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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00529

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793274

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 Khanan Yana

Copying date in native date:

Cuḷasakarāja 1083

Copying date in Gregorian:

1721/1722

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.7 cm x 52.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3.3 cm x 40.5 cm

Number of pages:

20 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:

CS 1083, a ruang pao year. Nibbāna paccayo hotu me May I become an Arahant in the time of Metteyya Buddha. Monk Khanan Yana wrote this manuscript with his own hand.

Other notes:

This year corresponds to 1721 CE.

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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