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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00562

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793307

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:

Anonymous

Copying date in Gregorian:

1900-1950

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

1950

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.3 cm x 51 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.3 cm x 51 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 43.0 cm

Number of pages:

34 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

When Kittikumāra, born in a needy family of Benares, had reached adolescence, King Brahmadatta sent him to fetch a thousand petal lotus blossoms. Bearing magic weapons given to him by Indra Kittikumāra reached the land of the yakşas where he married the king's daughter. Having learned from a hermit that the lotus he was looking for grew in Manorah's garden, Kittikumāra set out again and reached a lake in which seven kinnaris were bathing. After having married Manorah, Kittikumāra took the lotus blossom and brought it back to King Brahmadatta. When the king died, Kittikumāra was asked by the dignitaries to succeed him on the throne.

Colophon:

Nibbāna paccayo hotu no niccaṃ dhuvaṃ. I completed the writing of this manuscript at the time of the evening drum, a Friday, during my monkhood life.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

บัวหอม ผูก 1

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bua Hòm, Phūk I

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Bua Hom (Fragrant Lotus), First fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan