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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00585

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537213

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Hua Phò Phia Pha, Ban Vat That village

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:

5 x 58.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 x 58.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3.8 x 53.4 cm

Number of pages:

38 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

Thanakhan or Dānaka means "Alms-giving" and is the third episode of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jātaka. Thanakhan ban ton is the first part of this episode. The text describes the great alms-giving of Vessantara. Before leaving his kingdom to go to Mount Vamka, Prince Vessantara distributed many things as gifts which are called "Satta jataka mahā dāna" (seven kinds of alms-gifts) including elephants, horses, carts, servants, dairy cows, male and female slaves, 700 each. Then Prince Vessantara, his wife Maddī and his two children, Jali and Kanha, left the kingdom in the direction to Mount Vamka.

Colophon:

Thanakhan or Dānaka means "Alms-giving" and is the third episode of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jātaka. Thanakhan ban ton is the first part of this episode. The text describes the great alms-giving of Vessantara. Before leaving his kingdom to go to Mount Vamka, Prince Vessantara distributed many things as gifts which are called "Satta jataka mahā dāna" (seven kinds of alms-gifts) including elephants, horses, carts, servants, dairy cows, male and female slaves, 700 each. Then Prince Vessantara, his wife Maddī and his two children, Jali and Kanha, left the kingdom in the direction to Mount Vamka.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ທານະຂັນ (ບັ້ນຕົ້ນ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Dānaka (Ban Ton)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Alms-giving (first part)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao