# Stone Pillar in Parts near the Kubyaukkyi Temple and in the Myazedi Pagoda Arlo Griffiths, Marc Miyake and Julian Karl Wheatley Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Marc Miyake, Julian Karl Wheatley Identifier: DHARMA_INSPYU00008 Repository: Pyu (tfc-pyu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSPYU00008.xml Languages: Old Burmese [Script (unspecified)], Old Mon [Script (unspecified)], Pali [Script (unspecified)], Pyu [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-09 14:27 (899538b), last modified 2026-09-09 14:27 (899538b) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ### Part Old Burmese ⟨1⟩ || śra || namo buddhā /// rhā skhaṅa sāsanā taC thoṄ khroK ryā ⟨2⟩ n(h)aC chāy[·] he /// N līY brī rakā || ĪY ArimaddanapuR ma ⟨3⟩ /// vanādityadhammarāj· mañÑ su maṄ phlaC E ⟨4⟩ /// (y)ā taC yoK su kā trilokavaṭaṁ ⟨5⟩ /// thuiV paY mayā sā kā rājakumā ⟨6⟩ /// k[y]oN suṁ rvoh· paY mayā Ā ⟨7⟩ /// (rakā) || paY mayā (ta) ⟨8⟩ /// su nhaṅ’· pa[Y] /// (A) [s]ā rājakumā ⟨9⟩ /// tu[ṁ] E A || thuiV maṄ AnhaC nhaC chāY ⟨10⟩ /// EA· || sīY kha mū nā su rhoV nhiK Ce ⟨11⟩ /// R mañÑ su paY mayāA· sā ◊ mi mī ⟨12⟩ /// kla ññjo OK mi rakā || r[h](u)[y]· A ⟨13⟩ /// [ṅ](·) [p]lu ru /// EA· nhaP līY su rhoV /// ⟨14⟩ /// ya /// na ◊ [E A] || IY rhuY purhā k[ā] ⟨15⟩ ApheiA· AteiA(·) /// y /// pl[o]A· su teh· | /// ⟨16⟩ N suṁ rvoh· AthuiA· kyon(·) ṅa skhaṄ piY su sañÑ kā /// ⟨17⟩ rhuY pu rhā Ā A ◊ tuiA· kyon(·) /// Y yeA· || thiV rhoV ⟨18⟩ ◊ h· maṄ nhaC kluiA· rakā koṄ lh(e)ṅ’·teh· koṄ /// ⟨19⟩ teh· min’· ru ◊ y’· EA· || sa (ṅg)r(ī) mahātheR || sa ṅgrī /// ⟨20⟩ liputtatissattheR || sa ṅgrī sume /// paṇḍiT || sa ṅgrī brahma /// ⟨21⟩ L || sa ṅgrī brahmadiV || sa ṅgri so /// || sa ṅgrī saṅghasena varapaṇḍi- ⟨22⟩ T || thuiV skhaṄ ◊ tuiA· Am(ho) /// ha maṄ riY soN EA· || ⟨23⟩ thuiV brī rakā thuiV rājak /// Y mayāA· A sā thuiV rhuY ⟨24⟩ purhā thāpanā /// [EA·] /// hu /// s[o] kū ploA· ◊ EA· ⟨25⟩ ploA· brī ra(k) /// (I)Y kū pu ◊ rhā lho(T) /// · /// ⟨26⟩ 26 sakmunaloN [t](ac)· rvoh· || rapāY (t) /// || heN buiV ta- ⟨27⟩ C rvoh· || IY [ky]oN [p/s]lī rvoh(·) yo ruy’· EA· || thiV ⟨28⟩ rājaku(mā)[r]· (maññ)· su paY mayāA· sā IY kū purhā Ā riY ⟨29⟩ son ruy’ · EA· Iy’· seīA· min’· EA· || IY ṅā AmhoA· ⟨30⟩ kā sarvvaññutaññāṇ· praññjā ra Ap’· sū AkroṄ phlaC ◊ ciy’· ⟨31⟩ teh· || noṄ Ā ṅa sā lañÑ goṄ || ṅa mliY lañÑ goṅa ⟨32⟩ || ṅa AchuY lañÑ goṄ || sū taC thū lañÑ goṄ || IY purhā Ā ṅā ⟨33⟩ lhū kha su kyoN AnhiPAcaK teh· mū mu kā || Arimittiryā pu- ⟨34⟩ rhā skhaṄ A phū ra ◊ ciy || 0 || ### Part Pali ⟨1⟩ || śrī || (I) buddhādikaṁ vatthuvaraṁ nametvā puññaṁ kataṁ yaṁ jina /// ⟨2⟩ kaṁ rājakumāranāmadhayyena vakkhāmi suṇ /// || 0 || ⟨3⟩ (II) nibbānā lokanāthassa Aṭṭhavīsā ◊ dhike gaCe /// sse pana ⟨4⟩ vassānaṁ chasate cāpare tathā || 0 || (III) Arimadda /// smi pure Āsi ⟨5⟩ mahabbalo rājā tibhuvanādicco Udiccā /// va ◊ ṅsajo ⟨6⟩ (IV) tassāsekā piyā devi sā tilokava /// kā hitesī ⟨7⟩ kusalā sabbakiccesu pana rā[j]i[n]o || /// || (V) (t) /// sāseko su ⟨8⟩ to rāja ◊ ku ◊ māro nāma nāmato Amacco rājakiccesu ⟨9⟩ byāvato satimā vidū || 0 || (VI) Adā gāmattayaṁ tassā de ⟨10⟩ ◊ viyā so mahīpati pasanno savvadā [dā]saparibhogena ⟨11⟩ bhuñjituṁ || 0 || (VII) Aniccatāvasaṁ tassā ga(t)āya pana deviyā ⟨12⟩ rāja rājakumārassa Adā gāmattayaṁ puna || 0 || (VIII) Aṭṭhavīsati ⟨13⟩ vassāni rajjaṁ dhammena kāriya mā ◊ rananti(k)arogassa vasaṁ pa ⟨14⟩ tte narādhipe || 0 || (IX) saranto dhammarājassa (ma)hantaṁ guṇasañca ⟨15⟩ yaṁ kāretvā satthuno bi ◊ mba sabbasova[ṇṇa]yaṁ subhaṁ || 0 || (X) ga ⟨16⟩ hetvā taṁ ◊ mahantena sakkārena sumānas[o] Upasaṅkamma ⟨17⟩ rājānaṁ Āha cintitam attano || 0 || (XI) bhāgaṁ katvānidaṁ satthu ⟨18⟩ bimbaṁ sovaṇṇayaṁ su ◊ bhaṁ Akāsiṁ vo varaṁ puññaṁ sā ◊ mi ⟨19⟩ tumhe numodatha || (XII) gāmattayaṁ pi vo sāmi pubbe dinna ⟨20⟩ n tu me Ahaṁ Imasseva munindassa demi taññ cānumodatha || 0 ⟨21⟩ || ◊ (XIII) Evaṁ vutte mahīpālo rogenāturamānaso sādhu sā ⟨22⟩ ti vatvāna tu ◊ ṭṭhahattho pamodito || 0 || (XIV) dayāparo pa ⟨23⟩ hāthero thero ◊ muggaliputtako sumedhattā su ⟨24⟩ medho ti laddhanāmo ca ◊ paṇḍito || 0 || (XV) brahmapā ⟨25⟩ lo tathā brahmadevo sampannasīlavā sono bahu ⟨26⟩ ssuto saṅghasennavho varapaṇḍito || 0 || (XVI) Etesaṁ ⟨27⟩ pana bhikkhūnaṁ saṁmukhā so sumānaso (ja)laṁ pātesi katvā ⟨28⟩ na sakkhin tu vasudhātalaṁ || 0 || (XVII) tat(o) so taṁ mahāmacco ⟨29⟩ bim /// sovaṇ(ṇ)ayaṁ subhaṁ pati /// i /// (kāresi gu) ⟨30⟩ {[ha]} (ka) /// (XVIII) (kat)[vā na] maṅgalaṁ buddhapa /// ⟨31⟩ timāya gu ◊ hāya ca Akāsevaṁ paṇī ◊ dhānaṁ ⟨32⟩ nibbinno bhavasaṅkate || 0 || (XIX) karontena mayā Etaṁ ⟨33⟩ yaṁ puññaṁ taṁ samācitaṁ hotu sabbaññutaññāṇaṁ ⟨34⟩ pahivedhāya paccay[o] || 0 || (XX) yattakā tu mayā ⟨35⟩ dāsā gāmattayanivāsino dinnā gu ◊ hāya sova ⟨36⟩ /// patimāya mahesino || 0 || (XXI) putto me vā pa ⟨37⟩ /// tt(o) vā Añño vā pana ññātako yo koci ⟨38⟩ pasaṅkappo naro Assaddhamānaso || 0 || (XXII) ka[r]e ⟨39⟩ yyapadduvaṁ tesaṁ dāsānaṁ so narādhamo mittiyyadi ⟨40⟩ pa ◊ dinda ◊ ssa dassanaṁ nādhigacchatū ti || 0 || ### Part Old Mon ⟨1⟩ {[r]}/// u(d)[dh] ⟨2⟩ ddha tirleY kuli A /// moya lṅima /// ⟨3⟩ ḅāR cvas· diññcāM cnāM tuY || ḍe /// ḍu ⟨4⟩ ArimaddanapuR voA· smiṄ śrītribhu /// ⟨5⟩ mmarāj· das· || gna kyeK smiṄ goḥ[h](·) /// ⟨6⟩ lokavaṭaṁsakā de ◊ vi Imo /// ⟨7⟩ kyeK goḥh· rājakumāR Imo /// ⟨8⟩ g(o)ḥh· kiL ḍiK pi tvāñÑ ku gna Ce /// ⟨9⟩ g(o)ḥh· || kāL gna kyeK goḥh· cu(t) ⟨10⟩ AUT kiryā gna kyeK goḥ ku ḍiK pi /// ⟨11⟩ goḥh· smiṄ tuN keiL ku koN gna /// ⟨12⟩ ma ImoA· rāja[ku]māR goḥh· || smi /// ⟨13⟩ kmiN ḅār cvas· diññcāM cnāM tuY (k) /// ⟨14⟩ goḥ ’jeY ññaN scuti || koN /// ⟨15⟩ ma ImoA· rāja ◊ kumāR go /// ⟨16⟩ Rnas· guṇ· ma smiṄ IññciM jirk /// ⟨17⟩ kyaK thaR moY ĀR tu(ḅ)oK smi ⟨18⟩ Ṅ munas· roV voA· || kyeK thaR voA· E- ⟨19⟩ Y ḍiK pa raṁpoA· tirla ḍi(K) pi tvāñÑ ma ⟨20⟩ tirla keiL ku EY goḥ /// EY ḍiK ⟨21⟩ kiL ku kyeK voA· tirla Anu- ⟨22⟩ modanā da || kāL goḥ smiṄ (sḍ)iK gap puma- ⟨23⟩ s· thiC Ā thiC Ā smiṄ pa sādhu(k)āR || kāL ⟨24⟩ goḥ tirla ◊ poY mhāthe /// | ticāR ⟨25⟩ muggaliputtatissattheR || ◊ ticā /// [su]medhapa- ⟨26⟩ ṇḍiT || ticār brah///pāL || (ti) /// R brahma- ⟨27⟩ /// [va || ti]cār(·) son(·) || t(i)cā /// (ṅgha)sena- ⟨28⟩ {[var]}paṇḍiT || kinta tir[l]a (t)a goḥ smiṄ ⟨29⟩ cuT ḍeK haN ti || blaḥ (go) /// (ko)N ⟨30⟩ gna kyeK ma ImoA· rājaku /// (go)ḥ ⟨31⟩ keT kyeK thaR goḥh· thāpa?ā ka /// guo- ⟨32⟩ h· cloṄ thaR voA· || kāL busaC ⟨33⟩ kyeK goh· voA· koN gna kyek g(o)ḥ ⟨34⟩ keT saKmunaloN moY tvāñÑ /// pā- ⟨35⟩ Y moY tvāññaḥh· girUY moY ⟨36⟩ tvāñÑ || ’uT ḍiK pi tvāñÑ goḥ cu- ⟨37⟩ T ḍeK ku kyeK thaR ma thāpanā ⟨38⟩ hiN guoḥ voA· rādhanā roV vo- ⟨39⟩ °· || sinraṄ EY voA· OR das· he- ⟨40⟩ T ku gvoA· sarvvaññutaññāṇ· |[|] ko- ⟨41⟩ N EY laḥ || coV EA· laḥ || kulo ⟨42⟩ EY laḥ || ññaḥ c’eṄ laḥ || yaL pa U- ⟨43⟩ padroV ku ḍiK ma EY kiL ku ⟨44⟩ kyeK voA· yaṄ ññiRññāC kye- ⟨45⟩ K treY metteY laḥ OR ḍeh· ⟨46⟩ goA· || 0 || ### Part Pyu ⟨1⟩ 1 ∥ siri ∥ dathagaṃda ḅa doṃ ḅaṁḥ ḅiṁḥ pduṃ sguṃ daṃḥ ḅa tva 1000 (600) ⟨2⟩ 20 hra(T)ṁ O sni(Ṅ)ḥ ḅiṁḥ tvaṄṃṁḥ tha daṄṃṁ yaṁ tiṁ priṄḥ rimadhaMnarbu O rmiṄ ḅiṁḥ si // sri tribhu ⟨3⟩ vaṃnadiTṃṁtya dhaMmaraja O rmiṄ ḅiṁḥ si // O doṄṃḥ ḍaZ ḅaṁḥ O rvaṄṃḥ ma yaḥ triḍo ⟨4⟩ gavadasaga deṃviṃ ḅiṁḥ si O rmi // pau O saḥ rajaguma biṁḥ ⟨5⟩ si O rmi // O vaṁ traḥ kra hoḥ ḅiṁḥ paṁḥ toḥZ // pau ḅaṁḥ ma yaḥ biṁḥ ⟨6⟩ hi ta daṃṁ // ḅaṁḥ ma yaḥ O tra traḥ kra hoḥ ḅiṁḥ paṁḥ (t)ḅaḥ ḅaṁḥ ma yaḥ ⟨7⟩ (O saḥ rajaguma O vaṁ) // pau _ ḅiṁḥ tdaṃḥ sniḥ rpu hraṁ ḅiṁḥ ta daṃṁ // 0 // ⟨8⟩ ḅiṁḥ sriḥ ḅiṁḥ hniṁḥ hḍiṁḥ hi O mtu duṃ roḥZ // pau ḅaṁḥ ma yaḥ O saḥ ⟨9⟩ rajaguma ḅiṁḥ si O rmi // O diṃṁ ḅiṁḥ mtau ma pau tdaṃḥ to O kḍeḥ troḥ ⟨10⟩ diṃṁ ḅiṁḥ mdauṃ haḥ ḍaḥ daṃṁ // pau ḅaṁḥ ḅudha O chaḥ bo bradima tha (tlu) ḅiṁḥ se ⟨11⟩ kyaḥ // pau ḅaṁḥ budha ḅiṁḥ tuḥ thmuḥ ḍoḥ yaṁ naṁ ḅiṁḥ tdiṃḥ toḥZ // yaṁ ⟨12⟩ ḅudha tha ḅaṁḥ raḥ saḥ biṁḥ se ma ḅuḥ ḅaṁḥ O vaṁ paṁḥ che choḥZ // yaṁ traḥ ⟨13⟩ k(ra) nhoḥ ḅiṁḥ paṁḥ ma ḅuḥ // yaṁ ḅaṁḥ hra tha O vaṁ paṁḥ cheZ // pau ḍoḥ ḅaṁḥ ⟨14⟩ tdaṃḥ ḅiṁḥ kiṁ pa daṃṁ ḅiṁḥ ṅa ha pra choḥ ha choḥ ḅiṁḥ si // pau O ⟨15⟩ doṃḥ traḥ ḅaṁḥ mhaṭhe / traḥ ḅaṁḥ mugaṃtubudiṁsaṭhe / traḥ ḅaṁḥ ⟨16⟩ saumedhaḅadiṃṁ / traḥ ḅaṁḥ vrahmaba / traḥ ḅaṁḥ vrahmadaṃyoḥ / traḥ ḅaṁḥ ⟨17⟩ su / traḥ ḅaṁḥ sagaṃsirvaṃrabadiṃṁ / pau traḥ baṁḥ sagha tvo O hṅa ⟨18⟩ diṁ duṃ tdaṃḥ tu ḅaṁḥ ḅiṁḥ cha toḥ tduṃ // pau ḅiṁḥ ta daṃṁ ma yaḥ O saḥ ⟨19⟩ rajaguma ḅiṁḥ si O rmi maZ // ḅiṁḥ staḅana ḅudha tha ḅiṁḥ se goṃ ⟨20⟩ O stau tha ḅiṁḥ ta daṃṁ // pau goṃ O hḍī ḅiṁḥ saṁḥ ma roḥ // samana ⟨21⟩ rḍoḥ kra taṁ // ra bai kra taṁ / jiṁ vuḥ kra taṁ / yaṁ traḥ kra hoḥ diṃṁ ḅiṁḥ ⟨22⟩ diṃṁ daṃṁ // yaṁ ḅaṁḥ ma yaḥ O saḥ rajaguma yaṁ goṃ ḅaṁḥ ḅudha ⟨23⟩ O vaṁ tduṃ ḅiṁḥ chai ta daṃṁ // yaṁ na ḅiṁḥ diṃṁ cho // yaṁ ma gaṁḥ pra ḅuḥ ⟨24⟩ saveñudeña b[r]e(ña) [ḅ]i[ṁḥ ḅ]i[ṁḥ paṁḥ] ch[e] naḥ (t)[i]ṁ pḍa[ṁ]ḥ (pa) [//] ⟨25⟩ ya[ṁ] (t)r(a)[1×][7+](sa)ḥ ḍa / gi pḍi ḍa / gi [s]ruḥ ⟨26⟩ ḍa / mra ja (h)ṅa (ḍa /) ya[ṁ] ḅudha O vaṁ gaṁḥ hḍiṁḥ toḥ ⟨27⟩ ma diṃṁ / ga hñiṁ ci ga bro pdaṃ ma taḥ ṅuḥ ḅuḥ // yaṁ baṁḥ ⟨28⟩ ḅudha Arimedeyaṃ daṃṁ ḅaḥ kdiṃ kchiṁḥ tiṁ tmu ma paṁḥ ⟨29⟩ che choḥZ _ ∥@ ## Apparatus ⟨14⟩ kiṁ ⬦ riṁ Blg • "B appears to have , which is probably the right reading in A also, though the latter may have ." (Blagden) — ⟨14⟩ nu ⬦ Blg • is a typographical error for <ṅu> which is correctly written in Blagden 1911. Should this be read <ṅu>? ⟨16⟩ vrahmadaṃyoḥ ⬦ vrahmadeṃyoḥ Blg • Blagden doubts the . ⟨17⟩ sagha ⬦ segha Krech • "Face B appears to possibly exhibit ." (Krech) ⟨19⟩ se ⬦ segha Krech • "Face B seems to show ." (Krech) ⟨3⟩ triḍo ⬦ triḷo Blg. ⟨4⟩ gavadasaga ⬦ gavadasaga Blg. ⟨15⟩ mugaṃtubudiṁsaṭhe ⬦ mūgaṃḷubūdiṁsaṭhe Blg; mavgaṃtubavdiṃṁsa Krech. ⟨16⟩ vrahmadaṃyoḥ ⬦ vrahmadeṃyoḥ Blg; vrahmad[ai]yoḥ Krech. ⟨17⟩ sagha ⬦ s(e)gha Krech. ⟨19⟩ se ⬦ so Krech. ⟨21⟩ rḍoḥ ⬦ ḷōḥ Blg. — ⟨21⟩ jiṁ vuḥ ⬦ jiṁ vūḥ Blg. ## Translation Duplicate of PYU 7. ## Commentary 1. : Observe the same shape of in PYU 34. 1. : A. 2. : A. 2. : A. 2. : A. 2. : A. 2. : A. 2. : A. 2. : A. 2. : A. 3. : A. 3. : A. 3. : A. 3. : A. 3. : A. 4. <-gavadasaga>: <-gavaṃdasaga> A. 4. : <ḅiṁḥ> A. 5. : <ḅiṁḥ> A. 6. : A. 6. : A. 7. <ḅiṁḥ>: <ḅaṁḥ> A. 7. : A. 8. : A. 11. : <ḅudha> A. 11. <ḅiṁḥ tuḥ>: A. 11. : A. 12. <ḅudha tha ḅaṁḥ>: <ḅaṁḥ ḅudha tha ḅaṁḥ> A. 12. : A. 13. : A. 13. <ḍoḥ ḅaṁḥ>: <ḍoḥ baṁḥ> A. 14. : A. 14. : A. 15. : A. 15. : A. 16. : <⟪su⟫medhabadiṃṁ> A. 16. : A. 16. : A. 17. : A. 19. : A. 19. : A. 19. <ḅudha>: <[b]udha> A. 20. : The mystery <ī> has a different shape in A. In B, the tall component comes out of the left side of (unlike the similarly shaped tall component of the in the preceding ) and the shorter component is higher than its counterpart in A. 20. : A. 20. : <[sa]mana-> A. 21. <-rḍoṁḥ>: <-rḍo(ḥ)> A. 21. : A. 21. : <[j]i[ṁ]vuḥ> A. 21. : A. 22. : A. 22. <ḅaṁḥ ḅudha>: <ḅu[dha]> A, omitting ḅaṁḥ. 24. <[pa] (//)>: A. 25. : A is missing the punctuation mark. 26. <ḍa / >: <ḍaZ>: A, omitting the punctuation mark but inserting :. 26. : or read ? 26. <ḍa / mra>: A omits the punctuation mark. 26. <ḍa / yaṁ>: A omits the punctuation mark. 26. <ḅudha>: A is illegible. 27. : A. 28. : or read <Ārimedeyaṃ?> ## Bibliography Both Blagden 1913–1914, p. (B) and Krech2012 note the B-readings (008) where they diverge from those on pillar A. (Krech, in his transliteration, however, substitutes B-readings for A when more likely.) Tha Myat [sā mrat] 1963, pp. 63–71 gives a separate Burmese script transliteration for the B-pillar. Re-edited here from published photographs and our team’s RTIs. ### Primary Griffiths, Arlo, Marc Miyake & Julian K. Wheatley. 2018–03–26. “Corpus of Pyu inscriptions.” Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1207290. [URL]. Item DHARMA_INSPYU00008. ### Secondary Blagden, C.O. 1911. “A preliminary study of the fourth text of the Myazedi inscriptions.” JRAS, pp. 365–388. [URL]. Page (B). Duroiselle-TawSeinKo1919 Shafer, Robert. 1943. “Further Analysis of the Pyu Inscriptions.” HJAS 7 (4), pp. 313–366. DOI: 10.2307/2717831. [URL]. Pages 320–37, 340–44, 357–63. Luce, Gordon H. 1985. Phases of pre-Pagán Burma: languages and history. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages I, 62–4, 74 n. 15. Tun Aung Chain. 2003. “The kings of the Hpayahtaung urn inscription.” MHRJ 11, pp. 1–14. Pages 7–8.