Shin Sandalinka ( my, ရှင်စန္ဒလင်္ကာ, pi, Candalaṅkā; ) was an 18th-century
Burmese Buddhist monk, who wrote the influential court treatise ''
Mani Yadanabon
The ''Mani Yadanabon'' ( my, မဏိ ရတနာပုံ ကျမ်း, ; also spelled ''Maniyadanabon'' or ''Mani-yadana-bon'') is an 18th-century court treatise on Burmese statecraft and court organization. The text is a compilation of e ...
'' in 1781. He held a high religious title, Zinalinkara Maha Dhammayazaguru (ဇိနလင်္ကာရ မဟာ ဓမ္မရာဇဂုရု,
Pali
Pali () is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pāli Canon'' or ''Tipiṭaka'' as well as the sacred language of ''Theravāda'' Buddhism ...
: Jinalankāra Mahā Dhammarājaguru), bestowed by King
Singu
Singu is a town in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speaker ...
.
[Aung-Thwin 2005: 141–142][Sandalinka 2009: book cover] He compiled the ''Mani Yadanabon'' from various sources, chiefly the late 14th to 15th century ''
Zabu Kun-Cha'' treatise.
[Lieberman 1983: 137] His treatise was one of the four books to be machine-published by the Konbaung government in 1871.[
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Burmese Buddhist monks
Burmese writers