About Shin Maha Silavamsa

Shin Mahā Sīlavaṃsa is a Theravadan Buddhist monk who lived Ava Kingdom (1364–1555) of Myanmar. He is famous for his pyo poetry and he is one of the greatest poets of ancient Burma. Paramitawkhan Pyo ပါရမီတော်ခန်းပျို့ and Sautaungkhan Pyo ဆိုတောင်းခန်းပျို့ are his masterpieces. Those are religious poetry and so deep to understand for ordinary people who don't have proper Buddhism knowledge. In ancient Myanmar, poet wrote poetry base on three subjects, about the world(the living environment)လောကအရေး, about the Kingsရာဇအရေး and about the Dharma(Religions)ဓမ္မအရေး. Shin Maha Silavamsa focused on religious poetry.