[[File:Thagyamin, Kyauktan Yay-Le Pagoda.JPG|thumb|The base of the ''tagundaing'' at the Ye Le Pagoda in Kyauktan features Thagyamin.]]
'''Tagundaing''' ({{langx|my|တံခွန်တိုင်}}) refers to an ornamented victory column or flagstaff, typically {{convert|60|to|80|ft}}, found within the grounds of Burmese Buddhist pagodas and kyaungs (monasteries).<ref name="niu">{{cite web|url=http://www.niu.edu/burma/collections/art/sculptures/sculpture_38.shtml|title=Tagundaing|work=Burma Collections|publisher=Center for Burma Studies, Northern Illinois University|accessdate=7 October 2013|archive-date=5 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905200035/http://www.niu.edu/burma/collections/art/sculptures/sculpture_38.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ferrars">{{cite book|last=Ferrars|first=Max|author2=Bertha Ferrars |title=Burma|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279758|publisher=S. Low, Marston & Company|year=1900|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279758/page/n58 37]}}</ref> These ornamented columns were raised within religious compounds to celebrate the submission of nats (local animistic spirits) to the Dhamma, the Buddhist doctrine and inspired by the Pillars of Ashoka.<ref name="niu"/>
A mythical hintha (or more rarely a kinnara) is generally found perching atop the column, while the base of the column may be decorated with Thagyamin.<ref name="niu"/><ref name="ferrars"/> Vasudhara, the earth goddess, may also be found at the base.<ref name="niu"/>
==Examples== <gallery> File:Inle Lake - Phaung Daw U Paya, Myanmar (169496788).jpg|Tagundaing at the Hpaung Daw U Pagoda modeled after the Pillars of Ashoka File:Inle Lake (16158076445).jpg File:Kyaik Pun Paya - Bago, Myanmar 20130219-13.jpg File:Mahamyatmuni Paya, Hsipaw, Myanmar (169498071).jpg File:Shwemawdaw Paya - Bago, Myanmar 20130219-20.jpg File:Shwemawdaw Paya - Bago, Myanmar 20130219-21.jpg </gallery>
==See also== {{div col|colwidth=15em}} ** Ancient iron production ** Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts ** Dhar iron pillar ** Hindu temple architecture ** History of metallurgy in South Asia ** Iron pillar of Delhi ** List of Edicts of Ashoka ** Pillars of Ashoka ** Stambha {{col div end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==See also== {{commonscat|Tagundaing}} *Pillars of Ashoka *Lak Mueang
Category:Burmese Buddhist architecture Category:Monumental columns