(; ; ; ) is a
Chiang Mai chronicle that covers mostly about religious history, and contains a section on early Lan Na kings to 1516/1517. Similar period Pali chronicles include the ''Chamadevivamsa'' and the ''Mulasasana''.
Originally written in Pali by a Buddhist monk, it may, be argued that the book was written in 1516."
[Jayawickrama 1968: xxix] As part of the literary renaissance under the Thai king Rama I, which included the collection and restoration of texts after the fall of Ayutthaya, a copy was made in 1788 of an original Ayutthaya manuscript.
[Jayawickrama 1968: xxxiv] The chronicle was referenced by later Burmese chronicles, most notably ''
Maha Yazawin
The ''Maha Yazawin'', fully the ''Maha Yazawindawgyi'' (, , Pali : Mahārājavaṃsa) and formerly romanized as the ,. is the first national chronicle of Burma/Myanmar. Completed in 1724 by U Kala, a historian at the Toungoo court, it was the ...
'', the standard chronicle of
Toungoo Dynasty
''taungnguumainn saat''
, conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty
, common_name = Taungoo dynasty
, status = Empire/Monarchy, Kingdom
, event_start = Independence from Kingdom of Ava, Ava Kingdom
, yea ...
.
[Aung-Thwin 2005: 124–126]
The oldest extant manuscript of 1788 is in
Khom Thai Script, "a variant of the Khmer script used in Thailand and Laos, which is used to write Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai and Lao (Isan)."
[Jayawickrama 1968: xxiv] From this version copies with some subsequent revisions were made. It was translated into English in 1968 by N.A. Jayawickrama.
[Jayawickrama 1968]
The chronicle touches upon the history of Myanmar describing the conquests of King
Anawrahta
Anawrahta Minsaw (, ; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that ...
of
Pagan Dynasty. The author credits Anawrahta's role as a great Buddhist king into bringing Theravada Buddhism to present-day northern Thailand. It is the first historical text of Southeast Asia to mention Anawrahta's conquest of a kingdom held by one King
Manuha of
Thaton Kingdom.
[Aung-Thwin 2005: 124–126]
References
Bibliography
*
* Penth, Hans. (1994) ''Jinakalamali Index''. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, The Pali Text Society.
* Penth, H. (1983). "Which Ratana Panna Composed the Jinakalamali." ''Journal of the Siam Society'', ''71'', 215-219
Siam Society Archive* Buddhadatta, A. B. (1962). ''Jinakalamali''. London: Pali Text Society (PTS).
* Jayawickrama, N.A. (trans.) (1968). ''The Sheaf of garlands of the epochs of the Conqueror''. London: Pali Text Society (PTS).
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