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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00394

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793139

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:

Monk Paññā

Copying date in native date:

Cuḷasakarāja 1135

Copying date in Gregorian:

1773 / 1774

Place of copying:

Wat Si Kaeo Dòn Mun

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 cm x 51 cm

Text block dimension:

4 cm x 42.0 cm

Number of pages:

64 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Himavanta or Himaphan , the section on the Himalaya is the second of the 13 sections of the Vessantara Jataka. It describes Prince Vessantara’s birth, his marriage to Princess Maddī, and their two beloved children named "Jali" and "Kanha". Then, Prince Vessantara was deported to the forest by the citizens of the Sivi to give away the invaluable white elephant of the city to Kalingka city. Maddī asked Prince Vessantara to accompany her to the forest. Then she narrated the region of the Himalaya as if she had already seen it.

Colophon:

I completed the writing of this manuscript on the fifth day of the week, at the time of the evening drum in CS 1135, a ka sai year. Monk Paññā wrote this manuscript at Wat Si Kaeo Dòn Mun.

Other notes:

The date corresponds to 1773/1774 CE.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ-หิมพานต์

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka- Himavanta

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vessantara Jataka- Himavanta (Himaphan forest)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan