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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00368

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793113

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:

Monk Sīvijaya

Copying date in native date:

1, 08 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1279

Copying date in Gregorian:

1917 April 21

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 cover dimension:

5 cm x 49.0 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 cm x 49.0 cm

Text block dimension:

4 cm x 41.5 cm

Number of pages:

40 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 first waxing-moon day of the eighth [lunar] month, the fifth day of the week as the Mon say, in early afternoon. Monk Sīvijaya wrote the manuscript so that the religion could last until [the end of] 5,000 years. I wish to definitely become a Buddha and gain the threefold happiness. Nibbāna paccayo hotu me niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ. I wrote the manuscript at Wat Si Bun Rüang.

Other notes:

The date corresponds to Saturday, 21 April 1917 (1279 Vaisakha 1).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

สหัสสพันธนคาถา ผูก 2

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sahassabandhanagāthā, Phūk Ii

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Sahasspantanakatha, Second fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan