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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00827

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792642

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Mr. Nan (ex-monk) Yana

Copying date in native date:

9, 12 (lunar) Buddhist Era 2462

Copying date in Gregorian:

1919 September 18

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:

62 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Nagara or Nakhon (entering the city) is the 13th of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text tells of Vessantara who abandoned his ascetic robe and left his hermitage. The prince dressed in royal attire and returned to Sivi. He ruled his kingdom with royal virtue and died at the age of 120 years. He entered the Tusita Heaven as the male Deity Santusita.

Colophon:

ศีรศวัสสติ อหํ นาม ญาน นาโม ธมฺมลิกฺขิตฺโต ข้าภะเจ้าเขียนแล้วเมื่อพระพุทธสกลาชได้ 2462 ตัว ปลีกัดเม็ด เดือน 12 แรม 9 ฅ่ำ วัน 5 ยามตาวันช้าย บ่ายสะน่อย ค็บอริปุณะ ธัมมลิกขิตแล ฯ I am Yana. [I] finished writing [this manuscript] in 2462 BE, a kat met year, on the ninth waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, the fifth day of the week, in the afternoon. Remark: The date corresponds to Thursday, 18 September 1919 (1281 Bhadrapada 24).

Other notes:

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

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

นคอฯร

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Nakara

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Nakara (The Royal Palace)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na