Material: Stone / unspecified

Pending preparation of editions in EpiDoc based on a return to the original inscription, a working transcription is given here based on Pischels’ published reading. This includes a diplomatic edition and, under the translation tab, the poem verse-by-verse with a reconstructed ‘Indological’ reading, possible Sanskrit chāyā and translation.

{3}   kñuṃ ’aṃnoy sāmantagajapati ta vraḥ kamratāṅ ’añ śrī śaṅkara[nārāya] vā ta’oṅ| □ □ □ □ □ □ □
{4}   vā ’nak klah | vā klaṅ ’aras | vā kandat | vā kandin | vā paroy | vā kan □ □ □ □ □□ □
{5}   vā vṅā | vā caṭṭī | vā kdic | vā caṃpaṅ | vā kañjoṅ | vā stoy | □ □ □ □ □ □ □
{6}   vā sudānta | vā niṣṭhura | vā pañcamī | vā satī | vā vikalanetra | vā tray □ □ □ □□ □ □
{7}   vā kānadat | vā daśamī | vā dharmmavala | vā sudharmma | vā saṃ’uy | vā ca □□ □ □ □
{8}   svanagarvvitā | kon vā viśākha | ku cavuṅ | ma □ haṅsikā | kon vā svo □ □ □ □ □□ □
{9}   suvandhurā | ku tcaḥ | vasantavallī | kon ku kralā | ku kaṃka | haṅsamanikā | □□ □ □ □ □ □
{10}   lalitavibhramā | kon sulitā | suvibhramā | jākuka | kon karapa □ □ □ □ □ □ □
{11}   kon vā mṛs gi | vā kantoṅ [|] ñaṅ [|] kon ku laṅkaḥ vā ’aras | vā vīracan □ □ □ □□ □ □
{12}   ku [|] ku ’aṃpik | ku kaṃvai kon ku vā dmok [|] ku pattibhāhv [|] ku stau vrai[|] kon ku □ □ □ □ □ □ □
{13}   kan’ās | ku vrau kon ku ku | ’anrok srāṅ | ku mvik | vā kaptaṅ | ku k □ □ □ □ □□ □
{14}   □ ṅ vā pūrṇṇamī | ku pe | kon ku vā vñau | vā kcan | ku sliṅ | kon ku □ □ □ □ □□ □
{15}   □ □ ṅ sai [|] kon ku vā raṃnoc vraḥ | ku karoṃ | sā kanuṃ kaneṃ [|] kon ku ra□ □ □ □ □ □ □
{16}   □ □ kon ku ku kaṅ □ ṃ | k □ □ □ □

PYU21 Thegon Stone Slab. Found in Thegon township; received in Sriksetra Museum in 1990.

Sri Ksetra, Pyay. Brick structure the Payahtaung complex. The present object was found near here in March 1999.

PYU19 Stela from Hpayahtaung Pagoda.

Tharaba Gate, Bagan, where the stone stela (OBPYU11) was found.

PYU11 Stone Stela Inscription from near the Tharaba Gate.