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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0126 00071
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792816
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:
Anonymous
Copying date in native date:
Cuḷasakarāja 1263
Copying date in Gregorian:
1902/ 1903
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 47 cm
Number of pages:
22 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:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in the late afternoon, when novices prepared lunch for monks, on the first day of the week, CS 1263, a ruang pao year. I wrote this manuscript so that the life of Buddhism could be prolonged for 5,000 years. Arahantā maggañāṇaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ ฯ vandāmi dhātuyo vandāmi daleganāsadaṃ namo [this] namāmihaṃ saccaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ May the merit be successfully transferred to my parents and my family members.
Other notes:
The date corresponds to the year AD 1902/03.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
เวสสันตรชาตกะ - มหาราช
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Vessantara Jātaka- Mahārāja
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Vessantara Jataka- Maharat (The Great King)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Tai Yuan
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