This manuscript is a Jātaka or a story of one of the Buddha’s past lives given to his disciples. (Fascicle 5) Suvaṇṇasaṅkha peacefully ruled the city and taught his citizens to donate, observe precepts, and meditate. Other kings from several cities paid tribute to him. One day he went searching for his mother. He arrived at Maddarājā city and ate her food. He interrogated people until he reunited his mother and took her to Brahmadatta city.
Colophon:
ปุณณะแล้วยามตุดเช้าแก่ข้าน้อยแล วัน ๔ ฯ นิพฺพานปจฺจโย โหตุ เมตฺเตยฺยสนฺติเก นิจฺจํ ธุวํ ธุวํ ดั่งนี้แท้ดีหลีแก่ข้าเทิอะ ฯ สักราชได้ 1204 ตัว ปีเต่ายีแล อุปปธภิกขุได้ส้างธัมม์สุวัณณสังขะราช ไว้ค้ำชูสาสนา ๕ พันภวัสสาแท้ดีหลีแก่ข้า ฯ
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in the late morning on the fourth day of the week.
Nibbāna paccayo hotu metteyya santike niccaṃ duvaṃ duvaṃ.
In CS 1204, a tao yi year, Monk Uppatha wrote this palm-leaf manuscript Suvaṇṇasaṅkharāja to ensure the continuation of the five-thousand-year Buddhist era.
Remark: The year corresponds to 1842 CE.
Other notes:
(The left side of the first folio) “Suvaṇṇasaṃkha, fifth fascicle”.