Pe Maung Tin [SEP] country of citizenship
Pe Maung Tin
Pe Maung Tin ( ; 24 April 1888 – 22 March 1973) was a scholar of Pali and Buddhism and educator in Myanmar, formerly Burma. Born to an Anglican family at Pauktaw, Insein Township, Rangoon, he was the fifth child of U Pe and Daw Myaing. His grandfather was the first Burmese pastor of Henzada. He learnt the basic Buddhist texts at a local private school before he went to Rangoon Government High School where he won a scholarship at age 14.
Distinguished career.
London. His centenary was overshadowed by the momentous events in Burma in 1988.
External links.
- The Path of Purity being a translation of Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga Pe Maung Tin 1922
- Disapramok Inscription (U Pe Maung Tin 1936) Jon Frenquest, Burmese Epigraphy Blog, February 19, 2008
- U Pe Maung Tin Symposium 1998 Center for Burma Studies, Northern Illinois University.
- "The Journal of Burma Studies" - Special Issue in Homage to U Pe Maung Tin, Vol.9 2004 NIU
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