Shin Sandalinka

Shin Sandalinka (Burmese: ရှင်စန္ဒလင်္ကာ, Pali: Candalaṅkā; pronounced [ʃɪ̀ɴ sàɴda̰lɪ̀ɴgà]) was an 18th-century Burmese Buddhist monk, who wrote the influential court treatise Mani Yadanabon in 1781. He held a high religious title, Zinalinkara Maha Dhammayazaguru (ဇိနလင်္ကာရ မဟာ ဓမ္မရာဇဂုရု, Pali: Jinalankāra Mahā Dhammarājaguru), bestowed by King Singu.[1][2] He compiled the Mani Yadanabon from various sources, chiefly the late 14th to 15th century Zabu Kun-Cha treatise.[1][3] His treatise was one of the four books to be machine-published by the Konbaung government in 1871.[1]

In this Burmese name, Shin is an honorific, not a surname.

Shin Sandalinkā ရှင်စန္ဒလင်္ကာ
Title	Zinalinkara Maha Dhammayazaguru
Personal
Religion	Buddhism
Nationality	Burmese
School	Theravada
Senior posting
Based in	Ava (Inwa)

References

1. Aung-Thwin 2005: 141–142
2. Sandalinka 2009: book cover
3. Lieberman 1983: 137

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 978-0-8248-2886-8.
• Bagshawe, L.E. "The Maniyadanabon of Shin Sandalinka" (115). Ithaca: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Hudson, Bob (2004). "The Origins of Bagan: The archaeological landscape of Upper Burma to AD 1300". Sydney: The University of Sydney. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Lieberman, Victor B. (1983). "Review of L. E. Bagshawe "The Maniyadanabon of Shin Sandalinka"". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland (New Series). Cambridge University. 115: 336–337. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00138018.
• Sandalinka, Shin (1781). Mani Yadanabon (in Burmese) (2009, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Seit-Ku Cho Cho.