# Tagundaing

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[[File:Thagyamin, Kyauktan Yay-Le Pagoda.JPG|thumb|The base of the ''tagundaing'' at the [Ye Le Pagoda](/source/Ye_Le_Pagoda) in Kyauktan features [Thagyamin](/source/Thagyamin).]]

'''Tagundaing''' ({{langx|my|တံခွန်တိုင်}}) refers to an ornamented [victory column](/source/victory_column) or [flagstaff](/source/Flag), typically {{convert|60|to|80|ft}}, found within the grounds of [Burmese Buddhist](/source/Buddhism_in_Burma) [pagoda](/source/pagoda)s and [kyaung](/source/kyaung)s (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](/source/nat_(spirit)) (local animistic spirits) to the [Dhamma](/source/Dharma), the Buddhist doctrine and inspired by the [Pillars of Ashoka](/source/Pillars_of_Ashoka).<ref name="niu"/>

A mythical [hintha](/source/Hamsa_(bird)) (or more rarely a [kinnara](/source/kinnara)) is generally found perching atop the column, while the base of the column may be decorated with [Thagyamin](/source/Thagyamin).<ref name="niu"/><ref name="ferrars"/> [Vasudhara](/source/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](/source/Hpaung_Daw_U_Pagoda) modeled after the [Pillars of Ashoka](/source/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](/source/Ancient_iron_production)
** [Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts](/source/Ashoka's_Major_Rock_Edicts)
** [Dhar iron pillar](/source/Dhar_iron_pillar)
** [Hindu temple architecture](/source/Hindu_temple_architecture)
** [History of metallurgy in South Asia](/source/History_of_metallurgy_in_South_Asia)
** [Iron pillar of Delhi](/source/Iron_pillar_of_Delhi)
** [List of Edicts of Ashoka](/source/List_of_Edicts_of_Ashoka) 
** [Pillars of Ashoka](/source/Pillars_of_Ashoka)
** [Stambha](/source/Stambha)
{{col div end}}

==References==
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==See also==
{{commonscat|Tagundaing}}
*[Pillars of Ashoka](/source/Pillars_of_Ashoka)
*[Lak Mueang](/source/Lak_Mueang)

Category:Burmese Buddhist architecture
Category:Monumental columns

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