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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00817

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792632

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:

11, 11 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1281

Copying date in Gregorian:

1919 August 22

Place of copying:

Anonymous

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

5 x 50 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 x 50 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 41 cm

Number of pages:

38 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Dānakaṇḍa or Thanakhan means "Alms-giving" and is the third of the 13 sections of Vessantara Jataka. The story tells of Queen Phussadī who asked her husband, King Sonsai (Sanjaya) who ruled Sivi kingdom, to reduce the banishment of her dear son. But her effort failed. Before leaving the kingdom, Prince Vessantara distributed many gifts which were called "Satta jataka maha dana" (seven kinds of alms-gifts) including elephants, horses, carts, servants, dairy cows, and male and female slaves, 700 each. Thereafter the Prince along with Maddī and their children, Jali and Kanha left the kingdom to leave for Mount Vamkata.

Colophon:

ปริปุรณาแล้วยามกองแลงแก่ข้าน้อยแล ฯ จุฬสักราชได้ 1281 ตัว ปลีกัษ เดือน 11 ลง 11 ฅ่ำ พร่ำว่าได้วัน 6 ยามตระวันช้าย ค็บอริบุณ์แล้วแก่ข้าแล ฯ [I] finished writing [this manuscript] at the time of the sunset drum in Cūḷasakarāja 1281, a kat year, on the eleventh waning-moon day of the eleventh [lunar] month, the sixth day of the week, in the late morning.

Other notes:

(Front cover) “Front cover of Dānakaṇḍa, Tha Paen Ròm Version”. (Back cover) “Back cover of Dānakaṇḍa, Tha Paen Ròm Version”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ทาฯนกณ์ดฯ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Dānakaṇḍa

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Dānakaṇḍa (The Gifts)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na