U Ottama

Sayadaw U

U Ottama
Sayadaw U; U Ottama
ဆရာတော် ဦးဥတ္တမ
Title	Sayadaw
Personal
Born	Paw Tun Aung; 28 December 1879 ; 1st waning of Pyatho 1241 ME; Rupa Village, Sittwe District, Arakan Division, British Burma
Died	9 September 1939 (aged 59) ; 11th waning of Wagaung 1301 ME; Yangon, Pegu Division, British Burma
Religion	Buddhism
Nationality	Arakanese
School	Theravada
Dharma names	Uttama
Occupation	Buddhist monk
Senior posting
Based in	Shwezedi Monastery, Sittwe

Sayadaw U Ottama (Burmese: ဆရာတော် ဦးဥတ္တမ [sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú ʔoʊʔdəma̰]; also U Uttama (Pali: Uttama); 28 December 1879 – 9 September 1939) was a Theravada Buddhist monk, author, and a leader of the Burmese independence movement during British colonial rule. The ethnic Rakhine (Arakanese) monk was imprisoned several times by the British colonial government for his anti-colonialist political activities.[1] He is considered a national hero in modern Myanmar.

References

Ba Yin (2007). Sayadaw U Ottama: Sower of Seed of Independence Movement (in Burmese). Yangon. p. 116.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] Ba Yin (2007). Sayadaw U Ottama: Sower of Seed of Independence Movement (in Burmese). Yangon. p. 116.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)