ມະຫາພົນ ເປັນເລື່ອງທີ່ ໗ ໃນຈໍານວນ ໑໓ ກັນ ໃນເຫວດສັນຕະຣະຊາດົກ ມີ ໘໐ ຄາຖາ ເນື້ອໃນທັງໝົດເປັນພາສາບາລີ. ມະຫາພົນ ແປວ່າ ປ່າໃຫຍ່ ເນື້ອໃນກ່າວເຖິງ ຊູຊົກເດີນທາງຜ່ານປ່ານ້ອຍຕາມທີ່ພານເຈຕະບຸດບອກໄປຈົນເຖິງອາສົມຂອງອະຈຸຕະລືສີ ໄດ້ຫຼອກອະຈຸຕະລືສີວ່າເປັນຣາຊະທູດເມືອງສີພີ ຈົນລືສີເຖົ້າເຊື່ອແລະຕ້ອນຮັບຢ່າງດີ ທັງອາຫານຄືໝາກໄມ້ແລະໃຫ້ນອນຄ້າງໜ່ຶງຄືນ ເມື່ອຮຸ່ງເຊົ້າໄດ້ພາຊູຊົກໄປຊີ້ບອກຫົນທາງຊຶ່ງຕ້ອງຜ່ານປ່າດົງດິບອັນຕຶບໜາແລະພູເຂົາ ແມ່ນໍ້າ ສະໂບກຂະຣະນີ ຈົນກວ່າຈະເຖິງເຂົາວົງກົດ.
Mahaphon or Mahāvana the seventh episode of a total of 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka with 80 verses and the whole text written in Pali. Mahaphon means the great forest, the content tells Jujaka passed through the small forest as Cetaputta huntsman directed and arrived at the hermitage of Acuta hermit. Jujaka told the foresee ascetic a lie that he was the emissary from Sivi city then the ascetic trusted him easily and welcomed him with fruits and gave him a stay overnight at his pavillion. The next morning, the hermit pointed the way to Mount Vamka for Jujaka, which passed through rain forests, mountains, rivers and ponds until to Mount Vamka.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 8 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.8 cm, width 56.4 cm, depth 0.3 cm.
Condition of original material: Good.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Box no. 4.
