219 (Wat Pang Mu)
shrine room stacked collection
Contents
Concertina book written in shan script
Shan text descriptor: Not specified Rhyming system: samʻ kivʻ
Story of a poor man who cut and sell firewood for living. One day he went to sell his firewood to a rich old woman. The rich woman not only bought his firewood but also gave him food and cloths to the poor man. Then, there was a poor lady whose job for living was washing and cleaning. One day, she went to the old rich woman to do washing and cleaning. The old woman and asked the poor woman to live with her. Later the old rich woman arranged for the poor man and the poor man to get married each other. One day, the king of the country made great festival of offering. The poor man wanted to take part in the festival but the king refused and asked him to do separately. So, he made the Buddha image with sticky soil, the gods (sakka) helped him to do the Buddha image and organize his festival, which was much greater than the king's festival!
Subject: non canonical jataka
Work ID: W170
Physical Description
Lines (per folio:) 10
Condition
poor
wear,human
Hand(s)
Appearance (paper): white
Binding
Covers: yes Cover colour: red,black Cover material: papier mache
Cover embellishment: lac
Condition
History
Date of composition (era): sakkaraja era
Date of composition (year): 1318
Provenance and Acquisition
Former owner: Wat Pang Mu
Present copy's donor: mè naṅʻʺciṅʻ (and family)
Place name for present copy: Pang Mu village, Maehongson
Funding of Cataloguing
Dhammakaya Foundation