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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00846

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792661

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:

3, 12 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1283

Copying date in Gregorian:

1923 August 16

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 46 cm

Text block dimension:

4 x 36 cm

Number of pages:

34 pages

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.

Colophon:

ปริปุณณะแล้วยามกองงายแกล่ข้าแล พระพุทธสักกราชได้ 2464 จุฬสักขาทได้ 1283 ตัว ปลีเล้า เดือน 11 ขึ้น 13 ฅ่ำ วัน 3 แกล่ข้าแล ฯ นิพฺพาน ปจฺจโย โหนฺตุ เม นิจฺจํ จงนักเธิญ อิทธิมาเขียร นโสภติ นักแล ใจไม่เพียร ฯ หน้ารับใบปลายหิมมพาร จบับพุกามม์แล ตัวต้นไพเอาวัดมิ่งเมืองมาส้างไว้แล ฯ [I] finished writing [this manuscript] at the time of the morning drum, 2464 BE, Cuḷasakarāja 1283, a […] rao year, on the thirteenth waxing-moon day of the eleventh [lunar] month, the third day of the week. Nibbāna paccayo hontu me. [I], Monk Itthima, was the copyist. Nasobhati. My handwriting isn't beautiful because I couldn't concentrate. Last folio of Himavanta, Phukam Version, was written from the original version of Wat Ming Müang. Remark: The date corresponds to Tuesday, 16 August 1923 (1283 Sravana 13).

Other notes:

(Left side of the first folio) “Himavanta, Phukam Version, 134 gathā in total”.

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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