Jinakalamali
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| Author | Ratanapañña Thera |
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| Language | Pali |
| Series | The Chiang Mai Chronicle, Burmese chronicles |
| Genre | Chronicle, History |
Publication date | 1527 (claimed) 1788 (earliest extant copy in Khom) |
| Publication place | Lan Na |
Published in English | 1968 |
| Part of a series on |
| Theravāda Buddhism |
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| Buddhism |
Jinakālamālī (Thai: ชินกาลมาลีปกรณ์, RTGS: Chinnakanmalipakon; Burmese: ဇိနကာလမာလီ; lit. 'The Sheaf of Garlands of the Epochs of the Conqueror') is a Chiang Mai chronicle that covers mostly religious history and contains a section on early Lan Na kings to 1516/1517. Similar period Pali chronicles include the Cāmadevivaṃsa and the Mulasasana.[1]: 136 Originally written in Pali by the abbot Ratanapañña Thera in the reign of Kaew of Lan Na, it may be argued that the book was written in 1516.[2] 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.[3] The chronicle was referenced by later Burmese chronicles, most notably Maha Yazawin, the standard chronicle of Toungoo Dynasty.[4]
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)."[5] From this version copies with some subsequent revisions were made. It was translated into English in 1968 by N.A. Jayawickrama.[6]
The chronicle also touches upon the history of Myanmar, describing the conquests of King Anawrahta of the Pagan Dynasty. The author credits Anawrahta's role as a great Buddhist king in 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.[4]
