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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00307

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793052

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Lamphun

Name of collection:

Wat Ban Hong Luang

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Thu (monk) Khanan (ex-monk) Chailangka

Copying date in native date:

5, 11 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1245

Copying date in Gregorian:

1883 August 08

Place of copying:

Wat Cedi Yang Som, Lamphun

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

5.5 cm x 51 cm

Text block dimension:

4 cm x 43.0 cm

Number of pages:

46 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Himavanta or Himaphan , the section on the Himalaya is the second of the 13 sections of the Vessantara Jataka. It describes Prince Vessantara’s birth, his marriage to Princess Maddī, and their two beloved children named "Jali" and "Kanha". Then, Prince Vessantara was deported to the forest by the citizens of the Sivi to give away the invaluable white elephant of the city to Kalingka city. Maddī asked Prince Vessantara to accompany her to the forest. Then she narrated the region of the Himalaya as if she had already seen it.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in the evening in CS 1245, on the fourth day of the week, in the evening, on the fifth waxing-moon day of the eleventh [lunar] month. Thu (monk) Khanan (ex-monk) Chailangka wrote this manuscript during his stay of assistance to Sawathu Cao Luang Sommano at Wat Cedi Yang Som. May the merit derived from writing the manuscript support me and my family members.

Other notes:

This date corresponds with Wednesday, 8 August 1883 (1245 Sravana 5).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ-หิมพานต์

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka- Himavanta

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vessantara Jataka- Himavanta (Himaphan forest)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan