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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00186

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/518801

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Jataka

Begin Year Date:

1800

End Year Date:

1900

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 x 55.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4 x 55.4 cm

Text block dimension:

3.5 x 50 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

Cullapon means a small forest is the sixth episode of the 13 episodes of Vessantara Jataka describes about a Brahmin called Jujaka who was walking directly to Vamka’s mountain for asking the two kumara (young princes), Jali and Kanha from Prince Vessantara. On his way, Jujaka meets Hunter, Jetaputta. When he was chasing by the hunter dogs, he climbed a tree. Then he tricked the hunter that he was the royal emissary to invite Prince Vessantara returned home. The hunter trusted him easily and pointed the way to Vamka.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຈຸລະພົນ ຜູກ 8

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Cullapon, Phuk 8

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The section on the small forest, fascicle 8

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao