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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00396

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793141

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

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:

58 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Vanappavesana (the forest-entry section) is the fourth section of the 13 sections of the Vetsantara jataka. The contents describe that Prince Vessantara led Princess Maddi, Jali and Kanha to Mount Vamka. On their way to Mount Vamka they were welcomed by King Jetarat. The king asked Prince Vessantara to rule Jetarat kingdom together with him. But Prince Vessantara denied and asked the king for directions to Vamka hill. When they arrived at Mount Vamka, they separately stayed in two Sala (pavilion) which had already been erected there.

Colophon:

I finished the writing [of this manuscript] at the time of the forenoon horn. Nibbāna paccayo hotu me niccaṃ In CS 1135, a ka sai year, Monk Paññā wrote this manuscript at Wat Si Kaeo Dòn Mun.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ-ทานกัณฑ์

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka-DānakaṇḍaV

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vessantara Jataka-Danakhan (The Gifts)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan