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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0126 00342
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793087
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.12-20-008-02
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Novice Cankaeo
Copying date in native date:
5, 01 (lunar) Buddhist Era 2480
Copying date in Gregorian:
1937 October 10
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:
5 cm x 52 cm
Text block dimension:
3.5 cm x 45.0 cm
Number of pages:
70 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
King Brahmadatta had a son named Suttasoma who, once an adolescent, went to study in Takkasilã. Having finished his studies, he married Princess Candã who bore him two sons. Suttasoma, wishing to become a hermit, bid farewell to his wife and his officers. They all tried to convince him not to go, but Suttasoma remained firm. As Suttasoma was journeying towards the Himavant, Indra ordered Vissukamma to build him a hermitage. Suttasoma practiced the dharma for many years. After his death, he went up to the svarga where he was reborn as a devaputta.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in the evening. Monks and novices who use this manuscript are suggested to be very careful because I am not good at writing palm-leaf manuscripts. I have just recently learnt it. [The writing of this manuscript] was completed on Sunday, on the fifth waxing-moon day of the first [lunar] month, BE 2480. Novice Cankaeo wrote the first half of this manuscript and I, Novice Yong, wrote the second half. We wrote the manuscript during our stay of assistance to Sawathu Cao Mahāvaṃsa at Wat Ban Hong.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
สุตตโสมชาดก
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Suttasoma Jataka
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Suttasoma Jataka
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Tai Yuan
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