Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Translation CHAPTER 1. Buddhist Law in Burma PART I. Sources CHAPTER 2. Before the Law Traces of Dhammasattha in Buddhist Legal and Textual Culture, c. 1250–1600 CHAPTER 3 Dhammavilāsa Legal Text and Cosmology in the Early Seventeenth Century CHAPTER 4. Manusāra History, Jurisdiction, Authorship PART II. Revisions and Reasons CHAPTER 5. Dhammasattha and Its Discontents, 1681–c. 1850 CHAPTER 6. Conclusion Sakka’s Thunderbolt Appendix. Four Dhammasattha Bibliographies (1768–c. 1818) Notes Bibliography Index About the Author