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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00717

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793462

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.12-07-095-02

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

13, 12 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1258

Copying date in Gregorian:

1896 October 05

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.5 cm x 33 cm

Text block dimension:

3 cm x 28.0 cm

Number of pages:

42 pages

Number of blank pages:

5 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Once upon a time, the Bodhisatta was born as a young poor man named Cittakumāra. One day, he found and rescued a six-ivory elephant who had been trapped. The elephant gave him one ivory in return. He brought it home. While he was away to earn money as a beggar, a lady living in the ivory appeared; she cleaned his house and prepared him food. Cittakumāra knew the fact and merited her. One day the king of the city wanted his wife. He challenged Cittakumāra with gambles but always lost. When the king passed away, Candakumāra was invited to become the ruler of the kingdom.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in CS 1258, a rawai san year, on the thirteenth waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, the second day of the week, at the time of the morning drum. Monk Sommana wrote this manuscript but I am not good at writing palm-leaf manuscripts. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ.

Other notes:

This date corresponds to Monday, 5 October 1896 (1258 Bhadrapada 28).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

จิตตมาณวกุมาร ผูก 1

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Cittamāṇavakumāra, Phūk I

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Chittamanavakumara, First fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan