Stela from Kounyou village, Sriksetra
Version: (e58a53b), last modified (c4e1250).
Edition
⟨1⟩ siddha(ṁ) _ yaṅ ki(ñc)[i] [vittaṁ] [°idha] vā huraṁ vā _ saggesu vā yaṁ ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ _ (na) (no) (sama)ṁ
⟨2⟩ °atthi tath[ā]gatena _ (°i)daṁ pi b(u)ddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ _ °etena saccena _ su[vatthi] [ho]tu
⟨3⟩ yānīdha bhū□tāni _ (samāgatā)ni _ bhummani vā yāni vā _ °antalikkhe _ tathāgata(ṁ)
⟨4⟩ devaman(u)ssap(ūj)itaṁ _ [bu](ddhaṁ) [namassāmi] _ (dha)[mmaṁ] [namassā](m)i _ saṅghaṁ namassāmi
⟨5⟩ [suva](tth)[i] (ho)[tu]
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ yaṅ ki(ñc)[i] [vittaṁ] [°idha] ⬦ yaṅṇī …… dhavā.
⟨2⟩ [ho]tu ⬦ [1 lost chars]tu.
⟨3⟩ °antalikkhe ⬦ °antalikge.
⟨5⟩ [ho]tu ⬦ [1 lost chars]tu.
Bibliography
First published in ASB. Re-edited here from available documentation and after autopsy of the stone.
Primary
Griffiths, Arlo, Marc Miyake and Julian K. Wheatley. 2018–03–26. “Corpus of Pyu inscriptions.” Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1207290. [URL]. Item DHARMA_INSPYU00041.
Secondary
Aung-Thaw1968b
Aung Thaw [Aoṅ sau]. 1972. Historical sites in Burma. Rangoon: Ministry of Union Culture, Government of the Union of Burma. Page 32.
Aung-Thaw1993
Skilling1997a
Sein Win [cin vaṅḥ]. 2016. pyū akkharā cā pe poṅḥ khyup [A collection of writings in the Pyu alphabet]. Vol. 1. Yangon: rheḥ hoṅḥ su te sa na nhaṅ. amyuiḥ sāḥ pra tuik ūḥ sīḥ ṭhāna, yañ kyeḥ mhu van krīḥ ṭhāna [Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Ministry of Culture]. Pages 37–9.
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