ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃᦓᦱsip²sɔŋ¹pan⁴naa⁴nameSipsongpanna or Xishuangbanna. [Note: This name dates back to the late 16th century. It can be translated roughly as 'Twelve Realms'. Sipsongpanna is the usual English spelling. Xishuangbanna is the pinyin transcription of 西双版纳.]᧑᧒ᦗᧃᦓᦱᦘᦱ ᦉᦱ ᦺᦑ ᦟᦹᧉ ᦁᧃ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦉᦲᧇ ᦉᦸᧂ ᦗᧃ ᦓᦱ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦘᦱ ᦉᦱ ᦜᦻ ᦵᦜᦲ ᦘᦱ ᦉᦱ ᦀᦹᧃᧈ.The Dai Lue people of Sipsongpanna are more numerous than the other nationalities.9.7.2.2Names of regionsᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃᦓᦱ
ᦗᧃᦓᦱpan⁴naa⁴20001noundistrict; panna; one of the twelve historical districts of Sipsongpanna. [Note: panna means 'a thousand rice fields'. The boundaries and the total number of the panna have shifted over the centuries.]ᦈᧁᧉ ᦗᧃ ᦓᦱ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦶᦋᧈ.The lord of the Meng Zhe Panna.4.6.7Region2nameBanna (an modern abbreviation of Xishuangbanna)ᦣᧁ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦘᦱ ᦉᦱ ᦺᦑ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦗᧃ ᦓᦱ ᦦᦱᧂᧉ.We are the Dai people who live in the great Banna.ᦷᦂᧆ ᦶᦎᧄᧉ ᦆᦱᧁᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦺᦉᧈ ᦗᦸᧇ ‹‹ᦗᧃᦓᦱ››.He wrote stories to put in the journal Banna.ᦃᧁ ᦃᦻ ᦋᦲᧃᧉ ᧞ ᦜᧁᧉ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦂᦱᧆ ᦗᧃ ᦓᦱ.They sell meat and liquor in the Banna Market.9.7.2.2Names of regionsᦗᧃ1ᦓᦱ1ᦈᧁᧉᦗᧃᦓᦱᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃᦓᦱ
ᦠᦲᧄᦙᦗᦱᧃhim¹mapaan⁴nameHimmapan Forest. [Note: In Buddhist tradition the Himmapan Forest surrounds Mount Meru and is the home of nagas and garudas.]ᦆᦳᧆ1ᦉᦵᦓᦷᦟᦓᦱᧅ 1ᦑᦲᧈ 3ᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦵᦞ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦎ ᦟᦰ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦔᦱᧈ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦠᦲᧄ ᦙ ᦗᦱᧃ ᦵᦙᦲ ᦷᦢᧆᧈ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦘ ᦟ ᦉᦲ.Prince Vessantara went into the Himmapan Forest to be ordained as a hermit.9.7.2.2Names of regions4.9.7.5Buddhism