Sila Viravong

Maha Sila Viravong (Lao: ສິລາ ວິຣະວົງສ໌) was a Lao scholar of traditional Lao literature, history, and culture.

In this Lao name, the surname is Viravong.
Maha

Sila Viravong
ສິລາ ວິຣະວົງສ໌
Born1905 (1905)
Died1987 (1988) (aged 82)
Occupations
  • Scholar
  • writer
Family3, including Douangdeuane
Signature

In the 1930s, backed by the Buddhist Institute in Vientiane and the Buddhist Academic Council, he added an additional set of characters to the Lao script, in order to support Pali and Sanskrit, thereby filling the missing gaps in the existing script.[1] While the Buddhist Institute published books that utilised these extended Indic characters, they did not see widespread usage, and fell out of usage by 1975.[1] In 2019, the extended Indic characters were added to Unicode 12.[2] He designed the current Flag of Laos in 1945.

Personal life

Three of his children, Pakian Viravong, Douangdeuane Bounyavong, and Dara Viravong are prominent Laotian writers.

References
  1. Rajan, Vinodh; Mitchell, Ben; Jansche, Martin; Brawer, Sascha. "Proposal to Encode Lao Characters for Pali" (PDF).
  2. "Lao Characters for Pali added to Unicode 12 | Computer Science Blog". blogs.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
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