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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00467

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793212

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 Canda

Copying date in native date:

15, 10 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1265

Copying date in Gregorian:

1903 July 24

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?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

5 cm x 53.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 cm x 53.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 45.0 cm

Number of pages:

46 pages

Number of blank pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

Nagara or Nakhon (entering the city) is the 13th of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text tells of Vessantara who abandoned his ascetic robe and left his hermitage. The prince dressed in royal attire and returned to Sivi. He ruled his kingdom with royal virtue and died at the age of 120 years. He entered the Tusita Heaven as the male Deity Santusita.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in CS 1265, a ka mao year, on the fifteenth waning-moon day of the tenth [lunar] month, the sixth day of the week, at noon. Monk Canda wrote the manuscript during his stay of assistance to Sawathu Cao Khruba Sommana, Wat Si Bun Rüang.

Other notes:

The date corresponds to Friday, 24 July 1903 (1265 Ashadha 30).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ - นคร

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka- Nakara

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vessantara Jataka- Nakorn (The Royal Palace)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan