Re: Saddasangaha & Aadiccava.msa

Dear Ven. Dhammanando,

I have a book entitled _Sangha and State in Burma_ by Michael
Mendelson. This book describes the leadership role of many important
Sayadaws in the early part of the 20th century. There is mention (the
only one) of a certain U Ardeissawuntha which I thought might be the
same person as "the reformist Ashin Ardatesa-wuntha (Adicca-vamsa)" in
your quote but I could be wrong. I will quote what it says:

"By the 1930s he [Bagaya Sayadaw, Paduma -- jim] took a strong stand
against separation from India, and by the time of the Round Table
discussions with the British on future independence for Burma, his
stature was such that he was consulted by participants before the
negotiations left for England. He was deeply involved in arguing
issues involving monastic courts in 1928, and in 1935 he led a
determined group of monks to exommunicate U Ardeissawuntha of
Pazundaung for his book recommending the admission of women to the
Order." -- p.291

A footnote cites a reference to the Rangoon Gazette, Sept. 10, 1935.

Best wishes,
Jim


> The preface states: "In 2461 (CE 1918) when Aadiccava.msa
> had seventeen rains he travelled to India, Sri Lanka and
> England, with the aim of learning English and spreading the
> Saasanaa. Being blessed in learning languages, he was able
> to master not only Pali, Sanskrit and English, but also
> Hindi, Bengali, Gurumukhi, Urdu, and Japanese. After some
> years of missionary work in England, France and Italy, he
> returned to Burma in 2471 (CE 1928).
>
> This would seem to place him in England at about the right
> time to be the mystery transcriber of the Pa.tiA.
>
> With Google I also found an intriguing mention of this monk
> on a Burmese government literature site, on the subject of
> Burmese biography. This seems to confirm the date:
>
> http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/Perspective/persp2002/3-2002/mya.htm
>
> "However, to readers with moral sensibilities the favourite
> biographical subjects are the members of the Buddhist
> Religious Order on the one hand, and the criminals on the
> other. Among the former are the centenarian San-kin Sayadaw,
> the reformist Ashin Ardatesa-wuntha (Adicca-vamsa)....
  ....