Prince Phyo, Prince of Mekkhaya

Maha Thiri Thu Dhammayaza (Burmese: မဟာသီရိသုဓမ္မရာဇာ, Pali: Mahāsīrisudhammarāja; born Phyo; 1791 – 1848), commonly known as the Prince of Mekkhaya (also spelt Mekkhara Prince) and Prince of Malun, was a Burmese royal prince and scholar during the Konbaung dynasty who was remembered as the first compiler of an English–Myanmar dictionary. He was the first and only member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal from the Burmese royal family and was nicknamed the "philosopher-prince" by English officers for his knowledge of literature and science.

Prince Phyo, Prince of Mekkhaya

Maha Thiri Thu Dhammayaza (Burmese: မဟာသီရိသုဓမ္မရာဇာ, Pali: Mahāsīrisudhammarāja; born Phyo; 1791 – 1848), commonly known as the Prince of Mekkhaya (also spelt Mekkhara Prince) and Prince of Malun, was a Burmese royal prince and scholar during the Konbaung dynasty who was remembered as the first compiler of an English–Myanmar dictionary. He was the first and only member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal from the Burmese royal family and was nicknamed the "philosopher-prince" by English officers for his knowledge of literature and science.