Bodhisattva : Payatonzu

Site common name	Payatonzu
Type of artwork	Painting
Village	Minnanthu
Province/City	Bagan
State	Mandalay
Country	Myanmar
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 21.161944 Long : 94.903333

History of production	Although there is no evidence related to this Chedi, the architectural style and paintings allow us to know that this Chedi was built in the late Pegan period around 18 century B.E. Nearly all of the archaeological sites in Minbanku village were built in this period as well.
Art	Bodhisattva at Pavatonzu wears very similar costumes and ornaments with those in Pala art. These costumes and ornaments include three-banded crown and stripped cloth. However, this Bodhisattva puts the thumb and the index finger together and holds a double curve bunch. This is different from Bodhisattva in early Pegan period that still holds Cham flower similar to Pala art.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Pagan
Age	16th-18th Century BE.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Related artwork	Because a lot of Bodhisattva paintings depict the scence of him holding Tara, it may be possilbe that Pavatonzu Chedi is related to Mahayan Tranta Buddhism. Mahayan Tranta Buddhism or so called “Ari” had been popular in Pegan before King Anothara turned to support Theravada Buddhism. However, it may be believed that “Ari” sect might have flourished again in the late Pegan period.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali