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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00651

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793396

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:

9, 8 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1264

Copying date in Gregorian:

1902 May 11

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 24.5 cm

Number of pages:

76 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Mahārāja (the great king) is the eleventh of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text tells that Brahmin Jūjaka took Jali and Kanha back to his hometown in Kalinka. He got lost and he was directed to Sivi which was the city of King Sonsai (Sanjaya). When King Sonsai saw his grandchildren, he ransomed the two young royal children from Jūjaka. The king also fed the Brahmin with delicious food. Because he had been hungry for many days, the Brahmin ate too much, his bloated stomach broke and he died.

Colophon:

In CS 1264, a tao yi year, on the ninth waning-moosn day of the eighth [lunar] month, the seventh day of the week, at noon, Monk Sommana wrote this manuscript with his own hand to sustain the continuation of the Teachings of the Buddha to last until [the end of] 5,000 years.May I definitely become a Buddha. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ I wrote the manuscript at Wat Si Bun Rüang Ban Hong in Hariphunchai.

Other notes:

This date corresponds to Thursday, 11 May 1902 (1264 Vaisakha 9).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เวสสันตรชาตกะ - มหาราช

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vessantara Jātaka- Mahārāja

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Vessantara Jataka- Maharat (The Great King)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan