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Twinthin Taikwun Maha Sithu
Twinthin Taikwun Maha Sithu (1726-1806), also known as U Tun Nyo or U Nyo, was a Burmese historian and government minister. He compiled the '' Yazawin Thit''. Early life Twinthin Taikwun Maha Sithu was born U Tun Nyo in 1726 in Maung Htaung, a town in northwest Burma. He trained to become a monk, becoming one at the age of 20 and being given the title of ''Shin Lingathara''. As a monk, he wrote poetry and dhammasattha ''Dhammasattha'' ("treatise on the law") is the Pali name of a genre of literature found in the Indianized kingdoms of Western mainland Southeast Asia (modern Laos, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, and Yunnan) principally written in Pali, Burmese, Mon or ... texts. When he was 26, Twinthin Taikwun Maha Sithu abandoned his life as a monk, having fallen in love with a regular to his monastery. Getting married, he traveled with his new wife to the capital of Burma to find work at the court of King Alaungpaya. During his monkhood, Twinthin Taikwun Maha Sithu was the teacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yazawin Thit
''Maha Yazawin Thit'' ( my, မဟာ ရာဇဝင် သစ်, ; ; also known as ''Myanmar Yazawin Thit'' or ''Yazawin Thit'') is a national chronicle of Burma (Myanmar). Completed in 1798, the chronicle was the first attempt by the Konbaung court to update and check the accuracy of ''Maha Yazawin'', the standard chronicle of the previous Toungoo Dynasty. Its author Twinthin Taikwun Maha Sithu consulted several existing written sources, and over 600 stone inscriptions collected from around the kingdom between 1783 and 1793.Thaw Kaung 2010: 44–49 It is the first historical document in Southeast Asia compiled in consultation with epigraphic evidence.Woolf 2011: 416 The chronicle updates the events up to 1785, and contains several corrections and critiques of earlier chronicles. However, the chronicle was not well received, and ultimately rejected by the king and the court who found the critiques of earlier chronicles excessively harsh.Thaw Kaung 2010: 50–51 It became kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |