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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00482

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793227

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Lamphun

Name of collection:

Wat Ban Hong Luang

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Catalog reference:

ลพ.12-07-091-00.

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Sīvijaya

Copying date in native date:

Cuḷasakarāja 1225

Copying date in Gregorian:

1863 October 06

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 46.0 cm

Number of pages:

26 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

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:

In CS 1225, a ka khai year, on the third day of the week, Sīvijaya wrote the manuscript with his own hand. I completed the manuscript on the ninth waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month during my stay of assistance to Sawathu Cao Luang Chai.May the merit be transferred to my family members.

Other notes:

The date corresponds to Tuesday, 6 October 1863 (1225 Bhadrapada 24).

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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