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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00167

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/792912

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 Indacakka

Copying date in native date:

Cuḷasakarāja 1189

Copying date in Gregorian:

1827/1828

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.5 cm x 46.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 41.0 cm

Number of pages:

40 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

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. I am Monk Indacakka. My handwriting was not beautiful. Please be careful when using it. I wish to attain the Nibbāna. I completed the writing of this manuscript on the sixth day of the week, a moeng khai year, CS 1189. May the merit derived from writing the manuscript support me to reach Nibbāna.

Other notes:

This date corresponds with CE 1827/28.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สิรสาชาดก ผูก 3

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sirasā Jātaka, Phūk III

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Sirasa Jataka, Third fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan