摘要
As the result of one-year fieldwork in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the cooperation with the seventy-year old Upasaka E’pom in particular,it has been confirmed that Dai monks initiated the task of translating Theravadin texts into Classical Dai orthography,viz.Text Script(for sample),over three centuries ago.~①At one time,there was,except Therigatha,a complete Dai classical language translation of the Ti-pitaka and seven post-ca-
