Terracotta Molded Tablet from the Relic Chamber of Shwehsandaw pagoda, Pagan
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Part Front
⟨1⟩ ye dha(rmmā) (he)tu(prabhavā) hetu(ṁ) t(e)ṣā(ṁ) h(e)tu tathāgato °av(a)
⟨2⟩ teṣāñ ca yo n(ī)rodho °evavād(ī) mahāśamaṇa
Part Back
⟨1⟩ <> yaṁ ḅaṁḥ bhagaṃ-
⟨2⟩ va °o diṃṁ (d)raḥ (ke/sva)ḥ saḥma-
⟨3⟩ dhiḥ sri bañaṇa ḅiṁḥ mgaṃḥ
⟨4⟩ sa⟨⟨va⟩⟩ñoda nirvaṃ °o ṅo kto knaṁḥ mtraḥ
⟨5⟩ rtiṁ mtu ḅaṁḥ (mba) metriya °o nbu budha
⟨6⟩ °o daṃṁ hliṁḥ tmu ḅa⟨⟨ḥ⟩⟩ naḥ _ sadhu sadhu kliṁḥ kliṁḥ
Apparatus
⟨Front 1⟩ dha(rmmā) (he)tu(prabhavā) • After dharmmā, where it seems possible to us to assume presence of repha ignored by Bo Mon Kay, this entire sequence becomes almost entirely unverifiable on the available image, and we adopt the reading of our predecessor.
⟨Front 2⟩ teṣāñ • Mon Bo Kay assumes presence of the akṣara da before this, but we believe line 2 starts with te.
⟨Back 2⟩ ma • Mya gives two small strokes below ma. This must be his representatiom of the two very short horizontal strokes below the ma that appear in the inscription.
⟨Back 5⟩ metriya • Mya seems to have seen a superscript r (repha) in the above the t, but it is certainly not clear, and since he must have known it is not expected, one wonders what he was trying to represent.
⟨1⟩ dha(rmmā) ⬦ dhammā MBK.
⟨2⟩ teṣāñ ca ⬦ da teṣā(ñca) MBK. — ⟨2⟩ diṃṁ ⬦ diḥ Mya. — ⟨2⟩ (d)raḥ ⬦ traḥ Mya. — ⟨2⟩ (ke/sva)ḥ ⬦ keḥ Mya.
⟨3⟩ dhiḥ ⬦ baiḥ Mya. — ⟨3⟩ bañaṇa ⬦ ba ñā no Mya. — ⟨3⟩ mgaṃḥ ⬦ mgaḥ Mya.
⟨4⟩ sa⟨⟨va⟩⟩ñoda ⬦ sa va ño da Mya. — ⟨4⟩ kto ⬦ kno Mya.
⟨5⟩ rtiṁ ⬦ tīṁ Mya. — ⟨5⟩ (mba) metriya ⬦ °a ra me rtri ya Mya. — ⟨5⟩ °o ⬦ °uṁ Mya. — ⟨5⟩ nbu ⬦ tñaṁ Mya.
⟨6⟩ °o ⬦ ṭho Mya. — ⟨6⟩ daṃṁ ⬦ daṁ Mya. — ⟨6⟩ hliṁḥ ⬦ hḷiḥ Mya. — ⟨6⟩ ḅa⟨⟨ḥ⟩⟩ ⬦ ba Mya. — ⟨6⟩ kliṁḥ kliṁḥ ⬦ nṅiḥ nṅiḥ Mya.
Translation
Sri Bañaṇa; mentions Metriya
Bibliography
First reported in ASI, where it is described as six lines of Pyu on the reverse with mention of a possible donor, sri bañaṇa and the Buddha metriya. Reported in Mya1961a, with Burmese transliteration, and then again in Tha Myat [sā mrat] 1963, p. 77 with a slightly different transliteration plus a tentative translation. MonBoKay1961a provides a transliteration of the “Nāgarī” inscription on the obverse. Luce, in Luce and Ba Shin 1969–1970, pp. I, 99–100, II, 25, and in Luce and Ba Shin 1969–1970, pp. II, 25, summarizes. Re-edited here from published photographs.
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<g>|| 0 ||</g> yaṁ ḅaṁḥ bhagaṃ
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diṃṁ
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saḥma
<lb n="3" break="no"/>dhiḥ sri bañaṇa ḅiṁḥ mgaṃḥ
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rtiṁ mtu ḅaṁḥ <unclear>mba</unclear> metriya
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nbu budha <lb n="6"/>°o
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(1) || 0 || yaṁ baṁḥ bha ga
(2) va °u diḥ traḥ keḥ saḥ ma
(3) baiḥ sri ba ñā no biṁḥ mgaḥ
(4) sa va ño da ni rva °u ṅo kno knaṁḥ mtraḥ
(5) tīṁ mtu baṁḥ °a ra me trir ya °uṁ tñaṁ bu dha
(6) ṭho daṁ hḷiḥ tmu ba naḥ sa dhu sa dhu nṅiḥ nṅiḥ
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<lem>teṣāñ</lem>
<note>Mon Bo Kay assumes presence of the akṣara <foreign>da</foreign> before this, but we believe line 2 starts with <foreign>te</foreign>.</note>
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<lem>bañaṇa</lem>
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<p>Sri Bañaṇa; mentions Metriya</p>
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<p>2–3: saḥmadhiḥ: is this from Indic samādhi?</p>
<p>3. bañaṇa: from Pali paññāṇa? The name was misread by Luce as Bañano.</p>
<p>4. sa⟪va⟫ñoda: from Pali sabbaññutā?</p>
<p>4. nirvaṃ: connection with nirvāṇa? To be emended thus?</p>
<p>6. For the phrase sadhu sadhu kliṁḥ kliṁḥ, cf. PYU 20. Note palaeograhic change in shape of <seg type="graphemic">-l</seg>. </p>
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Commentary
2–3: saḥmadhiḥ: is this from Indic samādhi?
3. bañaṇa: from Pali paññāṇa? The name was misread by Luce as Bañano.
4. sa⟪va⟫ñoda: from Pali sabbaññutā?
4. nirvaṃ: connection with nirvāṇa? To be emended thus?
6. For the phrase sadhu sadhu kliṁḥ kliṁḥ, cf. PYU 20. Note palaeograhic change in shape of -l.