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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0126 00728

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/793473

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:

Novice Nadha

Copying date in native date:

10, 11 (lunar) Cuḷasakarāja 1253

Copying date in Gregorian:

1891 September 03

Script:

Dhamma Lan Na

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.5 cm x 36 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.5 cm x 36 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 cm x 30.0 cm

Number of pages:

36 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Once upon a time the Bodhisatta was born as a poor young man named “Nandasenakumāra.” One day a royal priest predicted that Nandasenakumāra become a king of Vārāṇasī in the future. The king of the city knew and wanted to kill him. The king therefore commanded him to find three women living in the Himavanta forest. He encountered obstacles in the journey but could finally find the three women. He brought them back to the city. The king was later swallowed underneath the earth because he was vicious to the Bodhisatta. Nandasenakumāra married the three women and ruled the city.

Colophon:

[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at night. I, Novice Nadha, wrote this manuscript but my handwriting is not that beautiful. CS 1253, a ruang mao year, the tenth waning-moon day of the eleventh [lunar] month, a Sunday. May the merit derived from writing this manuscript be transferred to my family members. May I be endowed with sharp wisdom.

Other notes:

This date corresponds to Thursday, 3 September 1891 (1253 Sravana 29).

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

นันทเสน ผูก 4

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Nandasena, Phūk IV

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Nantasen, Fourth fascicle

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Tai Yuan