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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00855

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792670

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:

5, 12 (lunar)

Copying date in Gregorian:

1921 September 21

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:

72 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Mahārāja (the great king) is the eleventh of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text tells that Brahmin Jūjaka took Jali and Kanha back to his hometown in Kalinka. He got lost and he was directed to Sivi which was the city of King Sonsai (Sanjaya). When King Sonsai saw his grandchildren, he ransomed the two young royal children from Jūjaka. The king also fed the Brahmin with delicious food. Because he had been hungry for many days, the Brahmin ate too much, his bloated stomach broke, and he died.

Colophon:

สระเดฌแล้ยามแตรสู่เที่ยงแก่ข้าแล นะวัน 4 เดือน 12 ลง 5 ฅ่ำ ฯ The [writing of this manuscript] was completed almost at noon, the fourth day of the week, on the fifth waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month. Remark: The date corresponds to Wednesday, 21 September 1921(1283 Bhadrapada 20).

Other notes:

(Left side of the first folio) “Mahārāja, Phukam Version”.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

มหาราชฯ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Mahārāja

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Mahārāja (The Great King)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lan Na