Tom Carr:
Are we talking about the same thing. Someone memorized this:
[image of pali canon in bookshelf]
yes, we are talking about the same thing.
some of the titles i mentioned which are given are as follow:
i) Suttantika or master of the Sutta Pitaka
ii) Vinaya-dhara or one versed in the Vinaya or Discipline
iii) Matika-dhara or one versed in matika or Abhidhamma
iv) Digha-bhanaka and Majjhima-bhanaka (Reciters of the Digha and Majjhima Nikayas)
and here is a list of recent burmese tipitakadharas (followed by the year they were tested in and their age at the time):
Ven. Vicittasarabhivamsa (the Mingun Sayadaw) 1953 42
Ven. Nemainda 1959 32
Ven. Kosala 1963 36
Ven. Sumingalalankara 1973 27
Ven. Sirinandabhivamsa1984 42
Ven. Vayameindabhivamsa 1995 39
Ven. Kondanna 1997 55
Ven. Silakhandabhivamsa 1998, 2000 34
Ven. Vamsapalalankara 1998, 2000 32
Ven. Indapala 2001 40
Ven. Sundara 2001 45
(information gleaned from
this article)