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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00422

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793167

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:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

6, 10 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1157

Copying date in Gregorian:

1758

Begin Year Date:

1758

End Year Date:

1758

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:

4 cm x 51.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4 cm x 51.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 43.5 cm

Number of pages:

52 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The Buddha gave a Jātaka story of his previous birth to his disciples. A princess of Vārānasī city married with Naga and had four sons. The second son named Būridatta left the city to strictly practice meditation and follow precepts at a river bank. One day, a Brahman met Būridatta and asked him about a snake charmer. Būridatta then took him to the Nāga kingdom. However, the Brahman had a snake expert catch Būridatta for earning money from public shows. To rescue Būridatta, his two siblings transformed themselves into a hermit and a green frog and challenged Būridatta to fight against the frog. The frog released venom on the Brahman’s hand, causing him leprosy. The Brahman surrendered. Būridatta could thus continue his practices and was reborn as the present Buddha.

Colophon:

In CS 1157, a dap mao year, on the sixth waning-moon day of the tenth [lunar] month, a Monday, [the writing of this manuscript was completed by me] at Wat Ban Hong. May this merit reward me with the threefold happiness of which Nibbāna is the ultimate one.

Other notes:

This date corresponds with 1758 CE

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ภูริทัต ผูก 1

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bhuritatta, Phūk I

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Puritat, First fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan