This manuscript pertains to Bodhisattva's birth as Sudassana Kumāra. He studied with a hermit in a forest. When travelling he discovered a magic herb that could regain life of a dead monkey. The monkey was grateful and followed him as an assistant. After he finished the study with the hermit, he returned to the city. On the way back he found a weirdly-shaped coconut and asked the monkey to pick it before continuing their trip. While they took a rest under a big tree, he heard two crows talking to each other about a beautiful young girl within the coconut. One day, the coconut cracked and a beautiful young girl appeared. She then became a wife of Sudassana. During the way he met and rescued three women who were willing to be his wives. Later, God Indra and a giant built a town for him to rule. King Sudassana therefore invited his parents to live together for their entire lives.
Colophon:
ၵံၼႆ လီဢၼ် ၽႃပုင်ဝင် လတ်ႁုၺ်ပုင်ၼံ၊၊ ပၼ်မွၵ် တုၼ်လုံ ၸၼ် ၵျုၼ်ၶွၵ်ၽႃငံ၊၊ ပိၵ်သံၵံၽႃ လုပျုဝ်ပျၵ်လိဝ်သုံ မၼ်မဝ် မီႁႆ၊၊ ေပႃဢံၸႂ်တင် လင်သိင်မၵ်ၶုံၽႆ မၼ်မဝ်လိဝ် ပင်။ ၵႃၼႆ ပၼ်ေသ် ၵီၸပ် ၼႃလၼ်ႁိၼ် ဢဝ်သွႆမၼ်လုင်၊၊ ၵႆေလ် လိၺ် ၼႂ်ႁုၵ်ၽိုဝ်ပုင် တင်ေပႃလႆႁိၺ်၊
ေပႃဢံဝႆၸႂ်ႁိတ် မၼ်ႁံၼၼ်ပိၼ်။
ပီႁိင်ၼိုင်သွင်ပၵ်ၸိတ်သိပ်ႁႃ
The copying of this manuscript has been completed. The content is comparable to a journey in a grass wood full of grasses and thorns (obstacles) but decorated with blooming flowers on overhanging rocks that are still hanging as long as we never cut them. The literary style of this manuscript is melodious and alliterative because it is composed by a resolute intention. The composition is as difficult as trying to make an adversary pair of a chicken and a palm civet play together.
Cūḷasakarāja 1275
Other notes:
The front cover, the back cover, and the internal are severely damaged by insects.
(The inner flyleaf)
May favorable things happen to the Shan people who live in the nine city-states (moeng) and all people living in the Jambūdīpa. Please now everyone realize that I am going to copy this manuscript concerning a perfection fulfillment of a Bodhisatta who lived in heaven and was invited by God Indra to be reborn in the human world. Please everyone read and listen to [the story].
Note : The content of this manuscript corresponds to a Jātaka of the Lan Na and Tai Khün versions entitled Sudassana Jātaka.