BUDDHIST CONCEPTS APPEARING IN THE CHAMADEVIWONG SCRIPTURES

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the history and history of the Chamadeviwong scriptures; and 2) to study the Buddhist concepts appearing in the Chamadeviwong scriptures. This research is documentary research using the scriptures Chamadeviwong, Nakhon Hariphunchai Chronicle as the primary document. After that, data on religious concepts in the Chamadeviwong were analyzed and synthesized and examined with the Tipitaka for correlation. by presenting the research results in a rhetorical description

This research found that Chamadeviwong is the work of Phra Bodhirangsi. Written in the chronicle of Haripunchai The original is in Pali. The content has a total of 15 sections, mentioning the beginning of the construction of Haripunchai City, The history of Chamadevi Queen, government of Haripunchai, the death of Queen Chamadevi and the discovery of the Buddha's relics in A-thitayaraja. As for the concept of Buddhism, it was found that The Chamadeviwong contains a large number of self-contained content that is not found in the Tripitaka. But the author has tried to link it to Buddhism by laying the foundation for the ideas that appear in the Tripitaka and connecting them with their own stories later. As for the principles of the Dharma that appear in Chamadeviwong, most of them correspond to the Tripitaka. Emphasis on the principles for governing the country Dharma principles for living such as gratitude and keeping the 5 precepts, etc.