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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00528

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793273

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.12-07-113-00

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in Gregorian:

1721/1722

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.7 cm x 52.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.7 cm x 52.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3.3 cm x 39.5 cm

Number of pages:

40 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Himavanta or Himaphan , the section on the Himalaya is the second of the 13 sections of the Vessantara Jataka. It describes Prince Vessantara’s birth, his marriage to Princess Maddī, and their two beloved children named "Jali" and "Kanha". Then, Prince Vessantara was deported to the forest by the citizens of the Sivi to give away the invaluable white elephant of the city to Kalingka city. Maddī asked Prince Vessantara to accompany her to the forest. Then she narrated the region of the Himalaya as if she had already seen it.

Other notes:

This year corresponds to 1721 CE.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ-หิมพานต์

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka- Himavanta

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vessantara Jataka- Himavanta (Himaphan forest)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan