| U Pho Thi Library | |
|---|---|
| ဦးဘိုးသီးပိဋကတ်တိုက် | |
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| 16°55′24″N97°22′37″E / 16.923302374017855°N 97.37694950628828°E /16.923302374017855; 97.37694950628828 | |
| Location | Thaton, Myanmar |
| Type | Pitakataik |
| Established | 1923; 103 years ago (1923) |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | |
| Size | 785 manuscripts |
| Other information | |
| Affiliation | Sadhammajotika Monastery |
U Pho Thi Library (Burmese:ဦးဘိုးသီးပိဋကတ်တိုက်), officially known as theSādhu-janapāsādika Mahādhammacetī (lit. 'great temple of the Dhamma which pleases good people'), is a Buddhist library orpitakataik inThaton, Mon State, Myanmar. The library houses a rare collection of 785 traditional manuscripts, includingpalm leaf manuscripts andparabaiks, in a three-storey building donated by U Pho Thi, who is the library's namesake.[1]Monastic examinations are held at the library, which part of Thaton's largest centre forBuddhist studies.[2]
The library was the brainchild of Burmese literature professor Kyaw Tun, and was funded and established by merchant U Pho Thi in 1923, along with the Suvaṇṇabhūmi Pariyatti Sāsanahita Trust.[1][3]
In February 2013, thePali Text Society,Sendai University, and theUniversity of Toronto, along with local partners, began an ongoing initiative to digitise and catalogue Myanmar's palm-leaf manuscripts, including collections from this library, andBagaya Monastery in Inwa.[2][4] The digitised manuscripts are now available at theopen-access Myanmar Manuscript Digital Library.[5]
In 2019, the Pali Text Society published theCatalogue of Manuscripts in the U Pho Thi Library.
The manuscripts date from the mid-16th century to the 1920s.[1] Extremely rare manuscripts held by the library includeSaddanītiṭīkā by Paññāsāmi, an advisor to KingMindon Min,Mukhamattasāra,Commentary on the Nāmacāradīpaka, by Chapaṭa Saddhammajotipāla from theInwa era.[1]
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