The Legend of Queen Cama: Bodhiramsi's Camadevivamsa, a Translation and Commentary

by Bodhiransi and Donald K. Swearer

The Legend of Queen Cama (Camadevivamsa), an early fifteenth-century Pali chronicle written by Mahathera Bodhiramsi, recounts the story of the founding of the kingdom of Haripunjaya in the Chiang Mai valley of Northern Thailand in the seventh century C.E. Similar to other Theravada Pali chronicles, the legend integrates religious and political stories, namely, Queen Cama's founding of a dynastic lineage and the fortunes of Buddhism within it. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791437752
• ISBN13: 9780791437759
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Age Range: 3 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

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Bodhiramsi's classic Hinayana chronicle of a Buddhist prophecy

This Hinayana text by Bhikkhu Bodhiramsi is a fine, enthralling tale of the Buddha's journey to Thailand, his prophecy and the fulfillment of the prophecy. A major text in the development of Hinayana Buddhist chronicles and a classic of later Theravada composition.