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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0076 00048

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628401

Country:

Thailand

City (Province):

Chiang Mai

Name of collection:

Wat Papao

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Lung Còng Phiw inhabiting Bān Müang Naen

Catalog reference:

ชม.-09-07-032-00

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Care Lāi Kham

Copying date in native date:

Cūḷasakarāja 1277

Copying date in Gregorian:

1942/1943

Script:

Shan; Burmese

Writing support:

Mulberry paper – Leporello format

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

18 x 40.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

18 x 40.5 cm

Text block dimension:

14.5 x 36 cm

Number of pages:

334 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

This Jātaka story defines a family in which a wife passed away and a daughter and a son lived with their father. Later, the father had a new wife. She told the father to abandon his children in the forest. Later, the daughter was killed by a tiger, while the son named, Mòm Nòi, who was Bodhisatta, came to be as an adopted child of a millionaire. After that, Mòm Nòi helped the ruler to answer questions of foreign cities. The ruler saw that Mòm Nòi was a merit person and wisdom, therefore he appointed Mòm Nòi to be a new ruler.

Colophon:

(Cūḷa)sakarāja 1277, when rainy season and winter is coming, started fog and cold. This manuscript entitled, Cao Mòm Nòi, donated by Lung Còng Phiw. May (who? Lung Còng Phiw or scribe?) be born in Tusutā heaven where has Nāng Sudhammā, Sujādā, and Sucittā live there. May Lung Còng Phiw and his family reach Nibbāna. The original version of this manuscript is severely damaged, and the text is not complete. Remark: Corresponding to AD 1915/16.

Other notes:

The front cover and the back cover are painted frame by water colour (in green, red, and white) in the same size with the manuscript.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ဢလွင်း

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Phrayā Mòm Nòi Alòṅ Dukkhattiya

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Phrayā Mòm Nòi Alòng Porāṇa

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Shan; Pali