Tha Myat

Tha Myat

U Tha Myat
Native name သာမြတ်
Born (1899-04-29)29 April 1899
Padigon, Pyay, Bago, British Burma
Died 24 November 1977(1977-11-24) (aged 78)
Yangon, Myanmar
Fields
Institutions
Alma mater University of Rangoon (M.A.)
University of Bombay at Pune (B.Ag.)
Known for Pyu Reader
Notable awards Thiri Pyanchi Gold Medal (1954)
Spouse Daw Yee

Tha Myat (Burmese: သာမြတ်, pronounced: [θà mjaʔ]; 29 April 1899 – 24 November 1977) was a linguist, known for his works on writing systems of Burma (Myanmar), notably on the Pyu language.

Early life

Tha Myat was born on 29 April 1899[1] to a merchant family of Ngwe Thin (ငွေသင်) and Po Mya (ဘိုးမြ) in Padigon. He studied at his local monastery until 12 before leaving for Gyobingauk to continue schooling at R.C.M. St. Michael's School. There, during summer holidays, he studied Hindi reading and writing from an Indian man.

After completing 7th Standard, he then went on to study at Prome High School in Pyay. He passed the university matriculation examination with honors in English, Burmese and Pali.[2] Then, he studied at Government College. In 1921, he finished intermediate college with honors, and received a scholarship to further study at Pune Agricultural College, then an affiliate college of the University of Bombay. He married Me Yee, daughter of Lu and Se, before leaving for India. He read Agricultural Economics and Intensive farming, graduating with a bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1924. [3] [4] He received F.R.H.S. and M.R.Ag.S. degrees from the Royal Horticultural Society, London.

Career

Upon his return from India in 1924, he joined the Department of Agriculture. He served as Agricultural Deputy Commissioner of Magway Division for 14 years. It was there that he began to take interest in the Burmese language, and began researching on the language. In 1954, he retired as Director of Dekkhina Circle, and became the Director of Cultural Institute, Rangoon. In that same year, he was awarded the Thiri Pyanchi Gold Medal by the government.

On 23 December 1957, he received an honorary degree from Rangoon University. Throughout the 1950s, Tha Myat represented the country at a number of state missions to several countries, including India, Pakistan, the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, East Germany, West Germany, Britain, France, Yugoslavia, Italy and Egypt.

Associations

Tha Myat was a member of Thukhamein team of the Burma Translation Society.[5] In 1953, he was vice president of the Burma Science Association. In 1958, he became president of the Burma-India Culture Association and a member of the council of University for Adult Education. He took part in that council for 11 years and served as president from 1961 to 1964. In 1968, he was elected president of the Burma Research Society.[5] He also served as vice president, and later as president of the Tharay Khittaya Association.

Works

Tha Myat published several works mostly in Burmese, under the name of ဦးသာမြတ်, which is typically anglicized as "U Tha Myat". In academic records, his name is typically Romanized as Ūʺ Sā Mrat' (according to the Library of Congress ALA-LC transcription system for Burmese).

Published books

No Name of the book Genre Language Publication date
1 Burmese Writing System Burmese 1948[6]
2 History of Mon and Burmese Alphabets Linguistics 1956[5][7]
3 Pyu Hpat-Sa (Pyu Reader)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Linguistics[19] English, Myanmar[20] 8, 11, 1963 [21][22][23]
4 The Myazeidi Pyu Inscription Linguistics English, Burmese
5 Myazeidi Yazakumah Inscription Linguistics Pali, Pyu, English, Burmese
6 Pali Myazeidi Inscription Linguistics English, Burmese 1958[5]
7 Myanmar Ekkhaya Hnint Ganan Thincha Htuppat (On the Burmese Alphabet and Mathematics) Linguistics 1972[5]
8 Myanmar Ekkhaya Hnint Ganan Thincha Htuppat Linguistics Burmese 1974[5][24]
9 Myanma Pwe-Taw La Mya
10 The Twelve Festivals of Burma 1973[25][26]
11 Niti Kyan Kyaw Dway Hna Phaw (Hsanakya Niti and Lawka Niti) 1954,[27]

1962[5]

12 Mingala Sutta Pali, Hindi, English, Burmese
13 Planting vegetables Agriculture
14 Planting Fruit Trees Agriculture
15 Planting vegetables and fruit trees Agriculture
16 Growing a Kitchen Garden Agriculture
17 Pawrana Zaga Dictionary[28][29] 1961 [5][30][31]
18 The Ancient Pyu[32][33][34]
19 Sanskrit Language Burmese 7, 6, 1960[35]
20 Foundation of Mandalay, the Royal Capital History Burmese 1959[36]
21 Myanma Salon Paung Letswe[37] 1961[38]
22, …… Agriculture handouts for Standard 5, 6, 7

Unpublished works

Lectures

No Name of the Lecture Language Status
1 Mingala Sutta Pali, Hindi, Burmese, English Published
2 Burmese Embroidery[39] Published[40]
    3 Gold Leaf Industry Published
    4 Work in Brass, Copper and Marble Published
    5 Indian and Southeast Asian Inscriptions Unpublished

    As coauthor, editor

    Writers Name of the book Genre Language Publication date
    U San Khin and U Tha Myat[41] A dictionary of Medicinal Plants in 11 Languages Burmese, English, Hindi, Pali, Kachin, Karen, Chin, Mon, Shan, Sanskrit,[42] Russian 1972[5]
    U San Khin (edited by U Tha Myat)[43] Some Medicinal and Useful Plants, Both Indigenous and Exotic, of Burma: (botanical, English and Burmese Names and Family. Medicinal Plants are Marked with Asterisks) Botany, Medical 1970[44]
    Voice ActorName of Research PaperResearchers
    1 Lecture Notes on Burmese Handicraft and Burmese Manuscript Books, Southern and Northern Scripts of India U Tha Myat and Min Thu Wun
    2 The alphabets of Burma U Tha Myat and John Sydenham Furnivall

    Death

    Tha Myat died on 24 November 1977 in Yangon.

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    Further reading

    References

    1. ↑ Chronicle of Myanmar (1800-1899) by Than Win Hlaing, page 204
    2. ↑ Biographies of Sa-Hso Taw Mya (Poets and Writers). page 371.
    3. ↑ U San Tha Aung (1925-1980)
    4. ↑ , Kyaukphru Youths Net, Sunday, January 23, 2011 ရှေးဟောင်းရခိုင် သုတေသန ပညာရှင် ဦးစံသာအောင်
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ကမ႓ာသိမြန်မာများနှင့် ကမ႓ာသိမြန်မာစာအုပ်များ
    6. ↑ , မြန်မာစာရေးထုံးကျမ်း  
    7. ↑ Pyu Hpat-Sa by Thiri Pyanchi U Tha Myat
    8. ↑ ,¯U´´ S¯a Mrat`... c¯i cañ` re´´ s¯a´´ so Py¯u phat` c¯a =Pyu reader / [¯U´´ S¯a Mrat`]- Myanmar Book Centre
    9. ↑ ,The iconography of Avalokiteśvara in Mainland South East Asia By Nandana Cūṭivoṅgs, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts- Page 368
    10. ↑ , Fruits of inspiration: studies in honour of Prof. J.G. de ... - Page 517
    11. ↑ ,Australian National Bibliography - Page 618
    12. ↑ , Pyu Reader: A History of Pyu Alphabet
    13. ↑ ,Kleine Schriften, Volume 1 By Oskar von Hinüber- Page 199
    14. ↑ ,The Silk Roads: Highways of Culture and Commerce By Vadime Elisseeff
    15. ↑ ,Old Myths and New Approaches: Interpreting Ancient Religious Sites in Southeast Asia edited by Alexandra Haendel
    16. ↑ ,Yan Win (Taung Da Gar) - Burmese Buddhism in Brief
    17. ↑ , ဇွဲသစ် (ရမ္မာမြေ),Zwe Thit Rammarmray
    18. ↑ ,Selected Writings of Tun Aung Chain - Page 31
    19. ↑ , A History of Pyu Alphabet-Myanmar Bookshop
    20. ↑ ,Pyu Reader-Scribd
    21. ↑ နှစ်ပေါင်း နှစ်ထောင်ကျော်ခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်သော မြန်မာ့သမိုင်း(အပိုင်း-၁) ကျမ်းကိုးစာအုပ်စာတမ်းစာရင်း အမှတ်၅၂
    22. ↑ နှစ်ပေါင်း နှစ်ထောင်ကျော်ခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်သော မြန်မာ့သမိုင်း(အပိုင်း-၂) ကျမ်းကိုးစာအုပ်စာတမ်းစာရင်း အမှတ်၄၇
    23. ↑ "Myat U Tha. Pyu reader: a history of Pyu alphabet Скачать бесплатно". twirpx.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
    24. ↑ , Mran` m¯a 'akkhar¯a nhan`´ ganan`´´ sankhy¯a thuppat` / S¯a Mrat`- Myanmar Book Centre
    25. ↑ ,The twelve festivals of Burma / by U Tha Myat- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
    26. ↑ , The Twelve Festivals of Burma- U Tha Myat- Google Books
    27. ↑ , Niti that changed the world-shintnyolay
    28. ↑ , အံချော်နေသော စကားများ (Spoonerism)
    29. ↑ ,ပြည်ပ သာသနာပြု ဆိုရာဝယ်.. ( ၄)-Burmese Buddhist Society,BC
    30. ↑ နှစ်ပေါင်း နှစ်ထောင်ကျော်ခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်သော မြန်မာ့သမိုင်း(အပိုင်း-၁) ကျမ်းကိုးစာအုပ်စာရင်း အမှတ် ၅၃
    31. ↑ , Po r¯a na ca k¯a´´ 'abhidh¯an` / ¯U´´ S¯a Mrat`- Myanmar Book Centre
    32. ↑ ,The Ancient Pyu Google Books
    33. ↑ , The ancient Pyu [microform] by U. Tha Myat
    34. ↑ , The ancient Pyu / by U Tha Myat
    35. ↑ ဝေါဟာရလီနတ္ထဒီပနီ လှေအတွင်းဝန်မင်းကြီး မဟာဇေယသင်္ခယာဘွဲ့ရ သံတော်ဆင့်အမတ်မင်း
    36. ↑ , Mantale´´mrui´ nan`´´ taññ` cā tam`´´-Myanmar Book Centre
    37. ↑ , Myanma salonpaung letswe-Google Books
    38. ↑ ,Myanma salonpaung letswe-World Cat
    39. ↑ ,Burmese Crafts: Past and Present by Sylvia Fraser-Lu
    40. ↑ , Eclectic Collecting: Art from Burma in the Denison Museum By Alexandra Green, page 164.Note No 11
    41. ↑ , MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE
    42. ↑ , A Dictionary of Medicinal Plants in 11 Languages-Google Books
    43. ↑ ,Burmese Lacquerware by Sylvia Fraser-Lu- Page 156
    44. ↑ ,ome Medicinal and Useful Plants, Both Indigenous and Exotic, of Burma: (botanical, English and Burmese Names and Family. Medicinal Plants are Marked with Asterisks)-Google Books
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