This presentation explores the Atin–Ayone robe controversy, a dispute over whether monks should wear the robe over one shoulder (ekaṃsika) or cover both shoulders (pārupana), which emerged in the early eighteenth century and intensified during the Konbaung period. The Ayone faction introduced the Cūḷagandhi sub‑commentary to resolve scriptural ambiguities, while the Atin group was unable to provide authoritative textual support. In 1784, King Bodawpaya intervened, imposing the pārupana style across the entire Sangha and establishing an eight‑member council of Saṅgharājās to supervise monastic discipline and purify the Sangha. Drawing on Weber’s theory of legitimate authority and Bourdieu’s concepts of the religious field and symbolic capital, the speaker reflects on how the resolution of the controversy marked a shift from local monastic pluralism to state‑sponsored orthodoxy, transforming the Cūḷagandhi into a decisive legal instrument. By privileging this sub‑commentary over other Pāli sources, the monarchy and monastic elite jointly produced a specialized textual authority that facilitated institutional reform and doctrinal uniformity in pre‑modern Myanmar.