Pyo

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Pyo (Burmese: ပျို့) is a Burmese form of poetry and was a major Burmese verse form from the 1600s to 1700s.[1] The earliest surviving poetic literature found in the Burmese language dates from between 1450 and 1550,[2] and is largely in the form of pyo.[3]

  1. ^ Green, Alexandra (2018-01-04). Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888390885.
  2. ^ Okell, John (1967). ""Translation" and "Embellishment" in an Early Burmese "Jātaka" Poem". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 99 (3/4): 133–148. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00125742. JSTOR 25202987. S2CID 163566965.
  3. ^ Smyth, David (2013-10-08). The Canon in Southeast Asian Literature: Literatures of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Routledge. ISBN 9781136816123.