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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00482

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537110

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Jataka

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

2000

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.8 x 51.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.8 x 51.4 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 x 46.3 cm

Number of pages:

48 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

Maharat or Mahārāja (great king) is the eleventh of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jātaka. The text narrates that when Brahmin Jujaka took Jali and Kanha back to his hometown in Kalingkha, he lost the way and went to Sivi which was the city of King Sonsai (Sañjaya). When King Sonsai saw his grandchildren, he ransomed them from Jujaka. The king also fed Jujaka with delicious food. Since he had been hungry for many days, he ate so much that his stomach broke and he died.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ມະຣາດ (ມະຫາຣາດ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Mahārāja

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The great king

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao