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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00548

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792363

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Phra (monk) Chan

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Phra (monk) Attha

Copying date in native date:

2, 10 (lunar)

Copying date in Gregorian:

1886

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:

34 pages

Number of blank pages:

5 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Nagara or Nakhon (entering the city) is the 13th of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text tells of Vessantara who abandoned his ascetic robe and left his hermitage. The prince dressed in royal attire and returned to Sivi. He ruled his kingdom with royal virtue and died at the age of 120 years. He entered the Tusita Heaven as the male Deity Santusita.

Other notes:

(On the left side of the first palm-leaf folio, the texts read) “Nagara Khanda, Novice Ittha copied this for Phra Chan.”

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

นคอฯรกัณฑฯ์

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Nakara

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Nakara Kaṇḍa (The City)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na