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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0126 00069
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792814
Country:
Thailand
City (Province):
Lamphun
Name of collection:
Wat Ban Hong Luang
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Anonymous
Catalog reference:
ลพ.12-07-010-00
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Nòi (ex-novice) Kawichai
Copying date in native date:
5, 06 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1263
Copying date in Gregorian:
1902 March 13
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:
36 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Maddī or Princess Maddi, the Vessantara’s consort, is the ninth section and 12th fascicle in the Vessantara Jataka. When Princess Maddi goes away for fruits. As she is returning, she finds her way barred by three fierce animals including a lion, a tiger and a leopard. Having known that Jūjaka was away with her two children. By the time, three beasts sent by Indra let her pass. When Maddi arrives back at the hermitage having found no children anywhere. She inquiries from her husband what has happened to them. But he keeps silent. She is very upset, bursts into tears and falls down.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript was completed] in CS 1263, a ruang pao year, on the fifth waxing-moon day of the sixth [lunar] month, the sixth day of the week. I, Nòi (ex-novice) Kawichai, wrote this manuscript. May I be reborn in the period of Metteyya Buddha in the future. May I, my family members, and my reachers reach Nibbāna. Sudinnaṃ vata me dānaṃ ahova dānaṃ maggaphaladānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ ฯ .
Other notes:
The date corresponds to 1263 Phalguna 5 = Thursday, 13 March 1902.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
เวสสันตรชาตกะ – มัทธี
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Vessantara Jātaka- Maddī
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Vessantara Jataka- Matthī (Princess Matsi)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Tai Yuan
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