Rakhine Razawin Thit

Rakhine Razawin Thit (Burmese: ရခိုင် ရာဇဝင်သစ်, Burmese pronunciation: [ɹəkʰàiɴ jàzəwɪ̀ɴ ðɪʔ], Arakanese pronunciation: [ɹəkʰàiɴ ɹàzəwàɴ ðɪʔ]) is a Burmese chronicle covering the history of Arakan from time immemorial to the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826). The author was Ven. Sandamala Linkara (Pali: Candamālālaṅkāra), the Sayadaw (Chief Abbot) of Dakhina Vihara Rama Buddhist Monastery in Ranbye Kyun in then British Burma. Published in 1931, it is a compilation of all extant prior Arakanese chronicles in a single narrative.^[1] The original 1931 publication consisted of seven volumes. The first four volumes were published in a single enlarged volume in 1997 and the remaining three were published in another enlarged volume in 1999.^[2]

Rakhine Razawin Thit

Cover of the first volume of the 1997 reprint
Author	Sandamala Linkāra (Candamālālaṅkāra)
Original title	ရခိုင် ရာဇဝင်သစ်
Language	Burmese
Series	Arakanese chronicles
Genre	Chronicle, History
Publication date	1931
Media type	Print
Pages	7 volumes