018 (Wat Pang Mu)
shrine room stacked collection
Contents
Concertina book written in shan,burmese script
Shan text descriptor: Phuen Lik Rhyming system: sauṅʻ kivʻ Introduction: no
General remarks on work: Floral art on the cover.
Story of a generous king making great offering ceremony, a female giant dragon participated in the ceremony; the king and the female giant were married, and then they had a son together; one day their son asked his father why his mother was a human in day time but a giant at night. The son asked his father to return to human world. The female giant mother followed them but she couldn't find them. In the end, she wrote a stenza (gāthā) and left it for her son on the river's bank, asking her son to memorize. She then died and was reborn in the Brahma world.
Subject: commentary,non canonical jataka
Work ID: W150
Physical Description
Condition
excellent
Hand(s)
Appearance (paper): white
Binding
Covers: yes Cover colour: red Cover material: papier mache
Cover embellishment: lac,embossed
Condition
History
Date of composition (era): sakkaraja era
Date of composition (year): 1254
Provenance and Acquisition
Former owner: Wat Pang Mu
Original donor: cavʻ pha muiṅʻʺ tuṅʻʺ
Original place of donation: muiṅʻʺ tuṅʻʺ
Present copy's donor: pā̐ sèṅʻ
Funding of Cataloguing
Dhammakaya Foundation