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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00367

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793112

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.12-07-004-00

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Novice Kongchai

Copying date in native date:

6, 07 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1279

Copying date in Gregorian:

1918 March 19

Place of copying:

Wat Ban Hong Luang, Lamphun

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

5 cm x 49.0 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 cm x 49.0 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 40.5 cm

Number of pages:

47 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The contents of this manuscript consist of Pāli Gāthā “Verse” describing a story of the Bodhisatta when he was born as a prince Vessantara. The manuscript consists of thirteen Khaṇḍha “section” and each section is composed with different numbers of Gāthā. In total there are 1,000 Gāthās.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in CS 1279, a moeng sai year, on the sixth waxing-moon day of the seventh [lunar] month, the second day of the week as the Mon say, at the time of the evening drum. I, Novice Kongchai, wrote the manuscript during my stay of assistance to Sawathu Phi Luang Chaiya at Wat Si Bun Rüang, Ban Hong. May I successfully attain Nibbāna. Nibbāna paccayo hotu me niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ.

Other notes:

The date corresponds to Tuesday, 19 March 1918 (1279 Caitra2 7).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สหัสสพันธนคาถา ผูก 1

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sahassabandhanagāthā, Phūk I

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Sahasspantanakatha, First fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan