Sandesa is a main character in Eastern languages.it is very difficult to find out
Pāli Sandesa and details because those are really written in Pāli language. Whether
Pāli Sandesas is not ornamental as Sanskrit Sandesa, some of them have been used as really letters to convey messages. Then not only Pāli Sandesas were part of literature but also instrumental of Day toddy life.
This endeavour is to give brief introduction about Pāli Sandesa as an assignment which, Pāli special 2nd year student should follow as compulsory for subject of Pāli literature study, in university of kelaniya. This is included with introduction for three main Pāli Sandesas and other Sandesas briefly.
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Meaning of Sandesa
Characteristics and manner of Sandesa
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Pāli Sandesa literature
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Mhānāgakula Sandesa
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uttamālā sataka
Siri Rāma Sandesa
Meaning of Sandesa
The word Sandesa is meant a message, a notice, a letter, news and information. When it is given various meaning, it is used as a part of literature.
Sandesa are written to convey the message to another one who is in far away.
Whether it has separate meaning, generally the Sandesa is used with conveying of massage. The Sandesa which a exchanging of message or a communication method, is used as a lineage of literature in south Asian languages such as Sanskrit, Pāli, Sinhala
,Tamil etc.. As well as it can be seen in some canon of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism.
Characteristics and manner of Sandesa
Messenger is the main character of the Sandesa who conveys the massage to the receiver, because of it is the compulsive feature of the message. In the Sanskrit literature, the messenger is called as Dūta. Therefore, there is another name for
Sandesa as Dūta Kāvya. According to the historical chronicle the oldest instance which message is conveyed is the Sarmā story in Rig Vedic. The god Indra had used a bitch named Sarmā to convey a message as a
References: o Tilakasiri Jaydewa, Sanskrit kāvya sāhittya, 2009,S.Godage o Ananda wardana, Dyannrāloka o Lionel D. Barnet, Mahanāgakula Sandesa, 1905 editing o Madovita Ganannanda thera, Mahanāgakula Sandesa, 1921 editing