Yazawin Kyaw

16th-century Burmese Buddhist chronicle

Yazawin Kyaw
Author	Shin Maha Silavamsa
Original title	ရာဇဝင် ကျော်
Country	Ava Kingdom
Language	Burmese
Series	Burmese chronicles
Genre	Chronicle, History
Publication date	1502 (Part I) 1520 (Part II)

Maha Thanmada Wuntha (Burmese: မဟာသမ္မတဝံသ, IPA: [məhà θàɰ̃məda̰ wʊ̀ɰ̃θa̰]; Pali: Mahā Sammata Vaṃsa) or more commonly known as Yazawin Kyaw (Burmese: ရာဇဝင် ကျော်, [jàzəwɪ̀ɰ̃ tɕɔ̀]; the Celebrated Chronicle) is an early 16th-century chronicle of Buddhist religious history and Burmese history.

The chronicle was written in two parts by Shin Maha Silavamsa, the famous learned monk, author and poet. The first part, written in 1502, is mainly a religious history document, and essentially a Burmese version of the Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa. The first part focuses on the kings of ancient India and Ceylon, according to Buddhist mythology and history.^[1]^[2] In 1520, the author added a supplement about the Burmese kings down to 1496. In all, only one-seventh of the treatise concerns the affairs of Burmese kings as it was not intended to be an authoritative chronicle. The author stated there was already an existing chronicle of the Ava court.^[3]

References

^ Aung-Thwin 2005: 124
^ Yazawin Kyaw 2010: 183
^ Hla Pe 1985: 36–37

Bibliography

Aung-Thwin, Michael A. (2005). The Mists of Rāmañña: The Legend that was Lower Burma (illustrated ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 9780824828868.
Charney, Michael W. (2006). Powerful Learning: Buddhist Literati and the Throne in Burma's Last Dynasty, 1752–1885. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.
Hla Pe, U (1985). Burma: Literature, Historiography, Scholarship, Language, Life, and Buddhism. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789971988005.
Maha Thilawuntha, Shin (1928). Pe Maung Tin (ed.). Yazawin Kyaw (in Burmese) (4th printing, 2010 ed.). Yangon: Burma Research Society (original publisher), Ya-Pyei (4th printing).

Burmese chronicles

National chronicles

Standard chronicles	Maha Yazawin Hmannan Yazawin (Glass Palace Chronicle) Hmannan Yazawin, Part II Hmannan Yazawin, Part III
Other nationals	Yazawin Kyaw Yazawin Thit Maha Yazawin Kyaw

Biographic chronicles

Regional chronicles

Upper Burma	Pagan Yazawin Pagan Yazawin Thit Inwa Yazawin Toungoo Yazawin Pyay Yazawin Myauk Nan Kyaung Yazawin
Ramanya	Razadarit Ayedawbon Mon Yazawin Nidana Arambhakatha Gavampati Slapat Rajawan Mon Yazawin (Shwe Naw) Lik Amin Asah Pak Lat Chronicles
Arakan	Maha Razawin Rakhine Razawin Inzauk Razawin Razawin Linka Rakhine Razawin Haung Dhanyawaddy Ayedawbon Mizzimadetha Ayedawbon Maha Razawin (Saya Me) Rakhine Razawin Thit
Shan states	Jinakalamali Zinme Yazawin Kengtung Yazawin Hsenwi Yazawin Hsipaw Yazawin Mong Yawng Yazawin
Miscellaneous	Pawtugi Yazawin Dawei Yazawin Myeik Yazawin