Daw Ohn

Ohn (, ; 6 July 1913 – 28 November 2003), known honorifically as M.A. Daw Ohn , was a 20th-century Burmese activist, scholar and professor who specialized in the Pali language and the oriental studies and served as the head of the Department of Buddhistic Studies at the University of Mandalay from 1958 to 1966. She is regarded as the mother of the Department of Oriental Studies of Mandalay University.

Ohn was one of the founders of independent Mandalay University where she served as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts. She was educated at the Mandalay Central National High School after completing elementary at the National Women's School where she started her education in 1925. She passed the matriculation examination in 1930 with distinction in two subjects: pāli and mathematics. In 1931, she received the teacher's training certificate for secondary students from the normal school in Mandalay. She read pali and logic at the Mandalay Intermediate College in 1932 and 1933, and went to Rangoon University for a bachelor's degree in pali in 1936.

Ohn continued her education at Rangoon University in 1937 and completed a master's degree in pali the following year.

Ohn worked as a female president at the youth headquarter of from 30 August 1943 to 4 April 1945. She also served as the first female-group chairperson of Anti-Fascist Organization.

On 7 June 1980, Ohn was awarded Naingngan Gonyi (Second Class) order by the Burmese government.

Death Ohn died on 28 November 2003 at 3:30 pm (MMT) at No. 217, between 30 and 31 street on the 80 road, Mandalay.

Publications Ohn, with the pen name M.A. Ma Ohn, wrote articles on local journals and magazines. Her well-known linguistic books included "History of Pali Literature" (1950) and English translation of "Cariya Atthakatha" (1956) which was written for the Pali Text Society.