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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0126 00316
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793061
Country:
Thailand
City (Province):
Lamphun
Name of collection:
Wat Ban Hong Luang
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Thu Luang Sommano
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Khanan Bhodi
Copying date in native date:
15, 12 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1245
Copying date in Gregorian:
1883 September 16
Begin Year Date:
1883
End Year Date:
1883
Place of copying:
Wat Cedi Yang Som, Lamphun
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 44.0 cm
Number of pages:
45 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Mahārāja (the great king) is the eleventh of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text tells that Brahmin Jūjaka took Jali and Kanha back to his hometown in Kalinka. He got lost and he was directed to Sivi which was the city of King Sonsai (Sanjaya). When King Sonsai saw his grandchildren, he ransomed the two young royal children from Jūjaka. The king also fed the Brahmin with delicious food. Because he had been hungry for many days, the Brahmin ate too much, his bloated stomach broke and he died.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in CS 1245, a ka met year, on fifteenth waxing-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, at the time of the noon horn. Sudinnaṃ vatta me dānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ . Khanan Bhodi wrote this manuscript for Thu Luang Sommano of Wat Cedi Yang Som. I am not good at writing palm-leaf manuscripts.
Other notes:
This date corresponds with Sunday, 16 September 1883 (1245 Bhadrapada 15).

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
เวสสันตรชาตกะ - มหาราช
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Vessantara Jātaka- Mahārāja
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Vessantara Jataka- Maharat (The Great King)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Tai Yuan
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