Headless Bronze Buddha from Sriksetra
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Edition
⟨1⟩ ⟨Face A⟩ ye dharmmā he(tu) ⟨Face b⟩ prabha ⟨Face C⟩ vā hetu(ṁ) t(e)saṁ ⟨Face d⟩ tathāga-
⟨2⟩ tohy avada
Apparatus
⟨2⟩ hy avada ⬦ Avada MonBoKay.
Bibliography
First reported in ASI, as a statue minus its head with the “Buddhist formula” in Sanskrit round the base. MonBoKay1961a, also reports on the discovery and, on p. 115, provides an eye drawing of the inscription with Burmese transliteration. Luce 1985, pp. I, 146, gives an overview.
Primary
Griffiths, Arlo, Marc Miyake & Julian K. Wheatley. 2018–03–26. “Corpus of Pyu inscriptions.” Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1207290. [URL]. Item DHARMA_INSPYU00049.
Secondary
Ray, Niharranjan. 1936. Sanskrit Buddhism in Burma. 1st edition. Amsterdam: H.J. Paris. [URL]. Page 20.
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