Còng Takā Sāng Mung; Nāng Suai Ing, inhabiting the southern part of Wat Bān Kāt, Mae Wāng community
Catalog reference:
ชม.-09-02-028-00
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Care Kun Heng
Copying date in native date:
10th (waning) 5th (lunar) Cūḷasakarāja 1249
Copying date in Gregorian:
1988 March 07
Script:
Shan; Burmese
Writing support:
Mulberry paper – Leporello format
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
18.5 x 45 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
18.5 x 45 cm
Text block dimension:
15 x 37 cm
Number of pages:
276 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
Yes
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
This Jātaka story defines the king and the queen of Meghavadī city. One day, the queen had a strange dream that was then predicted by the royal priest that she would give birth to a son but the city would be in trouble by flood, causing her away from the son but return to be together. The king thus built a big junk. Later, the city was flooded, the king and the queen moved to stay in the junk but it shipwrecked. They were separated. The queen then gave birth in a forest to a son named Candapajoti. One day, an ogre met them and wanted to eat the queen. Candapajoti begged the ogre to eat him instead and made a resolute wish to become the future Buddha. God Indra rescued and took them back to the city.
Colophon:
တၼ်းၼႆ ယဝ်ဢွံပွံ ၽႃယႃ တေႃ်ၼႆၵုသုဝ်ဢၵျုဝ် တၵ်မႃမိင်ႁ်ႂ ပေႃ်မေ်သြႃဢွၼ်တင် ၼွႆၵ် ၺႃတိၵႃ ၶိုဝ်သႆ ၸ်ံလိပ်ၸ်ံတႆမိင်သိင် ၼွၵ်ၼၼ်ၶုၼ်ၵိၼ် ၽွင်းမိုင် ႁုံပႃၵုၼ်တင်လႆမိင်ၸွတ်သိင်လိုလေ်
Now, the text of this manuscript ends. May the first part of the merit be spread to my parents, my teachers, and my relatives who are either still alive or have already passed away. May another part [of the merit] be offered to the king and other people. May everybody get the same [amount of] merit.
Other notes:
The front cover and the back cover are decorated with black lacquer. The manuscript is damaged with torn paper.
(The inner flyleaf)
This manuscript entitled Candapajoti is a Jātaka story pertaining to the Bodhisatta who sacrificed his life for his mother.