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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00265

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793010

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.12-07-014-00.

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Novice Indā

Copying date in native date:

7, 01 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1248

Copying date in Gregorian:

1886 October 05

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 48.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3 cm x 42.0 cm

Number of pages:

48 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

This manuscript is a Jātaka or a story of one of the Buddha’s past lives given to his disciples. (Fascicle 4) One day, God Indra transformed himself to challenge the king of Bārāṇasī with a polo game. The king and his six sons-in-law were unable to defeat the god. Suvaṇṇasaṅkha was thus ordered to compete with the god, and he won. One day Rajaṇā burnt his cicada costume. The king witnessed the real appearance of Suvaṇṇasaṅkha and promoted him to be the new king.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at the time of the morning drum, on the seventh waxing-moon day of the first [lunar] month, the third day of the week, CS 1248, a rawai set year. Novice Indā wrote the first part and Monk Teja wrote the second part. Our handwriting was not beautiful. We wrote this manuscript during our stay of assistance to Sawathu Khruba Sommaṇa at Wat Ban Hong Luang. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สุวัณณะสังข์ ผูก 4

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Suvaṇṇa Saṅkha, Phūk IV

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Suwanna Sangkha, Fourth fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan