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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00622

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793367

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.12-12-001-00.

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Novice Gambhīra

Copying date in native date:

1, 12 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1265

Copying date in Gregorian:

1903 August 23

Place of copying:

Wat Ban Hong Luang, Lamphun

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.7 cm x 41 cm

Text block dimension:

3 cm x 35.0 cm

Number of pages:

44 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Chaliaochalat told several stories to the king of Champa: a story of a royal minister who, despite being predicted by an astrologer of death, survived different kinds of danger by his wisdom; a story of a man who gave a mango with snake venom to a king; a story of a hermit accused by a thief of stealing things; a story of a mongoose who fought against a cobra to death to protect a baby; and a story of a monk raped by a prostitute.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at the time of the evening drum in CS 1265, a ka mao year, on the first waxing-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, the first day of the week. Niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ. Novice Gambhīra wrote the manuscript during his stay of assistance to Thu Cao Sommana.

Other notes:

This date corresponds to Sunday, 23 August 1903 (1265 Bhadrapada 1)

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เสลียวสลาด ผูก 2

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Saliao Salāt, Phūk II

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Chaliao Chalat, Second fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan