Prince Phyo, Prince of Mekkhaya
| Prince Phyo | |||||
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| Prince of Mekkhaya | |||||
| Reign | 1853 - 1879 | ||||
| Successor | Prince Myo Tu | ||||
| Prince of Malun | |||||
| Reign | 18?? – 1837 | ||||
| Successor | Malun Prince | ||||
| Born | Phyo c. 1791 Amarapura | ||||
| Died | 1848 (aged 56–57) Amarapura | ||||
| Spouse | Min Shwe Yoke Min Shwe Hmoke Min Shwe Lote | ||||
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| House | Konbaung | ||||
| Father | King Bodawpaya | ||||
| Mother | Queen of the Northern Palace | ||||
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||
Maha Thiri Thu Dhammayaza (Burmese: မဟာသီရိသုဓမ္မရာဇာ, Pali: Mahāsīrisudhammarāja; born Phyo; c. 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 is known 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 was called 'the first Prince of Mekkhaya' by historians, not to be confused with the second Prince of Mekkhaya, the Governor-general of Taungdwingyi Province who was born half a century later.