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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0126 00650
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793395
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:
Monk Sommana
Copying date in native date:
10 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1264
Copying date in Gregorian:
1902
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:
5 cm x 31 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
5 cm x 31 cm
Text block dimension:
3.5 cm x 24.0 cm
Number of pages:
54 pages
Number of blank pages:
8 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Sakkapabba or Sakkaban (the section on Sakka or Indra) is the tenth section of the 13 sections of Veassantara Jataka. The content mentions about Sakka or Indra transformed as a Brahmin and bagged Princess Maddi from Vessantara. Vessantara gave Maddi to the Brahmin. Then the Bramin gave Maddi back and also eight blessings to Vessantara such as may the people of the Sivi city forgive him and invite him to back home.
Colophon:
In CS 1264, a tao yi year, on the tenth waxing-moon day of this month, the seventh day of the week, at the time of the morning drum, Monk Sommana wrote the manuscript to sustain the continuation of the Teachings of the Buddha until [the end of] 5,000 years. May I definitely become a Buddha. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ niccaṃ.
Other notes:
This date corresponds to the year 1902 CE.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
เวสสันตรชาตกะ- สักบัรพ์
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Vessantara Jātaka- Sakkapabba
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Vessantara Jataka- Sakkaban (the section on Sakka or Indra)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Tai Yuan
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