Inscription for installation of liṅga by Jāhnavī, Yajñavarāha’s sister, at Banteay Srei (K. 574)

Metadata

Current Version: draft, 2023-11-08Z

Editor: Dominic Goodall.

DHARMA Identifier: INSCIK00574

Summary: In one anuṣṭubh verses, this inscription records the installation of a liṅga by Jāhnavī, sister of Yajñāvarāha, in the southern tower of the temple-complex of Banteay Srei.

Hand Description:

Two lines engraved on the southern doorjamb of the southern sanctuary-tower of the complex of Banteay Srei.

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Edition

Anuṣṭubh

³tasya yajñavarāhasya

jāhnavīti yavīyasī |

⁴svasā saṁsthāpayām āsa

bhaktyā liṅgam ihaiśvaram ||

Translation into French

¹Jāhnavī, sœur cadette de Yajñavarāha, a érigé pieusement ici un liṅga d’Īśvara.

Bibliography

Primary

Finot1926, pp. 70, 92-93, 107.