Once upon a time, the Buddha went to a mountain named “Don Tao.” He gave the Dhamma to Indra god and other gods and goddesses and offered his hair to be enshrined. The Buddha predicted that O Ānada! When Tathāgata passed away, King Asoka would bring Tathāgata’s relics together with the hair to this place. There will be a woman named “Sujātā '' who will donate the Vihāra “main hall,” Cetiya, and Buddha images made from emerald. People will call this place “Wat Phra Kaew.” One day, Sujāta was slandered for having sexual intercourse with a senior monk and that she was ordered to death penalty. Her death caused the famine to the city and made people migrate to other places and that the Wat Phra Karw was abandoned until the BE of 1280. The temple was renovated and became prosperous again. Those, who copy this manuscript by themselves or employ others to do so for them and dedicate the merit to the dead ones, will be reborn in the realm of heaven after death.
Other notes:
(Left side of the first folio) “Legend of Wat Phra Kaeo”.
Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ตำนาฯนฯพรฯแก้วฯดอฯรเตั้า
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Tamnān Phra Kaew Don Tāo
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Tamnan Phra Keaw Don Tao (Chronicle of Wat Phra Kaew Don Tao)