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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00458

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793203

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:

Novice Inda

Copying date in native date:

6, 10 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1265

Copying date in Gregorian:

1903 July 15

Begin Year Date:

1903

End Year Date:

1903

Place of copying:

Wat Ban Hong Luang, Lamphun

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 cm x 54 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 46.5 cm

Number of pages:

20 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:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed on the fourth day of the week, at the time of the forenoon horn, soon before lunch. I am Novice Inda who wrote the manuscript during my stay of assistance toSawathu Cao Khruba Sommana at Wat Ban Hong. My handwriting is not stable. I completed the writing on the sixth waning-moon day of the tenth [lunar] month, the fourth day of the week. May the merit derived from writing the Dhamma manuscript reward me with sharp wisdom to understand the 84,000 collections of Dhamma. May I attain the threefold happiness of which Nibbāna is the ultimate one. Nibbāna paccayo hontu no niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ CS 1265, a ka mao year.

Other notes:

The date corresponds to Wednesday, 15 July 1903 (1265 Ashadha 21).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ – วนปเวสน์

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka- Vanapavesana

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vessantara Jataka- Vanapavesana (The forest-entry)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan