Dear Colleagues,
The Pali Text Society is pleased to announce the publication of Dr Sven Bretfeld’s critical edition and English translation of the Nikāyasaṅgrahaya.
Nikāyasaṅgrahaya: A History of the Śāsana’s Transmission by Dēvarakṣita Jayabāhu (Dharmakīrti II),
edited and translated by Sven Bretfeld, cx + 264 pp. ISBN: 9780860135302. £45
The Nikāyasaṅgrahaya is a late 14th-century account of the history of the Buddhist order in India
and Sri Lanka down to the reign of Bhuvanaikabāhu V (1371–1408) written in Sinhala. Professor
Bretfeld’s critical edition and new English translation of this important work is accompanied by
a substantial introduction (pp. xvii–cx). It supersedes the pioneering edition and translation
published in Ceylon over 100 years ago.
Copies can be ordered directly from the PTS website:
PTS members can purchase the book with a 20% discount.
With best wishes,
Rupert Gethin
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Rupert Gethin
Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Studies
University of Bristol