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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00312

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793057

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:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

5, 10 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1245

Copying date in Gregorian:

1883 July 24

Begin Year Date:

1883

End Year Date:

1883

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

5.5 cm x 51 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5.5 cm x 51 cm

Text block dimension:

4 cm x 43.0 cm

Number of pages:

18 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Mahāvana or Mahapon means the great forest and is the seventh episode of the 13 episodes of Vessantara Jataka. It tells of the Brahmin Jūjaka who was wandering through the small forest and then met the ascetic Accuta who greeted him politely. The Brahmin lied to the ascetic that he was an emissary from Siphirat and the ascetic trusted him and welcomed with fruits and invited him to stay overnight in his hut. The next morning, the ascetic showed the Brahmin the way to Mount Vamkata.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at noon in CS 1245, a ka met year, on the fifth waning-moon day of the tenth [lunar] month, the third day of the week. I wrote this manuscript during my stay of assistance to Sawathu Cao Luang Sommano at Wat Chedi.

Other notes:

This date corresponds with Tuesday, 24 July 1883 (1245 Ashadha 20).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ – มหาวนะ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka-Mahāvana

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vessantara Jātaka-Mahāvana (The great forest)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan