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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00849

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792664

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Nan

Name of collection:

Wat Monthian

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Monk Kanchai (Kam)

Copying date in native date:

7, 11 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1283

Copying date in Gregorian:

1921 August 10

Place of copying:

Wat Aphai, Nan

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:

36 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text tells of an old Brahmin named Jūjaka who lived in Kalinga. He was wandering and begging and when he collected money, he left it with one of his friends. Because he stayed away so long, his friend spent all the money. When Jujaka came and asked for his money, they gave him their young beautiful daughter named Amittata instead. When Amittata was ridiculed by other brahmins’ wives for having an old husband, she asked Jūjaka to bring her Prince Vessantara’s children to work for her. Jūjaka left in accordance with her request.

Colophon:

ปริปุณะแล้วยามตูดเช้า วัน 4 เดือน 11 น่าน ขึ้น 7 ฅ่ำ พระพุทธสักกราชได้ 2464 จุฬสักขาทได้ 1283 ตัว ฯ [I] finished [writing this manuscript] in the morning, the fourth day of the week, on the seventh waxing-moon day of the eleventh [lunar] month, according to the Nan calendar, CS 1283, a […] rao year. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ. Remark: The date corresponds to Wednesday, 10 August 1921 (1283 Sravana 7).

Other notes:

(Left side of the first folio) “Jūjaka, Phukam Version, belonging to Wat Aphai, Nan”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ชูช฿กฯ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Jūjaka

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Jūjaka (An old Brahmin named Jūjaka)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na