单词 | thathanabaing |
释义 | Thathanabaingn. The chief Buddhist dignitary in Burma (Myanmar). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > various non-Christian superiors > [noun] > Buddhist lama1654 Rinpochec1774 Tashi Lama1775 Panchen1780 Panchen Lama1780 Thathanabaing1839 1839 H. Malcom Trav. I. ii. vi. 315 The highest functionary is the Tha-thena-bynǵ, or archbishop. 1858 P. Bigandet in tr. Life Gaudama 252 In our days, the power of the Thathana-paing is merely nominal. 1912 Rangoon Gaz. 31 Oct. 19/1 A rectangular pandal, the central position of which was assigned to the Thathana~baing (Buddhist Archbishop) and his learned sadaws. 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days xv. 234 A big heathen idol..fell down on top of the thathanabaing, that is Buddhist bishop. 1972 A. T. Q. Stewart Pagoda War xiii. 151 The Thathanabaing, the hierarch whom the English generally referred to as ‘the Buddhist Archbishop’, had formerly been recognized throughout Burma as the Head of the Buddhist Church. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1839 |
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