Inscription on a Buddha statue of Trapeang Veng, Tra Vinh province (K. 884), 6th-7th century Śaka

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2023-11-08Z

Editors:   George Cœdès, Arlo Griffiths and Kunthea Chhom.

DHARMA Identifier: INSCIK00884

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Edition

Item A A1po cas·

Item B
B1Āryya

Item C
C1dat·

Apparatus

B1 Āryya ◇ sūryya GC

Translation by Kunthea Chhom

1Venerable Āryadatta.

Commentary

The three lotus pedestals bearing the inscription are on the pedestal of a seated Buddha statue. The inscription is written on the back of the statue and upside down. As G. Coedès suggests, the name should be the statue’s founder’s rather than that of the statue and the honorific title pu caḥ Añ is the equivalent de sthavira as attested in the inscription of Vat Prei Veal.

Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937-1966: volume 6, page 69) without translation, re-edited here by Arlo Griffiths & Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n. 1148 and the photographs of the statue.

Primary

Cœdès, George. 1937–1966. Inscriptions du Cambodge I-VIII. Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi; Paris: Imprimerie d’Extrême-Orient [vol. I]; EFEO.
Volume 6, page 69. [siglum GC]