Source : U Silananda
- Date : April 5, 1871 (*)
- Place : Mandalay (Burma)
- King : Mindon
- Leader : Jagara Thera
- Number of Monks : 2400
- Duration : 5 months (recitation)
Began on April 14, 1871
Ended on September 9, 1871 - Accomplishment : Reaffirmed the Texts accepted at the previous Councils and wrote them on 729 marble slabs.
References :
- Burmese Chronicles
(*) 1853 – 59 Writing on palm leaves in gold-color ink, ink and stylus – over 200 volumes.
Began writing on marble slabs on October 26, 1859.
Ended writing on marble slabs on May 4, 1868 .
Took 7 years, 6 months and 19 days.
Seven books of Abidhamma on 208 slabs.
Slab size : 5 feet high, 3 feet across, 5 inches thick and about 90 lines long
Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” named it the “Largest Book in the World”.
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