About Shin Raṭṭhasāra
Lived 1468 – 1529 (aged 60–61). Shin Raṭṭhasāra was a monk.
Shin Raṭṭhasāra (; 1468–1529 was a Buddhist monk and prominent classical poet during the Ava Kingdom, known for his pyo poetry. His 1523 Kogan Pyo based on the Hatthipāla Jātaka, is among the most widely known pyo in modern-day Myanmar, and is taught in Burmese schools. His Buridat Pyo (; based on the Bhūridatta Jātaka) is also considered an exemplar of the medieval literary style, is considered a masterpiece of Burmese classical poetry.
Despite his poetic contributions, Burmese chroniclers excluded him from the succession of elders (thera), because he not only wrote verse, but also recited and instructed pupils in the art of recitation, which was considered a transgression of the Vinaya, specifically the rules governing singing and dancing.
Catudhammasāra Pyo (စတုဓမ္မသာရပျို့) Gambhīsāra Pyo (ဂမ္ဘီသာရပျို့) Bhūridat Zatpaung Pyo (ဘူရိဒတ်ဇာတ်ပေါင်းပျို့) Bhūridhāt Linkagyi (ဘူရိဓာတ်လင်္ကာကြီး) first pyo (at the age of 16) Saṃvara Pyo (သံဝရပျို့) last pyo (final) Pondaungnaing Mawgun (ပုံတောင်နိုင်မော်ကွန်း) Record of the Establishment of Ratanāpūra City (ရတနာပူရမြို့တည်မော်ကွန်း) Mitthilā Lake Bwe Mawgun (မိတ္ထိလာကန်တော်ဘွဲ့မော်ကွန်း) Record of the Dada-u Mingala Zedi (တန်တားဦးတည်မော်ကွန်း) Yeyitet Mawgun (ရဲရည်တက်မော်ကွန်း) Yadu Kabyamya Taungtetun Yadu (ရတုကဗျာများ တောင့်တဲတွန့်ရတု) Wutyonkyaung bwe Mawgun (ဝတ်ရုံကျောင်းဘွဲ့မော်ကွန်း) Hsommasa Linka (ဆုမ္မစာလင်္ကာ) Letthittaungta (လက်သစ်တောင်တာဆုမ္မစာ) Rājavasasatī Khanpaikson Yadu (ရာဇဝသသတီခဏ်းပိုက်စုံရတု) Shweset Tawthwa Tawla (ရွှေစက်တော်သွားတော်လား) Homily to Minkhaung II (ဒုတိယမင်းခေါင်ထံသွင်းမေတ္တာစာ)
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Shin Raṭṭhasāra?
Buddhist monk and poet
When was Shin Raṭṭhasāra born?
Shin Raṭṭhasāra was born in 1468 in Ava Kingdom.
When did Shin Raṭṭhasāra die?
Shin Raṭṭhasāra died in 1529.
What was Shin Raṭṭhasāra's occupation?
Shin Raṭṭhasāra was a monk.
What nationality was Shin Raṭṭhasāra?
Shin Raṭṭhasāra's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Ava.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Shin Raṭṭhasāra. https://biography.guide/shin-ratthasara/
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