or “Image apartment.” The floor is raised about a foot higher than the rest of the floor of the building. The idols are facing the north and east.
- The state room for the Abbot. This is separated by a richly panneled wall from the “Image apartment.”
- Room for the pazeng or second in rank to the Abbot.
- The “western apartment,” where the young probationers and students sleep and eat. In this apartment, ordinarily the teaching of the day-scholars would be conducted.
- This is called “the Image monastery.” It is not invariably joined to a monastery, but when added it is always on the east side. The principal idol in this building faces the north.
Note on a ruined monastery near the Tsoola Moonee Pagoda at Pu-gân.
Amidst the extensive ruins of Pugân there are probably many objects of interest yet to be discovered. I met with a second ruined monastery near an ancient temple called the “Tsoola Moonee.” A rough ground plan which is annexed, shows the arrangement of the building. The main building, as seen in front facing the east, which included a portion of the interior enclosure wall, was nearly 150 feet long. The principal entrance was on the east. It was gained by ascending a slightly elevated open terrace. In the interior were four apartments, including the vestibule, which were arranged somewhat in the form of a cross, round a central mound, which had probably contained an image of Buddha, within a vaulted chamber. Not far from this monastery was another building, within which I found a stone inscription on which the Burmese date 678 (A. D. 1316) was legible, but I have not been able to decipher the inscription itself.
