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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00643

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793388

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.12-07-103-00.

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

6, 05 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1263

Copying date in Gregorian:

1902 February 13

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

5 cm x 31 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 cm x 31 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 25.0 cm

Number of pages:

52 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Dānakaṇḍa or Thanakhan means "Alms-giving" and is the third of the 13 sections of Vessantara Jataka. The story tells of Queen Phussadī who asked her husband, King Sonsai (Sanjaya) who ruled Sivi kingdom, to reduce the banishment of her dear son. But her effort failed. Before leaving the kingdom, Prince Vessantara distributed many gifts which were called "Satta jataka maha dana" (seven kinds of alms-gifts) including elephants, horses, carts, servants, dairy cows, and male and female slaves, 700 each. Thereafter the Prince along with Maddī and their children, Jali and Kanha left the kingdom to leave for Mount Vamkata.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in CS 1263, a ruang pao year, on the sixth waxing-moon day of the fifth [lunar] month,, the sixth day of the week, at the time of the evening drum. Monk Sommana wrote this manuscript to sustain the continuation of Buddhism. May I definitely become a Buddha. Nibbāna paccayo hotu me niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ.

Other notes:

This date corresponds to Thursday, 13 February 1902 (1263 Magha 6).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ-ทานกัณฑ์

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka-Dānakaṇḍa

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vessantara Jataka-Danakhan (The Gifts)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan