Halin Stone Fragment
Version: (899538b), last modified (899538b).
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ jatradeṃvi ⬦ jatradevī No name N.d.. — ⟨1⟩ ḅ[i]ṁ(ḥ) ⬦ bi No name N.d..
Translation
Julian K. Wheatley’s translation (assuming the text is complete)
This is the revered (Queen) Chandradevi.
Bibliography
First reported by U Mya writing in No name N.d., pp. 1930–34: I, 246–7, which notes 2 lines with a total of 7 akṣaras, including the name <jatradevi>, identified as Queen Chandradevi. Luce, in Luce 1985, pp. I, 66, 75 n. 29, 149, repeats much of what is in ASI in his summary. Re-edited here from published 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_INSPYU00033.
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<p>Julian K. Wheatley's translation (assuming the text is complete)</p>
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<p>1. ASI reads the first line as “Jatradevī u bi x x” with a long <ī> absent from Pyu, recognizing the Sanskrit name Candradevī and noting PYU <ref target="DHARMA_INSPYU00017">17</ref> (the sun-moon stele) where the same name is mentioned (<foreign>Mahadevi Sri Jatra</foreign>). Luce speaks of this lady as “Queen Chandradevi”.</p>
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Commentary
1. ASI reads the first line as “Jatradevī u bi x x” with a long <ī> absent from Pyu, recognizing the Sanskrit name Candradevī and noting PYU 17 (the sun-moon stele) where the same name is mentioned (Mahadevi Sri Jatra). Luce speaks of this lady as “Queen Chandradevi”.