Religion Buddhism Nationality Kingdom of Ava School Theravada Died 1518 | Name Shin Silavamsa Dharma names Shin Maha Silavamsa | |
Other names Shin Maha Thilawuntha | ||
Shin Maha Silavamsa(Burmese: ရှင်မဟာ သီလဝံသ) is a Theravadan Buddhist monk who lived Ava Kingdom (1364–1555) of Myanmar. He is famous for his poetry and he is one of the greatest poets of ancient Burma. Paramitawkhan Pyoပါရမီတော်ခန်းပျို့ and Sautaungkhan Pyoဆိုတောင်းခန်းပျို့ are his masterpieces. Those are religious poetry and so deep to understand for ordinary people who don't have proper Buddhism knowledge. In ancient Myanmar, poet wrote poetry base on three subjects, about the world(the living environment)လောကအရေး, about the Kingsရာဇအရေး and about the Dharma(Religions)ဓမ္မအရေး . Shin Maha Silavamsa focused on religious poetry.
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Personal life
Birth name of Shin Maha Silavamsa is Maung Nyo. He was born in Myolulin village to the North of Taungdwingyi on a Friday of 1453. His parents are U Kyi and Daw Dway. He studied literature and Buddhism texts from Natmeelin Sayardaw(Shin Silasara Bidaja) of Yadanar Beikman Monastery. He was so bright that he can write poetry on the spot at the age of 7. It is not known when he became a novice monk. When he was 20, he became a monk and stay with his master, Shin Silasara Bidaja. He wrote his masterpiece, Paramitawkhan Pyo when he was 38. After that, he become famous for his creation. At the age of 40, he move to Ava. The King of Ava offer him Yadanar Beikman Golden Monastery at Sagaing. He is 8th master of this Monastery.
Publications
Paramitawkhan Pyo is one of the greatest poetry of Burmese literature. He created Sutaungkhan Pyo when he was living in Sagaing. Taungdwingyi. When King of Ava was going to hold the opening ceremony of Tada-U Mingalar Pagoda, he created Tada-U Mingalar Pagoda Epic for the King. Moreover, he also created several literature, essay and novels regarding with Buddhism. Some are Dhama Pala Pyo, Parayana, Maha Raha Niti, Taungdwinlar Pyo and Meikhtila Lake Epic, etc.