သာသနာလျှောက်

Sāsanā lhyokʻ is a genre of works that apply chronology and historiography for liturgical purposes and reflection on the condition of the Buddhist teaching. They are composed in a form of address to a senior monk that identifies the current date and reports how many of 5,000 years during which the teaching is believed to exist have already elapsed and how many remain. Such report is expanded into a salutation by recollecting the progress and the current state of the sāsana. A work by famous Burmese poet Ca le Ūʺ Puñña composed in 1856 to commemorate the 2,400 years since parinibbāna celebrates the awakening of the four buddhas of the present epoch and identifies ten major events in history whose significance for the flourishing of the teaching was equal to convening a synod reciting the three pitakas. The copy of the work that is transmitted in the present manuscript has minor differences with the version published by the Hanthawaddy press that reflects a later revision. Extent and format of original material: 1 fascicle of 4 inscribed folios,. Physical characteristics: Incomplete, folios ka-kī missing. Author(s) of original material: Puñña, Ca le Ūʺ.