# Stela from Kounyou village, Sriksetra

Arlo Griffiths and D. Christian Lammerts

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, D. Christian Lammerts

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPYU00041

Repository: Pyu (tfc-pyu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPYU00041.xml

Language: Pali [Script (unspecified)]

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## 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 & 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.