Pitakataik (Mandalay)

Pitakataik (Burmese: ပိဋကတ်တိုက်; also Pitaka-taik) was the royal library in Mandalay, commissioned by King Mindon Min in 1857 during the founding of Mandalay as a royal capital.[1] The library was one of 7 structures built to mark the foundation of consecration of Mandalay as the royal capital.[2] It was located at the foot of Mandalay Hill, and was a masonry building with teak joints.[2] The building was modeled after the Pitakataik in Bagan.[3] Copies of Tipiṭaka texts were relocated from the Amarapura Pitakataik and deposited at the newly constructed library in January 1864.[4] The Pitakataik was formerly stocked with Pali and Burmese palm leaf manuscripts which were looted with the onset of British occupation in 1885.[3]

Parapet of Bidagat-taik in 1904

In October 2013, the Sitagu Sayadaw announced a donation to rebuild the Pitakataik, along with the Thudhamma Zayat and Maha Pahtan Ordination Hall, with the consultation of Tampawaddy U Win Maung.[5]

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References
  1. မင်းထက်အောင်(မန်းကိုယ်ပွား). "ရတနာပုံမန္တလေးရွှေမြို့တော်ကြီး သမိုင်းစာမျက်နှာသစ်ဖွင့်လှစ်နိုင်ခဲ့ပြီ". News and Periodical Enterprise (in Burmese). Ministry of Information. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. "Entrance gate of Bidagat-taik, [Mandalay]". The British Library. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. Taw Sein Ko (1902). Report on Archaeological Work in Burma for the Year 1901-02. Rangoon: Superintendent, Government Printing. p. 29.
  4. Pay Phyo Khaing; Weerataweemat, Sonyot. "สถาปัตยกรรมพระไตรปิฏกและคติกษัตราธิราชพุทธศาสนาในรัชสมัยพระเจ้ามินดง Tripitaka Architecture and Buddhist Kingship in the Reign of King Mindon". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ခင်ဆုဝေ (27 February 2013). "သတ္တဌာန နေရာတော်သုံးခုအား ရှေးမူမပျက် ပြုပြင်မည်". Myanmar Times (in Burmese). Retrieved 12 July 2015.

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