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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00854

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792669

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:

10, 12 (lunar) Buddhist Era 2464

Copying date in Gregorian:

1921 September 26

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:

22 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Sakkapabba or Sakkaban (the section on Sakka or Indra) is the tenth section of the 13 sections of Veassantara Jataka. The content mentions Sakka or Indra transformed as a Brahmin and bagged Princess Maddi from Vessantara. Vessantara gave Maddi to the Brahmin. Then the Bramin gave Maddi back and also eight blessings to Vessantara such as may the people of the Sivi city forgive him and invite him back home.

Colophon:

ปริปุณณะแล้วยามตาวันเที่ยงแก่ข้า พุทธสักราชได้ 2464 เดือน 12 น่าน ลง 10 ฅ่ำ วัน 2 ปลีเล้า ตัวหนังสือ นโสภติ แล ฯ The [writing of this manuscript] was completed at noon in 2464 BE, on the tenth waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, according to the Nan calendar, the second day of the week, a […] rao year. The handwriting is not beautiful. Remark: The date corresponds to Monday, 26 September 1921 (1283 Bhadrapada 25).

Other notes:

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

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สักกฯบัรพฯ์

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sakkaban

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Sakkaban (The Sakka, Indra)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na