Announcement: Translation of the Rajadhammasangaha online

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Euan Bagshawe has made a translation of the Yaw Mingyi U Hpo Hlaing (the Wetmasut Myoza Wungyi)?s ?Rajadhammasangaha,? edited by Maung Htin (U Htin Fatt), published in 1979 by Sape U Publishing House (the original text was composed in December 1878 and published for the first time about 1915). This has recently been republished (2002) by Unity Press and is currently available in some bookshops in Burma/Myanmar for 1100 kyats (as of December 2003). The translation can be accessed in David Arnott?s Online Burma/Myanmar Library at: http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/THE_RAJADHAMMASANGAHA.pdf ... The Online Burma/Myanmar Library also has a description of the text which includes some of the bibliographic information included above. The translator has kindly sent us a copy of his preface for inclusion here... M. W. C.

Creator/author: 

Euan Bagshawe (translator)

Source/publisher: 

SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol. 2, No. 2, Autumn 2004

Date of Publication: 

2004-09-20

Date of entry: 

2004-09-25

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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