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Encyclopedia Britannica



SASANA VAMSA

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 225 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAR-SCY
SASANA VAMSA , a history of the Buddhist order in Burma, which was composed, in that country, by Paf is-sami in 1851. It is written in
Pali
 
prose
 ; and is based on earlier documents, in
Pali
  or Burmese, still extant, but not yet edited. The earlier
part
  of the
work
  deals with the history of Buddhism outside of Burma. This is based on the Mahavamsa, and other well-known Ceylon works; and has no independent value. The latter
part
  of the
work
 , about three-fifths of the whole, deals with Buddhism in Burma, and contains information not obtainable elsewhere. Down to the 11th century the account is meagre, legendary and incredible. After that date it is sober, intelligible and in all probability mostly accurate. This portion occupies about one hundred pages 8vo in the excellent edition of the text prepared for the Pali Text Society in 1897 by Dr Mabel Bode. It shows a continuous literary effort through the eight and a half centuries, and constantly renewed ecclesiastical controversy. The latter is concerned for the most part with
minor
  questions relating to rules of the order, there being a tendency, as relaxations of the rules crept in with the lapse of time, to hark back to the
original
  simplicity. Of differences in matters of
doctrine
  there is no mention in this
manual
 . Dr Bode has prefixed to her edition a detailed summary of the contents of the book. (T. W. R. D.)


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