Original title ရာဇဝင် ကျော် Country Kingdom of Ava | Language Burmese Series Burmese chronicles Genres Chronicle, History | |
Publication date 1502 (Part I)
1520 (Part II) People also search for Inwa Yazawin, Myeik Yazawin | ||
Maha Thanmada Wuntha (Burmese: မဟာသမ္မတဝံသ, [məhà θàɴməda̰ wʊ̀ɴθa̰]; Pali: Mahā Sammata Vaṃsa) or more commonly known as Yazawin Kyaw (Burmese: ရာဇဝင် ကျော်, [jàzəwɪ̀ɴ tɕɔ̀]; the Celebrated Chronicle) is an early 16th-century chronicle of Buddhist religious history and Burmese history.
The chronicle was written in two parts by Shin Maha Thilawuntha, the famous learned monk, author and poet. The first part, written in 1502, is mainly a religious history document, and essentially a Burmese version of the Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa. The first part focuses on the kings of ancient India and Ceylon, according to Buddhist mythology and history. In 1520, the author added a supplement about the Burmese kings down to 1496. In all, only one-seventh of the treatise concerns the affairs of Burmese kings as it was not intended to be an authoritative chronicle. The author stated there was already an existing chronicle of the Ava court.