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January 29

Fictive judge in Burmese "fables": Princess Learned-in-the-Law

In Burmese "fables" there is a woman, a mythical judge (a bit like Salomo), in English translations called Princess Learned-in-the-Law. An academic who has collected these tales is Dr. Htin Aung.
My question: What is the Burmese original writing of "Princess Learned-in-the-Law" and what is the latin transliteration? I'd highly appreciate your input. Grey Geezer 23:23, 29 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grey Geezer (talk • contribs)

Can't answer the question, but the more common form of "Salomo" in English is "Solomon", and calling him "mythical" could be controversial... AnonMoos (talk) 17:30, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the Burmese name but I'll look into it. Hybernator (talk) 03:39, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A Burmese Wikipedian got me the name, and the Burmese Wiki article about her precedents [1]. Her name is Princess Thudhammasari (Burmese: သုဓမ္မစာရီ Pali: Sudhammacari). According to the article, there's a late 19th century English translation by C.J. Bandow ("The Precedents Of Princess Thoodamma Tsari") as well as a 1901 French translation by Louis Vossion ("Contes birmans d'après le Thoudamma Sâri dammazat"). Hybernator (talk) 01:09, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the Solomon slip (won't do it again! ;-) ) - and THANKS for the answer. Customer happy, case closed! Sincerely Grey Geezer 09:12, 1 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grey Geezer (talk • contribs)