Tawadeintha Terracotta Molded Tablet
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Edition
⟨1⟩ ∥ ḅaṁḥ ḅudha gaṃ […]
⟨2⟩ [1 lost consonant]u (d)iṃ tra tci paṁ h[1 lost consonant]au
⟨3⟩ vaṁ O @
Apparatus
Bibliography
Taw Sein Ko’s report in No name N.d., pp. 1910–11: 93 mentions the discovery and identifies it as Pyu; more or less the same information is repeated in ASB. Luce, in Luce 1985, pp. I, 158, gives a complete reading as part of his overview. Re-edited here from photographs.
Primary
Griffiths, Arlo, Marc Miyake & Julian K. Wheatley. 2018–03–26. “Corpus of Pyu inscriptions.” Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1207290. [URL]. Item DHARMA_INSPYU00015.
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<lb n="1"/><g ref="sym:doubleBar" type="punctuation">.</g> ḅaṁḥ ḅudha
gaṃ
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<lb n="3"/>vaṁ O <g>@</g>
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<p>Not in Mya 1961a. Wrongly ascribed to Bawbawgyi pagoda by Duroiselle (1921).</p>
<p>Luce: <lb n="1"/><g ref="sym:doubleBar" type="punctuation">.</g> ḅaṁḥ ḅūdhda tda … <lb n="2"/>(m)ū … (n)ū paṁ h(n)au <lb n="3"/>vaṁ u </p>
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<p>Taw Sein Ko’s report in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ASI"/><citedRange>1910-11: 93</citedRange></bibl> mentions the discovery and identifies it as Pyu; more or less the same information is repeated in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ASB"/><citedRange>1911: 6, 41</citedRange></bibl>. Luce, in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Luce1985_01"/><citedRange>I, 158</citedRange></bibl>, gives a complete reading as part of his overview. Re-edited here from photographs.</p>
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Commentary
Not in Mya 1961a. Wrongly ascribed to Bawbawgyi pagoda by Duroiselle (1921).
Luce: ⟨1⟩ ∥ ḅaṁḥ ḅūdhda tda … ⟨2⟩ (m)ū … (n)ū paṁ h(n)au ⟨3⟩ vaṁ u