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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00609

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793354

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.12-07-046-00

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Novice Gandhā

Copying date in native date:

12, 06 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1259

Copying date in Gregorian:

1898 March 04

Place of copying:

Wat Ban Hong Luang, Lamphun

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.3 cm x 31 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.3 cm x 31 cm

Text block dimension:

3 cm x 27.0 cm

Number of pages:

52 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Once upon a time the Bodhisatta was born as a poor young man named Narajīva. One day a poisonous snake bit his mother to death. He was really sorrowful but afraid to kill the snake as he realized sin. He made a wish that his mother revives. God Indra asked him to exchange a piece of his heart with her revival. He cut his heart with a knife and died. God Indra revived her life. His mother knew the truth and asked God Indra for help. The god revived his life because he devoted his own life to his mother.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at the time of the morning drum, in CS 1259, on twelfth waxing-moon day of the sixth [lunar] month, the sixth day of the week. I, Novice Gandhā, wrote the manuscript. My handwriting is not beautiful because I have just recently learnt to inscribe palm-leaf manuscripts. I wrote it during my stay of assistance to Thu Cao Sommana.

Other notes:

This date corresponds to Friday, 4 March 1898 (1259 Phalguna 12).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

นรชีวะ ผูก 4

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Narajīva, Phūk IV

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Narachiwa, Fourth fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan