Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v1.c9.s33: No. 38. The Châu-sa stelae Inscription of Jayasiṃhavarman I dated 825 Śaka
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No. 38. The Châu-sa stelae Inscription of Jayasiṃhavarman I dated 825 Śaka
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The inscription was edited by M. Huber (B. E. F., Vol. XI, p. 282). It was engraved on the four faces of a stelae found at Châu-sa in the district of Quang-Ngai. The first face contains 21 lines besides the invocation, of which nearly 15 lines are almost wholly illegible. In line 3 the name of king Śrī-Jaya-Indravarman, and in L. 5, that of two dignitaries viz., Po kluñ Pimilis and Danāy Pinān can be read. In line 7 we have “......yena sthāpita Īśaś Śrī-Indra-devā-hvaya śaraikamūrttibhir-yukte śakābde śraddhayā........”
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It may be supposed, therefore, that this part of the inscription records the consecration of a *liṅga*, called Indradeva, in honour of the king Indravarman, by a dignitary, in the year 815 (= 893 A.D.). Line 13 refers to king Śrī Jayasiṃhavarman. The text from L. 16 onwards is given below. It relates the erection of another *liṅga*, called Śrī Śaṅkareśa, by the same person in 825 (= 903 A.D.), and the donations of the king to this god.
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The second face of the inscription is totally lost. The last two sides contain a description in Cham, of the lands granted to the temple.
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पञ्चद्विकायोपगते शकाब्दे
......धानेन भुवि स्वकीत्यै ।
येन प्रतिष्ठापित ईश्वरोऽयं
श्रीशङ्करेशाह स एव भूयः¹ ॥
श्रीजयसिंहवर्मा श्री शङ्करेशे नराधिपः ।
......त्रिश्च शङ्खश्रादाद् रौप्यं कलशन् तथा² ॥
यस्यानुज्ञा श्री जय — ◡ (वर्मा) —
वनीशभार्या परिशुद्धभावा
साध्वी दनायगोपुरेश्वर.........
— ष्ट्यैव भातीह सुरेन्द्रदेवी³ ॥
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¹ Metre ‘Indravajrā’.
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² Metre ‘Anuṣṭubh’.
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³ Metre ‘Indravajrā’.
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TRANSLATION.
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In the year of the Śakas denoted by ‘pañca-dvi-kāya’ (825) the god called Śaṅkareśa was again established by him in this world for his own glory.
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King Śrī Jayasiṃhavarman dedicated to Śrī Śaṅkara three conch-shells and one silver jug.
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His younger sister Surendradevī, wife of the king Śrī Jaya (Siṃha) (varman), who is chaste, and whose sentiments are quite pure, flourishes here below (?).¹
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¹ What ‘Danāy Gopureśvar’ means it is difficult to understand, and it is therefore left untranslated.
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