold he collected from the monster to construct a golden bridge. The king then gave his daughter to the man.

Other notes:

(Left side of the first folio) “Legend of Four-Ear-and-Five-Eye Monster, Wat Si Amphawan Wat Muang Thüt version”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

แมงฯสี่หูห้าตา

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Maeṅ IV Hū V Tā

Item 1 - Title in English script:

A story of a monster with four ears and five eyes

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na