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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00165

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792910

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.12-07-071-03.

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Monk Intha (Inda Bhikkhu)

Copying date in native date:

Cuḷasakarāja 1189

Copying date in Gregorian:

1827/1828

Place of copying:

Wat Ban Hong Luang, Lamphun

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.5 cm x 46.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.5 cm x 46.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 41.0 cm

Number of pages:

44 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 early morning, CS 1189, a khai year, the fourth day of the week. Monk Intha (Inda Bhikkhu) wrote the manuscript at Wat Ban Hong.

Other notes:

This date corresponds with CE 1827/28.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สิรสาชาดก ผูก 1

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sirasā Jātaka, Phūk I

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Sirasa Jataka, First fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan