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Pyusawhti (ပျူစောထီး)
Burmese.
Name of a ca. 3rd
Century AD King of
Bagan in Upper
Burma. He is famed for having
quelled
the
Five Great Menaces, i.e. a large
tiger,
a huge flying
squirrel,
a giant wild
boar,
a big
bird,
and
the extensive proliferation of the vines of a gourd
plant, that plagued Bagan since
reign of its first monarch, King
Thamoddarit, using his magic bow. In his own reign, he consequently
had
pagodas built at each of the places where he had
destroyed each of
these Five Great Menaces, including
Buphaya, a Buddhist
stupa
in
Pagan
(fig.),
which due to centuries long land erosion by the
Irrawaddy River,
is now located
on its east bank (fig.).
See also
Pyu.
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