ပထမ အဝဲ

အလံင်ဨကရာဇ်ဝွံ ကတဵုဒှ်မၞိဟ် ပ္ဍဲသၟာဗၞိက်တိုက် ပ္ဍဲဂိတုမာတ် ၂၀၊ ၁၂၅၃ ပ္ဍဲဍုင်ဝါန်တုဲ ညးကဵုလဝ်ယၟု မဂဒူရ၊၊^{[note 1][note 2]} ဒေအ်ညးမၞိဟ်တြုဟ်ဂှ် မၞုံယၟု မဂဒါ၊ ညးမၞိဟ်ဗြဴဂှ် ဏင်ဥရိုန်၊၊ သၟာဗၞိက်တိုက်ဟီုမ္ဂးဂှ် ဒှ်ညးမသွံရာန်စ ဗၞိက် နကဵုတရဴတိုက်ရ၊၊ ညးဂှ် ဇၞော်ဂေါဝ်လဝ် ပ္ဍဲဍုင်ဝါန် မၞုံဗဒါဲ ဍုင်မတ္တမ မဒှ်သၟဝ်အုပ်ဓုပ် ဍုင်ဇၞော်ဗုကာံရ၊၊^[1]

1. ↑ (Pan Hla 2005: 6, footnote 1 and 8, footnote 1): "Ma" is an honorific for males that means "male or lineage", and roughly equivalent to Burmese "Nga" or "Maung". Gadu in Mon means long conical hat (ခမောက်ရှည် in Burmese).
2. ↑ Major Mon chronicles do not highlight his ethnicity except for his ethnic Mon name of Ma Gadu although the 16th century chronicle Razadarit Ayedawbon (Pan Hla 2005: 16) mentions him an ethnic Mon in passing when he was in the service of King Ram Khamhaeng's service. (Aung-Thwin 2017: 239): In Thai sources, "his ethnic background is more ambiguous: he is sometimes Shan, and sometimes Mon." However, British colonial period scholars—(Phayre 1967: 65) (Harvey 1925: 110) and (Hall 1960: 146)—asserted that Gadu was Shan. Htin Aung (Htin Aung 1967: 78) as well as the 1972 edition of the Burmese encyclopedia (MSK Vol. 12 1972: 333), were equivocal, saying Gadu was of mixed Shan-Mon background. Modern scholars (Michael Aung-Thwin and Matrii Aung-Thwin 2012: 128) say he was either of Mon or Shan background. (Aung-Thwin 2017: 239): "There may have been good political reasons for claiming that he was Shan by T'ai speakers, and equally good reasons for the Yazadarit Ayedawpon making him Mon."

1. ↑ Pan Hla 2005: 16