Maddī or Princess Maddi, the Vessantara’s consort, is the ninth section and 12th fascicle in the Vessantara Jataka. When Princess Maddi goes away for fruits. As she is returning she finds her way barred by three fierce animals including a lion, a tiger and a leopard. Having known that Jūjaka was away with her two children. By the time, three beasts sent by Indra let her pass. When Maddi arrives back at the hermitage having found no children anywhere. She inquires from her husband what has happened to them. But he keeps silent. She is very upset, bursts into tears and falls down.
Colophon:
ปริปุณณาแล้วยามแถเข้าสู่เที่ยงแก่ข้าแล สักราชได้ 1281 ตัว ปลีกัษ เดือน 12 แรม 3 ฅ่ำ ว่าได้วันสุก แก่ข้าแลเจ้าเฮิย ฯ
[I] finished writing [this manuscript] at the time of the forenoon horn, Cūḷasakarāja 1281, a kat year, on the third waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, a Friday.
Remark: The date corresponds to Friday, 12 September 1919 (1281 Bhadrapada 18).
Other notes:
(Front cover) “Front cover of Maddī, Tha Paen Ròm Version”.
(Back cover) “Back cover of Maddī, Tha Paen Ròm Version”.