Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v1.c9.s6: No. 7. My-son Stelae Inscription of Sambhuvarman

Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v1.c9.s6

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No. 7. My-son Stelae Inscription of Sambhuvarman

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The inscription was edited by M. Finot (B. E. F. Vol. III, p. 206) without any translation.

For localities cf. No. 4. It is engraved on a stelae close to the one containing No. 4, and is practically a continuation of the latter. It contains 24 lines of writing in Sanskrit. There are three verses in *mandākrāntā* metre. The rest is in prose.

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The inscription refers to two kings Śri Rudravarman and his successor (probably also son) Śambhuvarman. During the reign of the first, in the year four hundred and . . . . . (the tenth and unit figures being lost), the temple of the God of Gods, *i. e.* the one erected by Bhadravarman I for Bhadreśvara (*cf.* No. 4), was destroyed by an incendiary. But king Śambhuvarman re-installed the God under the name Śambhu-Bhadreśvara (apparently so called after the original founder of the temple and its restorer). The inscription also confirms the grant of land made originally in No. 4.

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(१) . . . . . तिः ॥ गंगेशस्य ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ (२) ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡(स्य) गुणानाम् । बिभ्रद् गुर्वीं धुरमनवरात् (मा) ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ (३) ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ (श्री रु) द्रवर्मा नरेन्द्रः ॥ तस्मिन् ब्रह्मक्षत्रियकुलतिलके श्रीरुद्र (४) (वर्मणि) . . . . . युत्तरेषु चतुर्षु वर्षशतेषु शकानां व्यतीतेष्वभिदग्धं देवदेवाल— (५) (यम्) . . . . . स्थित्युत्पत्तिप्रलयवशिनश्शूलिनस्स्मराणां संस्थि¹-नां अदहदनहि-◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ । (६) ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ यममलिनो वद्यवेत्स्वभावः² कृत्स्नं वेत्ति त्रिभुवनगुरु+कारणं स्थाणुरेव ॥ (७) . . . . . परिमाणे शककाले स्वपुण्यातिशयाद् दिवं अधिरूढस्य श्रीरुद्रवर्मणो (८) . . . . . ति गुणा विभव .........ग्रमहान्यशास्यमलि (९) . . . . . रता स्वकृत्यमतिहान- सात्म्यं स्. वे समस्तं इह यस्य तृ......(१०) . . . . . लप्रसृतो नितान्तोर्जितश्रीश्रीशम्भुवर्माभिषेकनामा ॥ धृतसुचरि (११) . . . . . धान्ना प्रकाशः वसतिरवनिसूर्य्यस्सम्पदा ख्यातवीर्य्यो (१२) . . . . . श्री प्रशस्तधर्म्मदिण्डकनामा ॥ प्रकृष्टधर्म्मसगुणो नृ (१३) . . . . . मी शरत्प्रदोषेन्दुरिवाभ्युदेति . . . . . (१४)

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1. Read ‘संस्थानाम्’.
2. Read ‘वेद्य’.

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णनवांशकत्रिंशद्भागमौ रिका...........(१६).........(ल)ग्ने सुविशुद्धे¹ तृतीयादित्यकेतुचतुर्थासुरगुरुजीवबुधषष्ठराहु . . . . . (१७).........मस सप्तचत्वारिंशत् कुडवासु सप्तदश नलिकासु पुर- स्कृत गोपस्व (१८).........ब्रह्म दुर्व्वलि रम्भसामि जातरूपाग्रसनिक- सहितेन² ब्राह्मणस्वतिशयाचार्य्य (१६) . . . . . न श्रीशम्भु- वर्म्मणा प्रतिष्ठापितः ततश्शम्भुभद्रेश्वरः ॥ सृष्टं येन त्रितयमखिलं भूर्भुवस्स्वः (२०) स्वशक्त्या येनोत्खातं भुवनदुरितं वह्निनेवान्धकारम् । यस्याचिन्त्यो जगति महिमा यस्य नादिर्न चान्तश् (२१) चम्पादेशे जनयतु सुखं शम्भुभद्रेश्वरोऽयम् ॥ अपि च भद्रवर्म्मणा राज्ञा येयं अक्षायणी भूमिः (२२) सकुटुम्बिजना दत्ता तस्याः पूर्वेण सुल्लहपर्व्वतो दक्षिणेन महा- पर्व्वतः पश्चिमेन कुचकपर्व्वतः (२३) . . . . . भूभौ ये कुटुम्बिनो निवसन्ति तैर्दशमो भागो दातव्यो राजाधिराजे . . . . . (२४) . . . . . स्थितिमनुपालयाद्विर्न विनाशयित्— (भिः) . . . . .

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TRANSLATION. (Fragmentary passages not conveying a complete sense are mostly left out.)
(1) . . . . . of Gaṅgeśa.
(2) .........of qualities.........carrying weighty burdens
(3) King (Śrī Ru)dravarman. During the reign of that Rudravarman, the ornament of the Brahma-Kṣatriya family, (4) while four hundred (and .........?) years of the Śakas had elapsed, the temple of the God of Gods was burnt by fire.

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1. The एकार is not distinct. 2. Read जातरूपाप्रासनिकसहितेन.

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(5-6) The God with trident,¹ the controller of creation, maintenance and dissolution; who, though not unfriendly, yet burnt (i e. destroyed) all forms including Gods; who is unblemished and by nature both a knower as well as an object of knowledge;² is one fixed cause of the universe, the preceptor of the three worlds, and knower of all things.

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(7) Of Rudravarman who has ascended to heaven by the abundance of his virtues in the Śaka year.........

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(10) Having Śrī Śambhuvarman as the coronation name.

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(11) who, a Sun in earth, is famous for his prowess.

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(12) Whose name is Śrī Praśastadharma [diṇḍika³].

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(13) Possessing excellent qualities he shines like the moon of autumn evening.

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(15-17) [ Astronomical details. ]

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(18-19) Then Śambhu-Bhadreśvara was established by Śambhu-Varman, accompanied by Durvvalirambhasāmi, the priest, and Jātarūpa who is entitled to foremost seat of honour.⁴

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(19-21) May this Śambhu-Bhadreśvara—by whom, by his own prowess, the three worlds, bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ and svaḥ have baen created, by whom the sin of the world has been removed even as darkness is expelled by fire, whose glory is unthinkable in this world, who has neither beginning nor end—(may He) cause happiness in the kingdom of Campā.

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1. Here sixth case-ending is used for the first.

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2. Cf. Gītā “वेत्तासि वेद्यञ्च परञ्चधाम तथा ततो विश्वमनन्तरूपम्”.

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3. Finot takes ‘दिण्डिक’ as an ascetic, and is inclined to the view that Praśastadharma was his religious name as opposed to the coronation name. Most probably Praśastadharma was his ordinary name as opposed to coronation name.

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4. This is the only interpretation of l. 18 that occurs to me. But the passage in very obscure.

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(21) Again, the land, with its people, which was given as perpetual (endowment) by king Bhadravarman (22) is bounded by Sullaha mountain in the east, the Great mountain in the south, Kucaka mountain in the west, . . . . . (23) tenth part is to be given by the people who live in the land . . . . .

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(24) This endowment is to be maintained, not destroyed.

Cites (1)

Bhagavadgītā — Vyāsa, Sanskrit