Dhammayazika Zedi

Site common name	Dhammayazika Zedi
Type of artwork	Architecture
Village	Pwasaw
Province/City	Bagan
State	Mandalay
Country	Myanmar
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 21.144722 Long : 94.883333

History of production	This stupa was constructed during the reign of King Narapatisitthu, the king during the late Pagan period.
Art	Dhammayazika Zedi is extraordinary because the triple base of the stupa is in pentagonal plan. This base is, as usual, decorated with terracotta plaques depicting Jātakas. The staircase, the circumambulatory paths as well as the corner miniature stupas are also provided as usual. The bell-shaped element is decorated with the central band and the triangular pattern. The Harmikā is omitted as normal in Burmese art and the spire is also of normal Burmese convention. The most striking character of this Stupa is the pentagonal base and the attachment of five temples enshrining five Buddha in this Bhadra Aeon. This stupa is therefore connectible with the previous, the present and the future Buddhas. Significantly, this stupa is the only specimen of the pentagonal Zedi in Pagan art.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Pagan
Age	10th-12th century A.D.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-02-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali