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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00403

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793148

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 Nārada

Copying date in native date:

11, 10 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1227

Copying date in Gregorian:

1765

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 56 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 cm x 56 cm

Text block dimension:

4 cm x 47.5 cm

Number of pages:

18 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Prince Chao Buarawong and Prince Chao Suriya are sons of King Phra Chao Phalai and Mrs Chanthra. When they grew up, they missed their home country. Prince Chao Suriya becomes a king. Prince Chao Buarawong had undertaken a journey and was cheated by a vicious wealthy man who took his crystal ball and sold it to the city ruler. The daughter of the city ruler helped him and they got married to a millionaire. Later, Prince Buarawong helped his mother and brought her back to his palace. But a daughter of the millionaire helps him and finally Chao Buarawong marries her.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript was completed] in CS 1227, a ruang pao year, in the rainy season, on the eleventh waning-moon day of the tenth [lunar] month, the fourth day of the week. Nāradonāmabhidheyyo attano. Monk Nārada wrote this manuscript with his own hand). May the merit derived from writing this manuscript titled Buarawong, second fascicle, reward me with sharp wisdom, heaven, and Nibbāna. Atītaṃ anāgataṃ paccupannaṃ kālaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ me metteyyā hoti sabbadā [I wrote this manuscript] during my stay of assistance to Sawathu Cao Chaiyawut at Ban Hong. The original version belongs to Wat Pa Phu.

Other notes:

This date corresponds with 1765.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

บัวระวงส์หงส์อำมาจจ์ ผูก 2

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Buaravoṅsa Hoṅ Ammācca, Phūk II

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Buaravong Hong Ammat, Second fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan