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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0113 00541
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792356
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) Chanta
Copying date in native date:
Anonymous
Copying date in Gregorian:
1856
Place of copying:
Wat Monthian, Nan
Script:
Dhamma Lan Na
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
5 x 53 cm
Text block dimension:
4.3 x 44 cm
Number of pages:
24 pages
Number of blank pages:
3 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Vanappavesana (the forest-entry section) is the fourth section of the 13 sections of the Vessantara jataka. The contents describe that Prince Vessantara led Princess Maddi, Jali and Kanha to Mount Vamka. On their way to Mount Vamka they were welcomed by King Jetarat. The king asked Prince Vessantara to rule Jetarat kingdom together with him. But Prince Vessantara refused and asked the king for directions to Vamka hill. When they arrived at Mount Vamka, they separately stayed in two Sala (pavilion) which had already been erected there.
Colophon:
สระเด็ฌแล้วยามกองงายแก่ข้าแล ฯ จันทภิกขุริกขิตตะอัตตโน โชฏกวรพุทธสาสนา ตราบต่อเท้าเสี้ยงเช่นโปฏฐะแล้ว ฯ อิมินา เวสฺสนฺตรตเนน ยถา ภเว ชาโต ติกฺขปญฺโญ วิสาลโท มหาธโน มหาโภโค อภมาโน อภิรูโป ปาทสฺส มธุรสฺส วา นิ โน เทวเทโว ขนฺติ ไชโย วา เยน ปจโย โหนฺตุ อรหนฺตา มคฺคยารณํ นิพฺพาน นิพฺพาน ปจโย โหนฺตุ เม นิจฺจํ ธุวํ ธุวํ เทิอะ ฯ แล้ววัน 7 ปางเมื่ออยู่วัดมุรเทียร วันนั้นกี้แล ฯ The copying [of this manuscript] was done on Saturday morning. I, Phra Cantha from Wat Monthian, inscribed the manuscript on my own to sustain Buddhism as long as the age of this palm-leaf manuscript. Aminā vessantaratanena yatha bave cāto tikkhapaññā visarato mahādhano mahāboko apamāno abhirupo pādassa madhurassa vanino davedevo khantijeyyova yena paccayo hontu ārahantāmaggañāṇaṃ Nibbānapaccayo hotu me niccaṃ duvaṃ duvaṃ [May the merit derived from copying the religious manuscript “Vessantara Jātaka” support me with sharp intelligence and wealth in future rebirths. May I gain Arahantship and Nibbāna in the future.]
Other notes:
(On the left side of the first palm-leaf folio) “This is the Vanapavesasana.”

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
วนบเวส์นฯ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Vanapavesasna
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Vanapavesasna (The Wandering)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Lan Na
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