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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00581

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792396

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 Uppatha

Copying date in native date:

Cuḷasakarāja 1204

Copying date in Gregorian:

1842

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:

5.5 x 57.3 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 47.5 cm

Number of pages:

36 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

This manuscript is a Jātaka or a story of one of the Buddha’s past lives given to his disciples. (Fascicle 4) One day, God Indra transformed himself to challenge the king of Bārāṇasī with a polo game. The king and his six sons-in-law were unable to defeat the god. Suvaṇṇasaṅkha was thus ordered to compete with the god and he won. One day Rajaṇā burnt his cicada costume. The king witnessed the real appearance of Suvaṇṇasaṅkha and promoted him to be the new king.

Colophon:

ตุดช้ายแล้ว วัน 2 แก่ข้าน้อยแลนายเหิย ฯ อุปปธภิกขุ ริกขิตตะปางเมื่ออยู่ปัตติบัตวัดภุมมิรที่นั้นแล ข้าขอสุก ๓ ประการแท้ดีหลี นิจ ธุวํ ธุวํ แล ฯ สักราชได้ 1204 ตัว ปีเต่ายีแลนายเหิย อุปปธภิกขุได้ส้างไว้ค้ำชูสาสนา 5 พันภวัสสาแก่ข้าน้อยแท้ดีหลีเทิอะ ฯ The writing [of this manuscript] was done in the afternoon on the second day of the week by Phra Uppatha during his stay at Wat Monthian. May I gain the three kinds of happiness. Niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ. In CS 1204, a tao yi year, Monk Uppatha produced [this manuscript] to ensure the continuation of the five-thousand-year Buddhist era. Remark: The year corresponds to 1842 CE. The lunar month is not recorded.

Other notes:

(The left side of the first folio) “Suvaṇṇasaṅkha, fourth fascicle”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สุวัณณฯสังขฯ์ ผูก 4

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Suvaṇṇasaṅkha, Phūk IV

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Suvaṇṇasaṅkha (Golden conch), Fourth fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na