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:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at the time of the forenoon horn, lunch time, on Monday, on the eighth waning-moon day of the fifth [lunar] month, a moeng pao year, CS 1263. I, Saenchai Rüangrit, wrote this Dhamma manuscript titled Himavanta. May this merit support my family members. Nibbāna paccayo hotu me anāgate kāle, may this wish become fulfilled. May I gain sharp wisdom in every future lifw. I, Saenchai Rüangrit, [wrote the manuscript] while taking care of Khruba (senior monk) Sommana at Wat Ban Hong to sustain Buddhism until the new era of the next Buddha coming. May the life of this manuscript be long until the end of the five thousand-year Buddhist era.
Other notes:
The date corresponds to 1263 Magha 23 = Sunday, 2 March 1902.