Ye Thamma Inscription 2 (Sathup Sila)

Name other

N.Th. 3

Script

Pallava

Date

12th Buddhist century

Language

Pali

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 1 line of writing

Material

green stone

Form

the Indian stupa style, like an overturned bowl, the inscription is on the neck of pagoda

Size

the stupa : 390 cm. height ; 130 cm. diameter

Found at

Phra Pathom Chedi, Wat Phra Pathom Chedi, Phra Pathom Chedi Locality, Mueang District, Nakhon Pathom Province

Exhibited

Bangkok National Museum, Na Phra That Road, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok

Description

The Ye Dhammā gatha is considered to be at the heart of Buddhism, extracted from the Mahāvagga in the Mahākhandhaka which forms part of the Vinaya Piṭaka, at the moment when Sāriputta and Mahāmoggallāna ordained.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2552 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Cha-em Kaeokhlai, “ <style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> </style> Ye Thamma Inscription 2 (on the green stone stupa) ,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 1 : Pallava and Post-Pallava Script, 12th-14th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 79-82 (in Thai).
2) Georges Coedes, “Note sur les Inscriptions de Phra Pathamacetiya,” in Recueil des inscriptions du Siam : deuxieme partie : inscriptions de Dvaravati, de Crivijaya et de Lavo ([Phra Nakhon] : The Fine Arts Department, FAD, 2504), 3 (in Thai).
3) Mahamakut Buddhist University, MBU, “Phra Sāriputta and Phra Mahāmoggallāna ordained,” in Vinaya Piṭaka volume 4, Mahāvagga Part 1, and Atthakathā, 3rd edition (Bangkok : Mahamakut Buddhist University, MBU, 2536), 122-128 (in Thai).
4) Suchip Punyanuphap, Tripitaka for public, 16th edition (Bangkok : Mahamakut Buddhist University, MBU, 2529), 217 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Photograph from : The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 1 : Pallava and Post-Pallava Script, 12th-14th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529)