Mahāvana or Mahapon means the great forest and is the seventh episode of the 13 episodes of Vessantara Jataka. It tells of the Brahmin Jūjaka who was wandering through the small forest and then met the ascetic Accuta who greeted him politely. The Brahmin lied to the ascetic that he was an emissary from Siphirat and the ascetic trusted him and welcomed with fruits and invited him to stay overnight in his hut. The next morning, the ascetic showed the Brahmin the way to Mount Vamkata.
Colophon:
In CS 1263, a ruang pao year, on the tenth waning-moon day of the sixth [lunar] month, the fifth day of the week, at the time of the evening drum, Monk Sommana wrote this manuscript to sustain the continuation of Buddhism long as the life of the manuscript. May I definitely become a Buddha.
Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ.
May the merit derived from writing the manuscript be transferred to my family members, my teachers, and all lay supporters. I wrote the manuscript at Wat Si Bun Rüang Ban Hong in Hariphunchai.
Other notes:
This date corresponds to Wednesday, 2 April 1902 (1263 Phalguna 25).