Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration and Translation xi
5. CHAPTER 1. Buddhist Law in Burma 1
6. PART I. Sources
7. CHAPTER 2. Before the Law Traces of Dhammasattha in Buddhist Legal and Textual Culture, c. 1250–1600 21
8. CHAPTER 3 Dhammavilāsa Legal Text and Cosmology in the Early Seventeenth Century 46
9. CHAPTER 4. Manusāra History, Jurisdiction, Authorship 89
10. PART II. Revisions and Reasons
11. CHAPTER 5. Dhammasattha and Its Discontents, 1681–c. 1850 137
12. CHAPTER 6. Conclusion Sakka’s Thunderbolt 179
13. Appendix. Four Dhammasattha Bibliographies (1768–c. 1818) 195
14. Notes 205
15. Bibliography 253
16. Index 281
17. About the Author 289