14th (waning) 2nd of 8th (lunar) Cūḷasakarāja 1291
Copying date in Gregorian:
1929 August 04
Script:
Shan; Burmese
Writing support:
Mulberry paper – Leporello format
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
18 x 45 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
18 x 45 cm
Text block dimension:
14.5 x 39 cm
Number of pages:
278 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
Yes
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
This Jātaka tale pertains to the birth of Bodhisatta as Uttara Kumāra whose parents were farmers. In his childhood he saw his father use a buffalo at rice fields and cook it after it had died. Uttara Kumāra was sympathetic to the buffalo thus stopped eating meat and talking with anybody. His father thought that his son got ill and therefore announced to give money to those who could heal his son, but nobody was able to do that. Later, Uttara Kumāra went to stay at a monastery and was ordained as a monk. He went back to teach his parents to observe precepts for their entire lives.
Colophon:
ဢၼ်ၼင် ၵုသုဝ် ႁဝ် လႆမႃ ထုတ်ၼုၵ် ထုၵ်တင် ၶဝ်ၸင် ေၸ် ပႆွၼံ ၼၼ် ဢွင်တုဝ် လီၸွတ် ြပီသႃေလ်၊၊ ေတႃ်ၼႆ ၽ်ႂမႆ ၽ်ႂၵူ မၼ်မိုၼ် ပိုၼ်ႁိတ်ၼႃ ၼၼ်၊၊ ေတႃ်ၼႆ သိင်ယွတ် ႁွတ်တီပႆ ယဝ်၊၊ ၵံၼႆ ႁဝ်တၵ် သုတ်ေသ် မိင်ေယ် ႁုၼ်လံ ၵံၵုင် လွွႆလုင် ပင်လဝ် မိုင်ႁဝ် ထတ်တိဝ်တံ သိင်ၼႆ ပႆၶႆ ၵံ႞ ၵွၼ်ယဝ် သူ႟သူေၼႃ် ။
ႁိင်ၼိုင်သွင်ပၵ်ၵဝ်သိပ်ဢိတ် တု-လိုၼ်ပိတ် လွင်သိပ်သီၶံ
The copying of this paper manuscript is finished. Anybody who reads and copies it would get as many benefits as a farmer who grows rice for food. I put down the ink-dipped pen right now.
Cūḷasakarāja 1291, the second eighth [lunar] month, the fourteenth day of the waning moon.
Remark: This date corresponds to 1291 Ashadha 29. The year CS 1291 has only one eighth month.
Other notes:
The front cover and the back cover are decorated with black lacquer and cinnabar. The manuscript is slightly damaged.
(The inner flyleaf)
I pay homage to the Buddha who rescues all living creatures completely to stay away from hell, mud or defilements, and from the Cycle of Rebirths to reach Nibbāna.
This manuscript was copied from the original version composed by Cao Kò Lī in BE 2414 (AD 1871/72) and sponsored by Nāi Phrā Takā Teya and his family.