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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0126 00476
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793221
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 Sommana
Copying date in native date:
6, 12 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1225
Copying date in Gregorian:
1863 October 03
Begin Year Date:
1863
End Year Date:
1863
Script:
Dhamma Lan Na
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
5 cm x 54.5 cm
Text block dimension:
3.5 cm x 47.0 cm
Number of pages:
24 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Mahāvana or Mahapon means the great forest and is the seventh episode of the 13 episodes of Vessantara Jataka. It tells of the Brahmin Jūjaka who was wandering through the small forest and then met the ascetic Accuta who greeted him politely. The Brahmin lied to the ascetic that he was an emissary from Siphirat and the ascetic trusted him and welcomed with fruits and invited him to stay overnight in his hut. The next morning, the ascetic showed the Brahmin the way to Mount Vamkata.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript was completed] in CS 1225, a ka khai year, on the sixth waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, the seventh day of the week, by Novice Sommana. My handwriting is totally not beautiful. May the merit derived from writing this manuscript support my family members and my teachers. I wrote the manuscript to sustain the continuation of Buddhism [to last until the end of] 5,000 years or long as the life of this manuscript. I wrote the manuscript during my stay of assistance to Sawathu Cao Luang Chaiyawut. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
เวสสันตรชาตกะ – มหาวนะ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Vessantara Jātaka-Mahāvana
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Vessantara Jātaka-Mahāvana (The great forest)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Tai Yuan
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