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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00067

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792812

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Lamphun

Name of collection:

Wat Ban Hong Luang

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Khanan (ex-monk) Mang; his wife named Khui

Catalog reference:

ลพ.12-07-010-00

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Khanan (ex-monk) Mang

Copying date in native date:

5, 05 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1263

Copying date in Gregorian:

1902 February 12

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

5 cm x 54 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 cm x 54 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 45 cm

Number of pages:

20 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Mahāvana or Mahapon means the great forest and is the seventh episode of the 13 episodes of Vessantara Jataka. It tells of the Brahmin Jūjaka who was wandering through the small forest and then met the ascetic Accuta who greeted him politely. The Brahmin lied to the ascetic that he was an emissary from Siphirat and the ascetic trusted him and welcomed with fruits and invited him to stay overnight in his hut. The next morning, the ascetic showed the Brahmin the way to Mount Vamkata.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed on the fifth waxing-moon day of the fifth [lunar] month, the fifth day of the week in CS 1263, a ruang pao year. I, Khanan (ex-monk) Mang, and my wife named Khui wish for the threefold happiness of which Nibbāna is the ultimate one.

Other notes:

The date corresponds to 1263 Magha 5 = Wednesday, 12 February 1902.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ – มหาวนะ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka-Mahāvana

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Santara Jātaka-Mahāvana (The great forest)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan