Burmese Buddhist titles

In the pre-colonial era, the Burmese monarchy recognized Buddhist monks and laypersons by bestowing religious titles composed of Pali and native Burmese styles. Sayadaw (ဆရာတော်), which literally means "teacher of royalty," was originally bestowed to monks who had educated the king as monastic teachers or tutors, although its usage grew more commonplace with time. During the socialist era from 1978 to 1988, the system of civilian titles was abolished altogether. == Modern-day system ==

On 17 June 2015, the Office of the President of Myanmar issued a directive amending the existing system of Buddhist titles recognized by the government. The system is divided into 7 categories, outlined below: • Pariyatti titles • () • () • Tipiṭakadhara Dhammabhaṇḍāgārika () • Academic instruction titles • () • () • () • Dhammakatika titles • () • () • Religious propagation titles • () • () • () • () • Kammapaṭṭhana titles • () • () • () • Sāsanānuggaha titles • () • () • () • () • () • () • () • () == References ==