Re: the title 'Sayadaw'

  Dear Chris,

Thanks. I was earlier told that the second a is long and that it should
be Sayaa.do.  This is also how it sounded to me but I would need to hear
it again from a Burmese monk to be sure.
   The transliteration as given in the collection of books by the Ledi
Sayadaw included in the VRI edition of the Chattha Sangayana is Le.di
Sayaa.do, i.e.  Le.di Sayaa.do Gantha-Sa''ngaho.

To come back to Ven. Yuttadhammo's point: At the end of his
Paccayuddesadiipanii he states that this work was made by the mahaathera
residing at the Le.di forest monastery in the town of Mau.mjvaa in the
country of Burma.
Mrammaraṭṭhe mauṃjvānagare leḍītīaraññavihāravāsinā mahā therena katāyaṃ
paccayuddesadīpanī

Regards,
                   Bh Nt

> Dear bhante,
>
> There is no universally accepted transliteration system for Burmese,
> but many would write it as hsayadaw to reflect the fact that the first
> syllable is aspirated (ie. it has a puff of breath after the s). The
> first syllable is shortened while the second and third are of normal
> length. I wouldn’t write sayado or use a macron.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nyanatusita@... <mailto:nyanatusita%40gmail.com>
> Sent: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:43:23 +0530
> To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com <mailto:palistudy%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [palistudy] the title 'Sayadaw'
>
> Dear Chris,
> What is the exact transliteration of the Burmese characters and how
> should it be pronounced? I noticed that sometimes hsayadaw or sayado are
> used instead of sayadaw. The second a is a long a, i.e., a macron above,
> I was told.
> Regards,
> Bh Nyanatusita
> On 30-8-2010 5:51, Chris Clark wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > As a late response to the question on the definition of sayadaw, the
> > Myanmar-English Dictionary from the Myanmar Language Commission simply
> > gives the following definition: "presiding monk of a Buddhist
> > monastery". saya simply means "teacher".
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chris
>
>



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