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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00583

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792398

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

Cuḷasakarāja 1204

Copying date in Gregorian:

1842

Place of copying:

Anonymous

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

5.5 x 57.3 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 47.5 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

This manuscript is Jātaka or a story of the Buddha’s past life given to his disciples. (Fascicle 6) Suvaṇṇasaṅkha took his mother to King Brahmadatta and told him the truth. The king proved the honesty of his two wives by letting them walk through a burnt path. Candātevī survived but Kòngkham was burnt dead.

Colophon:

ปริปุรนะแล้วยามแถขึ้นสู่เที่ยง วัน 2 แก่ข้าน้อยแล สักราชได้ 1204 ตัว ปีเต่ายีแล ฯ [The writing of this manuscript] was completed at the time of the forenoon horn, on the second day of the week, CS 1204, a tao yi year. Remark: The year corresponds to 1842 CE. The lunar month is not recorded.

Other notes:

The first folio has cracks that were sewn with a bamboo strip. (The left side of the first folio) “Suvaṇṇasaṅkha, sixth fascicle”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สุวัณณฯสังขฯ์ ผูก 6

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Suvaṇṇasaṅkha, Phūk VI

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Suvaṇṇasaṅkha (Golden conch), Sixth fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na