Nòi (ex-novice) Nandā; his wife Mrs. Oei; his children
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Anonymous
Copying date in native date:
9, 10 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1239
Copying date in Gregorian:
1877 August 03
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:
4 cm x 42.5 cm
Text block dimension:
3 cm x 36.0 cm
Number of pages:
78 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Adiccarājā, king of Uttarapañcala, and Queen Candādevi had a son named Sudhana. One day, a hunter caught the kinnari Manorah in one of his traps and came to offer her to the young prince who married her. Sometime later, a purohita treacherously convinced King Adiccarāja to hand over Manorah to a yakşa so that he might devour her. Manorah managed to escape and was found by Prince Sudhana who had gone out in search of her. The young prince brought Manorah back to Uttarapancala and ascended his father's throne.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at the time of the morning drum, the sixth day of the week, on the ninth waning-moon day of the tenth [lunar] month, CS 1239, a moeng pao year. Sommana wrote the manuscript with his own hands at Wat Ban Hong Kaeo Kwang, Dòn Sai. The principal initiator was Nòi (ex-novice) Nandā, together with his wife Mrs. Oei and his children.
They wish the threefold happiness of which Nibbāna is the ultimate one.
Other notes:
The date corresponds to Friday, 3 August 1877 (1239 Toutyashada 24).