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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00538

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793283

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.12-07-027-00.

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Nan (ex-monk) Yana

Copying date in native date:

4 Ashwayuja Cuḷasakarāja 1241

Copying date in Gregorian:

1879 July 08

Place of copying:

Ban Cedi Yang Som, Lamphun

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.5 cm x 52.0 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 46.5 cm

Number of pages:

44 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Okkāka, king of Kusavati, had two sons: Kusarāja and Jayavatti. Prince Kusarāja, who was very ugly, was married to Princess Pabhāvati. The two never met during the daytime. When Pabhāvati learned that her husband had a loathsome appearance, she fled and returned home. Prince Kusarāja followed her and begged her in vain to come back. Seeing that, Indra felt pity for the prince and came to his rescue. Pabhāvati consented to beg Kusarāja's pardon and King Maddarāja, Pabhāvati's father, arranged for a new wedding ceremony. After that, Prince Kusarāja took Pabhāvati back to Kusavati and reigned happily.

Colophon:

Nan (ex-monk) Yana finished writing this manuscript at Ban Cedi Yang Som, the west of Dong Khoei, in CS 1241, a kat mao year, on the fourth waning-moon day of the Ashwayuja month, a Sunday, at the time of the evening drum. Iminā dhammarikkhittaṃ hatthakamma arahatta maggañāṇa paccayo hotu me metteyya buddhasantike anāgate kāle meyhaṃ niccaṃ dhuvaṃ. May the merit derived from writing this manuscript definitely support me to be reborn in the time of Metteyya Buddha. May the merit be transferred to my family members and my teachers.

Other notes:

This date corresponds to Tuesday, 8 July 1879 (1241 Ashadha 19).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

กุสราช ผูก 3

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Kussarāja, Phūk III

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Kussarat, Third fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan