Nāi Còng Takā Kham Mū; Mae Còng Nāng Kham Cing; Mae Phrā Takā Māncī; their family (inhabiting Bān Kāt Luang, Chiang Mai)
Subject matter:
Jataka
Copyist:
Anonymous
Copying date in native date:
Cūḷasakarāja 1256
Copying date in Gregorian:
1894/1895
Script:
Shan; Burmese
Writing support:
Mulberry paper – Leporello format
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
19.5 x 42 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
19.5 x 42 cm
Text block dimension:
16 x 36 cm
Number of pages:
233 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
Yes
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Colophon:
ၵႃၼႆ သုဝ်ၸွတ် ၶွတ်ေၶႃ် မင်ၵလႃတၼ်မႃ ဢၵျုဝ် တၵ်မႃ ဝင်ပၼ် သံသိပ်ဢိတ်မိုင် ၵႃမီလုံဝိင်ၺႃ။ ၼိုဝ်ၼႆမျမျ တႃၼ ၵုသုဝ် ဝုၺ်ႁွတ် သပ်ေပ်သတ်တႃ သတ်တဝႃဢႃလုင်။ မတ်တ ပထဝီလိၼ်ထတ်႟ လၵ်ႁႂ်သ်ံဢဝ် ၼႃမုၼ်ၵွင်မူ ၵျွင်တၵ်ႃ ဢၼုေမႃ်တၼႃ ဢဝ်တ လိၼ်႟လိၼ်ေၼႃ်။
I finished copying this manuscript. I would like to spread the merit to all living creatures. May the Goddess of the Earth remember this merit-making done by me and the sponsors.
Other notes:
The front cover, the back cover, and the spine are decorated with black lacquer and gilded with gold leaves. The manuscript is severely damaged by insects.
(The inner flyleaf)
I pay homage to the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Sangha, my parents, and my teachers. I, a disciple of Master Lāi Sai Kāng Süa, am going to copy this Jātaka manuscript. May I be free from obstacles and dangers. May the merit derived from copying this manuscript support me to reach Nibbāna.
This manuscript was copied from the original version written by Mò Lāi Care Moeng Sòng (a disciple of Cao Kāng Süa, Müang Tòng Lek, Kòn Tai), in 2406 BE, the third lunar month, and sponsored by Phrā Takā Nāi Kham Vāo, his wife, and his family inhabiting Bān Nòng Tao.
Remark: This date corresponds to February/March 1864.
Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ၸဝ်ၵုမႃရြၽႃလိၼ်ၼိဝ်
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Cao Kumāra Din Niao
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Cao Kumāra Din Niao (A young man who moldeed a figure of Buddha statue)