Phò (father) Fan; Mae (mother) Cha; all their children
Catalog reference:
ลพ.12-07-071-03.
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Monk Kunā
Copying date in native date:
Cuḷasakarāja 1216
Copying date in Gregorian:
1854/1855
Place of copying:
Wat Ban Hong Luang, Lamphun
Script:
Dhamma Lan Na
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
4.5 cm x 56.5 cm
Text block dimension:
3.5 cm x 48.0 cm
Number of pages:
46 pages
Number of blank pages:
10 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Once upon a time, the Bodhisatta was born as a disabled poor young man whose body was strangely only a head. Later, supported by his accumulated merit and assisted by God Indra, he transformed himself into a beautiful young man andHe only has a head. He uses magic to transform himself into a handsome man. With his past wholesome Kamma and the help of Inda, he married a daughter of a city ruler princess. a king of the city.
Colophon:
I completed the writing of this manuscript in the evening.
Nibbāna paccayo hotu no nicaṃ nicaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ
Monk Kunā inscribed this manuscript with his own hand at Wat Si Bun Rüang. In CS 1216, a kap si year, the fifth day of the week, [the writing of this manuscript] was finished. The principal initiator was Phò (father) Fan, together with Mae (mother) Cha and all their children, who sponsored the writing of this manuscript, so that the Teachings of the Buddha could be prolonged until [the end of] 5,000 years. They wish the threefold happiness of which Nibbāna is the ultimate one.