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The Siamese bhiksus have composed some books
in Pali, five of which are mentioned by the

vamsa*

They are:—
(i) Sankhyapakasaka by Xana
(ii) Its tlka by Sirimangala,
(iii) VisuddhiraaggadlpanI by Uttararama,
(iv) Mangaladipani by Sirimangala, and
(v) Uppatasanti by an unknown author.
The Tika of Sankhyapakasaka^ says M. Coed'es,
was composed by Sirimangala in C. 3. 882, year of
Dragon, (=A. D, 1520) during the reign of Bilakapa*
natbadhiraja, who ascended the throne of Xieng Mai
in A. D. 1495. The author lived at Navapura (Xieng-
Mai) in the south-west part of Slhalararna, (Ice ay am
Navapure patitthita SihalarUmassa dakkhinapacchi-
madisaya patiQhite......Siritnahgalao ti garuhi......).
The same author Sirimangala was responsible
for another book Mangaladipani^ which was written
four years later in A.D. 1524 at Navapura (Xieng-
mai) at a retired place in the Southern part of the
city. It is not an original book, but a commentary
on Mahgala Sutta (Sutta Nipdta, II, 4). Accord-
ing to M. Coed'es, this Mahgaladipanl, along with Dka-
tnmapadatthakatha and Saraithasangha constitutes
one of the great books of Pali culture of the Siamese
and Cambojans. The writer Siriraangala has been
1. Edited by M. Bode, P. T. & 1897, p. 61.