Poet U No - 0 Vessantara Poo

Introduction

There are three editions of the Vaisantara Poo* in Burmese literature, as mentioned in the history of the Pitaka and the reference books. Of these three editions, the first edition (Mahakapa) composed by the great monk U Tun Nyo (1088-1171) during the reign of the Buddha, was published, while the other two editions have disappeared. U Tun Nyo's Vaisantara Poo was composed in 1160, and earlier, the first edition (Samma Sambuddha) composed by the Taung Phila Sayadaw Ashin Upali (940-1013) had appeared in 954. However, this edition has not been found. Quotations from Taung Phila Sayadaw's Poo can be found in the Swamiththa Pakasani and the Kavilakhana Dipani. The remaining book, Vaisantara Po, is a Po that was written by the poet U No Tsang (in the form of a syllabary, with the words "Jartivamsa" and "Myat Sethta"). The Vaisantara Po that is now being published is U No's Po.

We found U No's Vaisantara Po in the Pitaka Library of the Ancient Literature Preservation Society in Taungdwingyi. The manuscript of the Po did not contain the complete concluding stanza. However, while the Po was being printed, two manuscripts were donated by Ashin Wasawa, Sasthanadaja Siripavara Dhammasariya, of the Kyauksot Kyaung, Khinmakan Pali University, Mandalay, and we were given the opportunity to make considerable edits and consultations in preparing the printed draft, and to complete the concluding stanzas.

According to the conclusion of the poem, it is known that the poem was completed in 1137. At the end of the Taungdwingyi Pemu, it is stated that the original copy of the poem was made on Wednesday, the 10th day of the first lunar month of Kason, 1168, and that it was copied again on Saturday, the 7th day of the full moon of Taw Thalin, 1211. The Pemu from Mandalay was made on Monday, the 6th day of the first lunar month of Wakhaung, 1202.

The evidence that this Vaisantara Poo was written by U No is the phrase “A monk, indeed, is not a monk, this is a letter, made in Lanka, not going out of the forest, in the mud of the house, in the form of a house, in the form of a person, called a fool, a fool, four kinds, many people scold me, even if it were to happen.” U No’s Poo is even more complete in narrative than the Vaisantara Jataka prose, and is also superior in terms of rhetoric. U No’s translation of the Jataka into Lanka, based on the Pali Nisaya and Atthakatha, is commendable for being able to fully cover the entire Jataka. The Vaisantara Jataka prose consists of 1145 verses, U No's Vaisantara Po, which was published in the month of Tabaung, is known to be eight years old, even more than the prose of the great Jataka.

Poet U No was a prominent poet during the reign of the Buddha. However, a complete biography of U No has not been found. All we have been able to find is some information that we have collected from U No's writings. What we have found is the following.

In the history of the Pitaka, five books were mentioned as the works written by U No: the Vaisantara Po, the Janaka Po, the History of the Buddha, the Pathasari Po, and the Shinma Le Po.

Among these, Shinma Le Po is mentioned in the Myanmar Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, and it is mentioned that U No was a Kula people during the reign of the first king of Amarapura (Bodaw Pagoda) in 1166. However, the Shinma Le Po is in the National Library, and the inscription is still intact, so it is not possible to look at it. It is not known how the Myanmar Encyclopedia of the Ancient World got the word Kula people.

In the 1148th year of U No's reign, the Maha Myat Muni History, also known as the History of the Buddha, U No's biography is somewhat included, so some biographical information can be obtained. In paragraph 9 of this history, it is noted that in the history, every time he comes, he says, "Lanka." Next, my brothers, I will whisper, Maung No's teacher, Lanka is strange, I will not answer

In verse 49 of this poem, it is written that Amarapura, from Shwepyithar, straight and straight, and after buying, and having drunk, more than twenty thousand, was a prominent fruit, riding a horse, and eating, and being famous, and being called Mongyul village, to the north, and having no road, and having four kinds of tools, and having the name of the village He is known to have lived in Taungsoon, Kyamon Village, and was the patron saint of the Five Pillars, the Bodhi Tree, and the Buddha. The poem Singhahamedani also mentions that he was a native of Mongyul Village as U No.

Again, U Noy Vaisantara is also a monk, not a monk, this is a letter, doing the lanka, not going out of the forest, in the mud of the house, rolling in the mud, people are sleeping, being stupid, and being evil, four kinds, I have been criticized by many people, and I have been criticized by many people. Although the poet praised the lanka of King Vaisantara, but the poet was not a monk, and he was immersed in household affairs and could not go out of the forest, so he wrote an answer to his fault, saying, "Is it right for me to write for others to go out of the forest when I myself cannot go out of the forest?" etc., The younger one, Metta Mauk Phyo, Maung Nayet, is not a sloppy person, and the Yadanar Pura, Shwe Inwa, is the true place,

However, in the Linatha Dipani, it is mentioned that he was born in Katokutaw village, Dwaraka Kyaw Htin Yokpa, Saku city, and a monk who was a scholar of scriptures, Maung No, who was born in 1123, and was a monk who was a scholar of scriptures, and was a monk of Shwe Toe Gaman Chi Myin Kyan Linka. Since the chronology is not much different from the time of the completion of the Mahamuni History, it is easy to assume that this U No was also the monk U No. However, the reason is that there is no mention of Mongyul, Kyamon village, Pansindayaka, or being a monk, and there is little consistent information. The only thing that is similar is that he was a layman and a scholar of scriptures. These are not very important facts, but can be roughly inferred based on his name and the quality of his writing.