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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00834

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792649

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Novice Bunto

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Mr. Khanan (ex-monk) Inthawichai

Copying date in native date:

Cuḷasakarāja 1272

Copying date in Gregorian:

1910

Place of copying:

Anonymous

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:

16 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Vanappavesana (the forest-entry section) is the fourth section of the 13 sections of the Vessantara jataka. The contents describe that Prince Vessantara led Princess Maddi, Jali and Kanha to Mount Vamka. On their way to Mount Vamka they were welcomed by King Jetarat. The king asked Prince Vessantara to rule Jetarat kingdom together with him. But Prince Vessantara denied and asked the king for directions to Vamka hill. When they arrived at Mount Vamka, they separately stayed in two Sala (pavilion) which had already been erected there.

Colophon:

สระเดฌแล้วยามปะหลันฅ่ำ พร่ำว่าได้วัน 3 สักขาศ 1272 ตัว ปลีกษเสด ขนะ อินทวิไชย แต้มค้ำชูภะนายบุญโต ธุเจ้าภะนายตนใดได้อ่าน ค่อยพิจรนาหื้อถี่จิ่ม เหดไม่เคิยซะนาน เขียน ฯ สัทธาเณรเจ้าบุญโต ได้จ้างท่านริขิตให้ ไว้ค้ำชูพระสนาตราบต่อเท้า 5000 พระวัสสาแล ขอให้ข้าได้ถึงสุกข์ ๓ ประการ มีนิพพานเปนที่แล้วดีหลี ฯ [I] finished writing [this manuscript] in the evening, on the third day of the week in Cuḷasakarāja 1272, a kot set year. I, Khanan (ex-monk) Inthawichai, wrote [the manuscript] for Novice Bunto. Monks and novices who read it are suggested using it carefully because I am not good at inscribing palm-leaf manuscripts. The manuscript commission was sponsored by Novice Bunto who hired scribes to copy the manuscript to ensure the continuation of the five-thousand-year [era] of the Teachings of Buddha. May I enjoy the three kinds of happiness of which Nibbāna is the ultimate one.

Other notes:

(Left side of the first folio) “Vanapavesana”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

วนบเวส์นฯ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vanapavesasna

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vanapavesasna (The Wandering)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na