---

DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00832

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792647

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Novice Thammawong

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Monk Wong

Copying date in native date:

6, 12 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1272

Copying date in Gregorian:

1910 September 24

Place of copying:

Chiang Yün Village, Nan

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 x 54 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 45 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Himavanta or Himaphan, the section on the Himalaya is the second of the 13 sections of the Vessantara Jataka. It describes Prince Vessantara’s birth, his marriage to Princess Maddī, and their two beloved children named "Jali" and "Kanha". Then, Prince Vessantara was deported to the forest by the citizens of the Sivi to give away the invaluable white elephant of the city to Kalingka city. Maddī asked Prince Vessantara to accompany her to the forest. Then she narrated the region of the Himalaya as if she had already seen it.

Other notes:

(Left side of the first folio) “Himavanta, Muk Mun Version” (Central Thai script) “Sai Mun”.

---

Item 1 - Title in Native script:

หิมมฯพานตฯ์

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Himavanta

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Himavanta (Himaphan forest)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na