Content deleted Content added
→top: cleanup |
|||
(20 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{Short description|Burmese pavilion that serve as assembly place for religious events and shelter for travellers}}
[[File:BurmeseZayat.jpg|thumb|Illustration of a traditional Burmese zayat]]▼
{{for|people named Zayat|Zayat (surname)}}
▲[[File:BurmeseZayat.jpg|thumb|Illustration of a traditional Burmese zayat]]
A '''zayat''' ({{MYname|MY=ဇရပ်|MLCTS=ja. rap}}; {{IPA-my|zəjaʔ|IPA}}; from [[Mon language|Mon]] {{my|ဇြပ်}}) is a [[Burma|Burmese]] building found in almost every village. It serves primarily as a shelter for travelers, at the same time, is also an assembly place for religious occasions as well as meeting for the villagers to discuss the needs and plans of the village. [[Theravada]]
[[File:
Contributions, in money or labor, towards the construction, running or elaboration of a zayat are seen as [[dāna]] (meritorious charity). Thus zayats are generally built in a more durable and costly manner than most private houses. The labor is normally provided by locals, while the financing may be local or remote.<ref>{{cite book | first=William and Robert | last=Chambers | title=Chambers's Information for the People, Vol. II | publisher=J.B.
Some zayats have evolved other functions over time. For example, the Jivitadana Sangha Hospital for Buddhist monks and nuns began as a clinic at a zayat.<ref>{{cite web | title=Health and Helplines | work=The Yangon Directory | url=http://www.yangondirectory.com.mm/ydg_GeneralInfo/Health_N_Helplines.asp |
==Literature in English==
Because of the importance of ''zayat'' based evangelism to Adoniram Judson's mission, and the prominence that his first wife [[Ann Hasseltine Judson|Ann Hasseltine's]] letters gave his work, many Christian missionaries in Burma constructed and used one or more zayats, and their letters and journals were widely published by missionary boards and societies in the United States.
The first [[Fu Manchu]] story entitled ''The Zayat Kiss'' was published as a stand
==Gallery==
Line 22 ⟶ 23:
==See also==
*[[
*[[Sala kan parian]]
*[[Sala (Thai architecture)|Sala (architecture)]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{coord missing|
[[Category:
[[Category:Buddhism in
[[Category:
|