Tabayin
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Tabayin or Dipeyin (; , also spelled Depayin, Depeyin, or Dabayin) is a town in the Sagaing Region in Myanmar.
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Tabayin or Dipeyin (; , also spelled Depayin, Depeyin, or Dabayin) is a town in the Sagaing Region in Myanmar.
== Etymology == The town's classical name is (), which means 'continental theatre' or 'dyed field' in Pali. According to the founding myth of Tabayin, when King Sithu I toured the land, the gods assumed the forms of goats and bleated as if they were thirsty. The king saw the signal of the deities and established a settlement on the spot thereafter. The settlement is named 'Dee-pae-yin' ( Here-bleat-those) after the bleat of the divine goats.
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