Sawathu Cao Sommana; other external and internal donors
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Monk Phimmasan
Copying date in native date:
2, 10 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1206
Copying date in Gregorian:
1894
Begin Year Date:
1894
End Year Date:
1894
Script:
Dhamma Lan Na
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
4.5 cm x 50.5 cm
Text block dimension:
3 cm x 42.5 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:
Okkāka, king of Kusavati, had two sons: Kusarāja and Jayavatti. Prince Kusarāja, who was very ugly, was married to Princess Pabhāvati. The two never met during the daytime. When Pabhāvati learned that her husband had a loathsome appearance, she fled and returned home. Prince Kusarāja followed her and begged her in vain to come back. Seeing that, Indra felt pity for the prince and came to his rescue. Pabhāvati consented to beg Kusarāja's pardon and King Maddarāja, Pabhāvati's father, arranged for a new wedding ceremony. After that, Prince Kusarāja took Pabhāvati back to Kusavati and reigned happily.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript was completed] in CS 1206, a kap si year, on the second waxing-moon day of the tenth [lunar] month, the fifth day of the week. My handwriting is not beautiful. May I attain the threefold happiness of which Nibbāna is the ultimate one. The principal initiator was Sawathu Cao Sommana, together with other external and internal donors, [who sponsored this manuscript]. May I, Monk Phimmasan, my family members, and my teachers be reborn in heaven.