Himavanta or Himaphan , the section on the Himalaya is the second of the 13 sections of the Vessantara Jataka. It describes Prince Vessantara’s birth, his marriage to Princess Maddī, and their two beloved children named "Jali" and "Kanha". Then, Prince Vessantara was deported to the forest by the citizens of the Sivi to give away the invaluable white elephant of the city to Kalingka city. Maddī asked Prince Vessantara to accompany her to the forest. Then she narrated the region of the Himalaya as if she had already seen it.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in CS 1263, a ruang pao year, on the fifteenth waxing-moon day of the third [lunar] month, the fifth day of the week as the Mon say, at noon. Monk Sommana wrote the manuscript with his own hand to sustain the continuation of Buddhism long as the life of the manuscript. May I definitely become a Buddha.
Nibbāna paccayo hotu me niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ.
Other notes:
This date corresponds to Wednesday, 25 December 1901 (1263 Margasirsha 15)