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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00543

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792358

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Phra (monk) Chanta

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Novice Khattiya

Copying date in native date:

Anonymous

Copying date in Gregorian:

1856

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 x 53 cm

Text block dimension:

4.3 x 44 cm

Number of pages:

24 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Mahavana or Mahapon means the great forest and is the seventh episode of the 13 episodes of Vessantara Jataka. It tells of the Brahmin Jujaka who was wandering through the small forest and then met the ascetic Accuta who greeted him politely. The Brahmin lied to the ascetic that he was an emissary from Siphirat and the ascetic trusted him and welcomed with fruits and invited him to stay overnight in his hut. The next morning, the ascetic showed the Brahmin the way to Mount Vamkata.

Other notes:

(The left side of the first folio) “Mahaphon (Mahāvana)”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

มหาพ฿นฯ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Mahāvana

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Mahāvana (The great forest)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na