Rakhine Razawin Thit | |
Author: | Sandamala Linkāra (Candamālālaṅkāra) |
Language: | Burmese |
Series: | Arakanese chronicles |
Genre: | Chronicle, History |
Release Date: | 1931 |
Media Type: | |
Pages: | 7 volumes |
Rakhine Razawin Thit (Burmese: ရခိုင် ရာဇဝင်သစ်, in Burmese pronounced as /ɹəkʰàiɴ jàzəwɪ̀ɴ ðɪʔ/, Arakanese pronunciation: in Burmese pronounced as /ɹəkʰàiɴ ɹàzəwàɴ ðɪʔ/) is a Burmese chronicle covering the history of Arakan from time immemorial to the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826). The author was Ven. Sandamala Linkara (Pali: Candamālālaṅkāra), the Sayadaw (Chief Abbot) of Dakhina Vihara Rama Buddhist Monastery in Ranbye Kyun in then British Burma. Published in 1931, it is a compilation of all extant prior Arakanese chronicles in a single narrative.[1] The original 1931 publication consisted of seven volumes. The first four volumes were published in a single enlarged volume in 1997 and the remaining three were published in another enlarged volume in 1999.[2]