Maharat or Mahārāja (the great king) is the eleventh of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text tells that Brahmin Jujaka took Jali and Kanha back to his hometown in Kalinka. He got lost and he was directed to Sivi which was the city of King Sonsai (Sanjaya). When King Sonsai saw his grandchildren, he ransomed the two young princes from Jujaka. The king also fed the Brahmin with delicious food but because he had been hungry for so many days, he ate too much and his bloated stomach broke and he died.
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Folio 26 on the recto side: In Culasakkarat (CS) 1215, a ka pao year, on the fourteenth waning day of the seventh [lunar] month, a tao nyi day, the seventh day of the week (Saturday), [the writing of this manuscript] was finished at the time of the midnight horn (between 21.00 - 22.30 o’clock). Somdet Tissapanya Khamtan and Chua (novice) Mun and other novices sponsored the making of [this manuscript entitled] Maha Vet (Vessantara Jataka) to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. May all of us escape from Saṃsāra (the cycle of death and rebirth). May we reach real happiness that is Nirvāna. Even if we do not reach Nirvāna, may we be born in the Dusita Heaven. Nibbāna paccayo hotu (May this be a condition to reach Nirvāna).