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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0113 00865

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792680

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:

2, 01 (lunar)

Copying date in Gregorian:

1921 October 3

Place of copying:

Anonymous

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

6 x 60 cm

Text block dimension:

4.5 x 49 cm

Number of pages:

24 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

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:

ปริปุณณะแล้วยามกองงาย ข้าน้อยแล ชะดาบ่เปนตัวคำเดียวแล ธุหลวงเจ้าเอิย ฯ อรหนฺตาอรหนฺตี มคฺคยานํ นิพฺพาน ปจฺจโย โหนฺตุ เม นิจฺจํ ธุวํ ธุวํ ดีหลีเทิอะ ฯ สฺวาธุ สฺวาธุ ทิพฺพจกฺขุ อหํ ฯ สระเดจแล้วเดือนเจียง ออก ๒ ฅ่ำ วันจัน ขอทุหลวงเจ้าอย่าไพหลาบเนิอ ย้อนว่าตัวข้าน้อยบ่งามสักคลายแล ฯ [I] finished [writing this manuscript] at the time of the morning drum. The handwriting is almost illegible. Arahantāarahantī maggañāṇaṃ nibbāna paccayo hontu me niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ. Always. Sādhu sādhu dibbacakkhu ahaṃ. The writing was completed on the second waxing-moon day of the first [lunar] month, on a Monday. Please seniors monk do not laugh at me, because my handwriting is not beautiful. Remark: The date corresponds to Monday, 3 October 1921 (1283 Asvina 2).

Other notes:

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

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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