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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00711

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793456

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Lamphun

Name of collection:

Wat Ban Hong Luang

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Monk Yasamut

Copying date in native date:

11, 09 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1263

Copying date in Gregorian:

1901 May 28

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:

66 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Once upon a time, the Bodhisatta was born as King Bheyya, a son of a king of Hongsawadi city. He was treated unfairly and driven away from the city. He was then helped by God Indra god and could overcome all problems. He was finally back and became a king.

Colophon:

Ahaṃ sabbaññutañāṇaṃ nibbāna paccayo hontu no niccaṃ. [The writing of this manuscript] was completed on Monday, at the time of the morning drum, on the eleventh waxing-moon day of the ninth [lunar] month, in CS 1263, a ka pao year. May I be endowed with sharp wisdom. I wrote this religious manuscript to sustain the religious of the forthcoming Buddha, Metteyya Buddha. Monk Yasamut wrote the manuscript with his own hand.

Other notes:

This date corresponds to Tuesday, 28 May 1901 (1263 Jyestha 11).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

เภยยราช ผูก 4

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bheyyarāja, Phūk IV

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Peyyarat, Fourth fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan