When Kittikumāra, born in a needy family of Benares, had reached adolescence, King Brahmadatta sent him to fetch a thousand petal lotus blossom. 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.
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in early afternoon. May this merit support me to reach Nibbāna. May the merit also be transferred to my family members. I am Thu (monk) Khanan Sīvijaya who wrote the manuscript when I was a newly ordained monk. I wrote the manuscript during my stay of assistance to Thu Luang Gandhā at Wat Ban Hong. This place is surrounded by Cobretums.