ນິທານທໍາມະບົດ ເລື່ອງ ຊະຕິລະເຖລະ. ຊະຕິລະເກີດຈາກທ້ອງລູກສາວເສດຖີຜູ້ໜຶ່ງ ແຕ່ເມື່ອເກີດມາແລ້ວກໍ່ຖືກມານດາເອົາໃສ່ໝໍ້ໄຫຼນໍ້າ ມີຍິງສາວຄົນໜຶ່ງທີ່ໄປອາບນໍ້າໃນແມ່ນໍ້າ ເມື່ອເຫັນເດັກນັ້ນຢູ່ໃນໝໍ້ຈຶ່ງເອົາໄປເຮືອນ. ລາວໄດ້ລ້ຽງດູເດັກນ້ອຍນັ້ນແລະຕັ້ງຊື່ໃຫ້ວ່າ ຊະຕິລະ(ຫຼືຊະດິນ). ຕໍ່ມາ ມີພະພິກຂຸອົງໜຶ່ງແນະນໍາສົ່ງຊະຕິລະໄປຮຽນຢູ່ເມືອງຕັກກະສີລາ. ພະພິກຂຸອົງນັ້ນໄດ້ຈັດຫາບ່ອນຢູ່ໃຫ້ ໂດຍໃຫ້ພັກຢູ່ເຮືອນພໍ່ຄ້າທີ່ເປັນລູກສິດຂອງເພິ່ນ. ເມື່ອເຖິງເວລາອັນເໝາະສົມ, ຊະຕິລະກໍ່ໄດ້ແຕ່ງງານກັບລູກສາວພໍ່ຄ້ານັ້ນ. ຫຼັງຈາກແຕ່ງງານບໍ່ດົນ ກໍ່ມີພູເຂົາຄໍາເກີດຂຶ້ນທີ່ສວນຫຼັງບ້ານເຊິ່ງສ້າງຂຶ້ນໃຫມ່ສໍາຫລັບທັງຄູ່. ຊະຕິລະຈຶ່ງໄດ້ກາຍເປັນເສດຖີຍ້ອນມີພູເຂົາຄໍາເກີດຂຶ້ນຫຼັງບ້ານ. ເຂົາມີລູກຊາຍສາມຄົນ. ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ ຊະລິຕະໄດ້ມອບສົມບັດໃຫ້ລູກທັງສາມ ແລ້ວອອກບວດ ຊື່ວ່າພະຊະຕິລະເຖລະ ແລະບັນລຸພະອໍຣະຫັນພາຍໃນສອງສາມວັນ.
The Dhammapada story of Jatila Thera. Jatila was born from the womb of a rich man's daughter. After birth, he was put into a pot and floated down the stream by his mother. A young woman who was bathing in the stream saw the child in the pot and took it with her. She adopted him and named him Jatila. Later, on the advice of a monk the woman sent Jatila to Taxila where he had his education. While at Taxila the monk arranged for him to stay at the house of a merchant who was a disciple of his. In due course, Jatila married the daughter of the merchant. Soon after the marriage, a large mound of gold appeared in the backyard of the house which was newly built for the couple. Three sons were born out of this marriage. After that, Jatila was ordained as a monk named Jatila There and attained arahatship within a few days.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 16 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.5 cm, width 54.6 cm, depth 0.6 cm.
Condition of original material: Fragile.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.1.
