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(Far left) The ascetic Kaladevala and the king pay

(Left side) The Bodhisatta goes to the Nanda Park in th

Thai Buddhist Manuscript inscribed on plam-leaves with a me

The monk Phra Malai converses with Indra in heaven (right) and a bodhisattva in heaven with his attendants (left)

A bodhisattva in heaven with accompanying angels (detail of bottom right)

(Left) Prince Siddhattha (Bodhisatta) asks his father

Illustrated Sinhalese covers (inside) showing the events between the Bodhisatta's renunciation and the request by Brahna Sahampati that he teach the Docrine after he becomes a Buddha.

Bodhisattva in heaven with accompanying angels (detail of bottom left)

The ploughing ceremony with the baby Bodhisatta mediating u

The ploughing ceremony with the baby Bodhisatta mediating

The procession to the ploughing ceremony

MS Thai 3, four leaves

Burmese-Pali Manuscript.

(Right) The devas ask the Bodhisatta

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The procession to the ploughing ceremony

MS Thai 3, four leaves

Burmese-Pali Manuscript.

The monk Phra Malai converses with Indra in heaven (right) and a bodhisattva in heaven with his attendants (left)

(Right) The devas ask the Bodhisatta