| 词条 | Myazedi inscription |
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Myazedi inscription ({{lang-my|မြစေတီ ကျောက်စာ}} {{IPA-my|mja̰ zèdì tɕaʊʔ sà|}}; also Yazakumar Inscription or the Gubyaukgyi Inscription), inscribed in 1113, is the oldest surviving stone inscription of the Burmese. "Myazedi" means "emerald stupa" ("zedi" being akin to the Pali "cetiya" and Thai "chedi"), and the name of the inscription comes from a pagoda located nearby. The inscriptions were made in four languages: Burmese, Pyu, Mon, and Pali,[1]{{rp|158}} which all tell the story of Prince Yazakumar and King Kyansittha. The primary importance of the Myazedi inscription is that the inscriptions allowed for the deciphering of the written Pyu language. There are two main inscriptions in Burma today. One exists on the platform of the Myazedi Pagoda, in the village of Myinkaba (south of Bagan), in Mandalay Division. The other was discovered by German Pali scholar Dr. Emil Forchammar in 1886-1887, and is currently in display at the Bagan Archaeological Museum. Translation and AnalysisThe inscription has 39 lines in Burmese language, 41 lines in Pali, 33 lines in Mon Language and 26 lines in Pyu language. It can be generally divided into three categories, donation, wish and curse. The nearest translation is as follows: {{Cquote| Sīri (May everything happen successfully), Namobuddhāya (I say my prayers to Lord Buddha). It had been over 1628 Sāsanā years. In this Aryimadanāpη Empire (Bagan empire), there was a king named Śrī Tribhuvanāditya Dhammarāja (Kyansittha). His beloved wife was Trilokavaṭansakā devi (Thanbula). Her son was named Yazakumar. The king gave three servant villages to his beloved wife. After the wife died, the king gave her possessions and the three villages to her son, Yazakumar. As the king was becoming ill after reigning for 28 years, Yazakumar, acknowledging the love for the king, made a golden Buddha statue and gave to the king. Then he said:"This golden statue is dedicated to my king. As he gave the three servant villages, I, in return, give this golden statue. After the donation, the king has died. Sādu,Sādu. "In front of the monks, Mahahtae, Mogaliputtatithahtae, Tan, Tiɲgha tanavarapaṇṭai, he poured water. After that he build a place to put his golden statue. He then gave away the pagoda. He reigned over three villages, Tinmunalun ({{my|သင်မုနလွန်}}), Yapal ({{my|ရပါယ်}}) and Hanvho ({{my|ဟန်ဗိုဝ်}}). After pouring water over his pagoda, he said "For those deeds, may I obtain the Sabbañuta Ñan({{my|သဗ္ဗညုတဥာဏ်}}). If my son, my grandson, my relative or others abuse the servants I donated for my pagoda, they shall not be able to see Maitreya Buddha.}}Analysis{{Original research section|date=January 2019}}The typical Bagan handwriting was either rectangular or circular in shape,but in this inscription,the handwriting reassembles Tamarind seeds.Being the beginning of Myanmar Literature,some words were not written systematically,that is,the consonants and vowels were separated (e.g,{{my|"သာသနာအနှစ် တစ်ထောင်ခြောက်ရာ"}} was written as {{my|"သာသနာ အနှစ်တ"}} on a line,and {{my|"စ်ထောင်ခြောက်ရာ"}} written on the next line). There were only words for the first person,"I" and "my",in Bagan period.In the inscription,instead of "he",Yazakumar referred to himself as "The son of the beloved wife"({{my|ထိုပယ်မယားသား}})and "it" was referred as "This"({{my|ဤ/ထို}}).Some words had archaic meanings(e.g,{{my|ပယ်}},which has modern meaning of "abandon",meant "Lovely ,or beloved"and {{my|နှပ်}}, meaning "relax" or "mix thoroughly",meant "donate"). Yazakumar referred to his father as Śrī Tribhuvanāditya Dhammarāja,meaning "The king who can enlighten all three worlds like the sun",his mother as Trilokavaṭansakā devi (The queen who could lead all three worlds) and the Pagan Empire as Aryimadanāpη Empire (The place where they can successfully outnumber enemies) respectively. The purpose of the donation category is to let people appreciate their deeds.The wishing category is part of the tradition of Buddhism.The main intention of writing curse to preserve the donations and to prevent donated structures from being damaged. From this inscription,the reign periods of Kyansittha, Anawrahta, Saw Lu,and Alaungsithu can be calculated,old Pyu Language can be learnt,and Yazakumar's respect and love for his father can be observed.[2] See also
GalleryReferences1. ^{{cite book|last= Coedès|first= George|authorlink= George Coedès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}} 2. ^Burmese Encyclopedia,Volume 9
Link to picturesMyazedi Inscription at AncientBagan.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707141220/http://www.ancientbagan.com/pic/stone1-large.jpg] Myazedi Inscription A at Zenodo [https://zenodo.org/record/579873] Myazedi Inscription B at Zenodo [https://zenodo.org/record/580158] 8 : History of Myanmar|Burmese culture|Earliest known manuscripts by language|Multilingual texts|Bagan|Inscriptions of Myanmar|Memory of the World Register|1113 works |
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