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Pitakataik (Bagan)

Pitakataik is a fancy-sounding word that refers to a special book called the Bagan. Bagan is a very old book from a country called Myanmar, which used to be called Burma a long time ago.

The Bagan book is super important for the people of Myanmar because it contains all the teachings of Buddha, who is a very wise and holy teacher. Buddha was born many, many years ago in India, and he traveled all over the place teaching people how to be kind, loving, and peaceful.

But back to the Bagan book. It's not like a regular book you might find at the library, with lots of stories and pictures. Instead, it's filled with lots and lots of words that are written in a special language called Pali. Pali is kind of like the ancient version of the language that people speak in Myanmar today.

The Bagan book is also very, very long – it has over 15,000 pages! That's so long that if you tried to read it all in one go, you would probably fall asleep and wake up days later.

But even though the Bagan book is long and written in a special language, it's very, very important for the people of Myanmar because it's like a guidebook on how to be a good and kind person. People read it and follow the teachings inside to help them be better to each other and to themselves.

So, in summary, Pitakataik is just a fancy word for the Bagan book, which is a very old and special book from Myanmar that teaches people how to be kind and peaceful, but it's really long and full of words in a special language called Pali.