Research Catalog

Title

Wanderings in and around Yangon and other articles / written by Dr. Saw Mra Aung.

Author

Saw Mra Aung, 1968-

Publication

Yangon : Zaw Moe Chit Press, 2017.

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Details

Description

194 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

This book is an anthology of 24 articles, most of which appeared in the Global New Light of Myanmar, annual magazines of the International Theraveda Buddhist Missionary University and the State Pariyattie Sasana University (Yangon), the Theravada Dhamma Journal and the Pan-soe-dan Journal.

Subject

• Theravāda Buddhism > Rangoon
• Rites and ceremonies > Rangoon
• Manners and customs
• Rites and ceremonies
• Theravāda Buddhism
• Rangoon (Burma) > Anecdotes
• Rangoon (Burma) > Social life and customs
• Burma > Rangoon

Genre/Form

Anecdotes.

Note

• "The third Sarpay Beikman Prize-winning Manuscript (English) for 2015"--Back cover.

Contents

A Day's Visit to Thanlyin -- An Expedition into the Past -- A Visit to Zalun and Dhanubyu -- Yangon Thingyan and Hmaw-zin-gyun -- Kaba Aye: Past and Present -- A Visit to Room No. 113 of the Bago Hostel -- A Wave of Nostalgia for my Yangon University Days -- A Visit to Thaton -- A Temporary Escape from the Hustle-bustle of City Life -- A Visit to the Moe-yum-gyi Wet-land Wild-life Sanctuary -- From the Window of my Bed-room -- The Burma Research Society -- The Gantaloka Translation Contest and Thakin Ba Thaung -- Sayadaw U Ottama -- The Myanmars and Jealousy -- A Study on the Relation between Suvannabhumi and Bilugyun -- The Meanings of the Words "Mon" and "Talaing" -- The History of the Sandaw Shin Pagoda -- The Brief History of the Maha Myatmuni Buddha Image -- The Brief History of the Urittaw-dhat Sutaungpyi Ceti -- A Story of Venerable Sariputta -- The Great Victory over Nanadopananda Naga -- The World's Biggest Book -- The Importance of the Vinaya

OCLC

• on1023843952
• SCSB-9213902

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries