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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00266

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793011

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:

Monk Sommana

Copying date in native date:

1, 01 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1248

Copying date in Gregorian:

1886 September 19

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:

34 pages

Number of blank pages:

6 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 5) Suvaṇṇasaṅkha peacefully ruled the city and taught his citizens to donate, observe precepts, and meditate. Other kings from several cities paid tribute to him. One day he went searching for his mother. He arrived at Maddarājā city and ate her food. He interrogated people until he reunited his mother and took her to Brahmadatta city.

Colophon:

In CS 1248, a rawai set year, on the first waxing-moon day of the first [lunar] month, the fourth day of the week, at noon, the writing of this manuscript was completed by Monk Sommana. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สุวัณณะสังข์ ผูก 5

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Suvaṇṇa Saṅkha, Phūk V

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Suwanna Sangkha, Fifth fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan