# Myanadi Stone Slab Arlo Griffiths, Marc Miyake and Julian Karl Wheatley Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Marc Miyake, Julian Karl Wheatley Identifier: DHARMA_INSPYU00032 Repository: Pyu (tfc-pyu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSPYU00032.xml Language: Pyu [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-09 14:27 (899538b), last modified 2026-09-09 14:27 (899538b) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ […] [1+]C [1+]C [1+](T) [1+]Ṅ [1+]C [ta]R [daṃ](V)[ḥ] [t]gaMṃ[ḥ] (daṃ)V(ḥ) [t]daVṃ(ḥ) (k)d[i]Lṁ j(i)ṁḥ gaṃḥ mdrauṄ ndiKṃ kli s(th/ḅ/v)uY kdloN roM joK sdaKṃ taR daVṃḥ […] ⟨2⟩ […] CrVṄ [1+]L [2+]P [1+]Ṅ [1+]T [1+] CkVṄ [1+]N [1+]Ṅ (d)aVṃḥ _ taR daVṃḥ tgaMṃḥ daVṃḥ tdaVṃḥ kdiLṁ jiṁḥ gaṃḥ mdrauṄ ndiKṃ kli s(c/v)uY kdlo(N) ro(M) joK sdaṃ(K) taM pdaNṃḥ pdlauT tyaṄḥ tiṁ priṄḥ tgeNṃḥ tiṁ IP tliṄ giTṃ ce kkiṄṁ niNṁ yaṄ da daVṃḥ _ taR daVṃḥ tgaMṃ daVṃḥ tdaVṃḥ kdi(L)ṁ jiṁḥ gaṃḥ (m)dr(o)Ṅ ndiKṃ kli s(c/v)uY […] ⟨3⟩ […] [1+]N [ḅi]Nṁḥ paYṁḥ ntu(l)(R)ḥ tṅaVḥ ñaḥ gi kdiVṃṁ mka _ tyaṄḥ tgoNṃḥ toY tva O kdiṃ gi naNḥ pṅaT tyaṄḥ tgoNṃḥ toY tva viṃṁ sguṄṃ kli ḅaT ḅaḥ gi (m)liTṁ mleṄḥ mliTṁ mleṄḥ pduRṃ taLṁ daṄṃṁ ḅaḥ gi teṄ pkaṄ _ le ṅuḥ gi ḅiNṁḥ tiḥ rya mliTṁ mleṄḥ dra hliṁḥ tiVṁ liṁ tiVṁ leṄḥ O khaḥ nba O paL praT O(N) pūṄ ⟨4⟩ bu nsVT pVṄ g[i] d[i]Kṃ(ṁ) tguT gi ṭre phṅaN _ gi haVḥ pṭraT taR daVṃḥ pr̥ kuL toY tkiRṁḥ O(n)(L) diṃ _ tyaṄḥ tiṁ priṄḥ tgeLṃḥ tiṁ IP tliṄ daṄṃṁ tiṁ tdaLṃ tiṁ tdaVṃḥ (t)r̥ vu tr̥ daṄ piNṁ diTṃṁ ḅaḥ gi ṭloMḥ ta kruT ḅaḥ gi pduVṃ ta pṅaY _ le ṅuḥ tyaṄḥ tiṁ priṄḥ (t)geNṃḥ tiṁ IP tliṄ daṄṃṁ tr̥ vu tr̥ daṄṃ tiṁ tdaLṃ tiṁ tdaVṃḥ kṭriPṁ piNṁḥ gi diṃ(K)ṁ tguT gi ṭre phṅaN _ le ṅuḥ taR draNṃ kruT tyaṄḥ tiṁ priṄḥ ⟨5⟩ tgeLṃḥ tiṁ IP tliṄ viTṃṁ sguṄṃ kli O tḅaYṁḥ tkaḥ O mliTṁ mleṄḥ O mdruḥ (m)ra O (ṅ)oMḥ raNḥ O ndluP pr̥i gaTṃ si(N)ṁ giT ta raT siNṁ baRḥ gi draNṁḥ _ ḅaḥ gi skiR piṁ pūRṁḥ ḅaḥ gi kuP nhmoḥ tyaṄḥ tiṁ priṄḥ tgeNṃḥ tiṁ IP tliṄ viTṃṁ sguṄṃ kli O tḅaYṁḥ tkaḥ O ṅoMḥ raTḥ O mdruḥ mra _ (ḅaḥ g)i paK laḥ __ ḅaḥ gi ?ḥ _ ḅaḥ gi deLṃḥ mdraYḥ _ ḅaḥ giK phiKṁ phi⟨ṁ⟩ tiRṁ ⟨6⟩ ḅaḥ gi sruT diṃ _ ḅaḥ gi pniP pr̥ hiṄ _ ḅaḥ gi saṁḥ O rgaVṃ niNṁ laḥ _ O hyaṃḥ niNṁ kaY _ tiṁ pdraT thaK kdiṃ ḅa tgaYṃ piṄṁḥ nkuL (t)ūM raT tka gi daṃḥ taK _ taR daVṃḥ tiṁ priṄḥ tgeLṃḥ tiṁ IP tliṄ O daVṃḥ pdiNṃṁ O ḅiNṁḥ paYṁḥ kiVṁ tliḥ loḥ raT dri(N)ṁ thaK kvuRṃ piTṁḥ gi bo daṃḥ _ tyaṄḥ tiṁ priṄḥ tgeLṃḥ tiṁ IP tliṄ daVṃ ti(ṁ) tdaLṃ gi daVṃ ta daṄṃṁ tiMṁ taV gi pdiTṁ pta _ tgoV ti(N)ṁ kaV O ḅiNṁḥ paYṁḥ pgauT hvuṃ kboT pi[T]ṁḥ gi pṅiT hvuṃ ⟨7⟩ ḅiNṁḥ ḅiṁ loḥ gi riḥ thṅa _ ḅiNṁḥ daṃḥ loḥ gi naḥ kroṄ _ gaYṁḥ kdaṄ vo kaP kboT kboṄ naM kdiMṃṁ taR daVṃḥ pr̥ kuL toY tkiRṁḥ O praN ḅaḥ gi tgaYṃ tya⟨Ṅ⟩ḥ _ ta viṃṁ __ yaṁ dri nu hnaM t(d)aVṃḥ __ tkuL mūṄḥ niNṁ ki(R)ṁḥ O sguṃ ktuK kgaṃḥ nro(M)ḥ tiTṁ ba _ gaYṁḥ rliL ma viTṃṁ sguṄṃ kli taR ḅiNṁḥ taK ṭroMḥ _ taR ḅiNṁḥ tiMṁ ro(M) tiMṁ hliṁḥ [12+] _ taR ḅiNṁḥ tiMṁ kiLṁ tiMṁ diṃ _ mgauLṃ mcauṄ nma tiNṁ ṅaR tbiMṁ hmi ⟨8⟩ la diNṃṁ taR ḅiṁḥ paYṁḥ nhmoK nhmoLḥ _ nhmu(Y)ḥ nḅaṄṁ tiNṁ giLṁ sdaṄṃ kciP tiṁ kdoLḥ la ḅaT taR ḅiNṁḥ paYṁḥ sgauLṃ kdiMṃṁ _ ntoR ndoṃ tlaRṁḥ tṅaT tiNṁ biMṁ la diNṃṁ taR ḅiNṁḥ paYṁḥ pdauṄṃ khnoḥ _ yaṁ nroMḥ ta kgoY tiRṁ gaṃ nkuL mūṄḥ tiNṁ kiRṁḥ tiNṁ ba mgeLṃ hi ta kraVṁḥ kroḥ ta tiNṁ daṃ(Ṅ)ṁ tiNṁ maT O pgaṃ dri _ ḅaḥ gi co(T) sa⟨T⟩ _ ḅaḥ gi pdaTṃ pvaY _ ḅaḥ gi koNḥ kaḥ [5+] mcuḥ yaṁ ñaḥ tiNṁ ba yaṁ dri _ maN ta viṃṁ taM coT saT ⟨9⟩ O hnauT nr̥ hnaM mra nmiR tiNṁ li tiMṁ ṅoY kkiṄṁ tiṁ slaY la ḅiNṁḥ pa(Y)ṁḥ la mīNṁḥ kca la kdaṃ knuK piNḥ[11+] kpr̥ tiNṁ maT O kaṄ [7+] kṅaT tiMṁ gaṄ kdaṄ sguṄṃ priṄḥ _ khlaV tiṁ khliṄḥ ḅaḥ diNṃṁ daMṁ pdaKṃ ⟨10⟩ ta viṃṁ yaṁ dri nr̥ hnaM tdaVṃḥ nroVḥ tiNṁ ba nruTḥ ngiLṃḥ kraVṁḥ tiṁ sgauKṃ taR ḅiNṁḥ roM ta _ tdaVṃḥ nr̥ hnaM ḅa kiTṁ tbaK la diNṃṁ [3+] ḅa diLṁ ∥@ ## Commentary 1. <[daṃ]v[·ḥ] [t]daVṃ(ḥ) (k)d[i]Lṁ ṅ[i]ṁḥ>: this sequence was restored after material fully preserved in line 2. 1. : the medial consonant is either misread or miswritten, cf. which appears twice in l. 2. 1. : the <ṃ> is marked rather higher than its usual position. 2. < tyaṄḥ tiṁ priṄḥ tgeNṃḥ tiṁ IP tliṄ>: the same sequence appears in l. 4. 2. : cf. elsewhere in this text. 3. : restoration after occurrences of the sequence <ḅiNṁḥ paYṁḥ> in lines 6 and 8. 3. : should this be ? However, the turn to the bottom is not typical of medial . 3. : the same sequence recurs twice in line 5. 3. : the parallel bar below the bottom line of might indicate that this akṣara is rather than ; cf. the beginning of PYU 20, and lines 5 and 7 below. 4. : the

has an unusual line in its bottom left corner. 4. <[t]geNṃḥ>: in identical sequences further on in this line, and in l. 2, this word figures as . The presumptive here is very imperfectly realized. 4. : restorations after material fully preserved further on in this line. 5. : the same sequence occured in line 3 as well as twice in this line. 5. : should this be read ? Cf. our note on in l. 3. 5. : this section repeats the last three akṣaras from line 4 and the first 8 from this line. 5. <ḅaḥ giK phiKṁ phi(ṁ) tiRṁ>: we presume the intended reading was <ḅaḥ gi phiKṁ phiKṁ tiRṁ>, with the two cases of in immediate succession misplaced one akṣara to the left, and the <ṁ> of the second written next to, rather than on top of, its akṣara, and the whole akṣara plus its <ṁ> then raised substantially above the line, creating the impression that the unusually placed <ṁ> is an <ṃ> — which is unprecedented below a . 6. : cf. the allograph in (‘day’ in dates) in PYU 5 and PYU 6, and the same in found in PYU 16. This allograph of occurs in the environment of . 6. : should this be read ? Cf. our note on in l. 3. The same word occurs in l. 8. 6. : this should be possibly be edited as . 6. : perhaps the same as the syllable we read knuK in l. 9. 7. : cf. in l. 8 and and in l. 10. The <[m]·> is upside down. 7. : what seems to be the same sequence appears in l. 9, there certainly without final consonant below . 7. : cf. a parallel passage in PYU 19, l. 2. This should be possibly be edited as or . 8. : cf. in l. 7 and in l. 10. 8. : reading inferred from the occurrence of what we presume to be the same sequence at the end of the line. 8. : the same sequence occurs in l. 9. 9. : is repeated just along the line. The graphs differ slightly: several have the upside down wineglass shape but no loops, one has a clear loop. There does not seem to be a single feature among them that might suggest different graphemes, versus . 9. : what seems to be the same sequence appeared in l. 7, there apparently with a final consonant below . 9. : perhaps the same as the syllable we read in l. 7. 9. : the same sequence occurs in l. 9. 10. : cf. in l. 7 and and in l. 8. If these are the same word, the spellings could point to a sound change *-om > -ow as in Tangut. ## Bibliography Recorded in Nyunt Han [Ññvan. han] et al. 2007, p. 13 who notes a broken top, but ten lines remaining. Moore 2009, pp. 111–2 remarks on a distinctive “r” and “i” in the inscription and cites San Win in finding the script similar to that of the Sriksetra gold plates. Sein Win [cin vaṅḥ] 2016, pp. 137–51 has eye drawings and a complete transliteration. 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_INSPYU00032. ### Secondary Naing Zaw [Nuiṅ jau]. 2011. pyū nuiṅ ṅaṁ tau nhaṅ. pyū nuiṅ ṅaṁ sāḥ myāḥ [Pyu Civilization: the Regions and the Peoples]. Yangon: Sīrivaccha cā pe [Sri Wissa Publishing House]. Page 524.