Pedestal from Houay Sa Houa, Vat Phu (inscription of Citrasena-Mahendravarman, K. 1174), 6th century Śaka

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2023-11-08Z

Editor:   Gerdi Gerschheimer.

DHARMA Identifier: INSCIK01174

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Edition

I. Anuṣṭubh
1na(p)t[ā ś]r[ī-sārv]v[abhauma]sy[a] _
sūnuś śrī-v[ī]r[a]va[r]mmaṇaḥ _
śaktyā(n)ū(naẖ ka)[n]iṣṭho ’pi _
bhrātā śrī-bhavavarmmaṇaḥ

II. Anuṣṭubh
2śrī-citrasenanāmā ya_ḫ
pūrvvam āhata-lakṣaṇaḥ _
sa śrī-mahendravarmmeti _
nāma bheje ’bhiṣekajam·

III. Anuṣṭubh
3deva-bhūyaṅ gatasyāpi_n
pituś śrī-vīravarmmaṇaḥ _
nāmasmr̥tyai vr̥ṣam imaṁ _
śilāmayam atiṣṭhipat·

Translation into French by Gerdi Gerschheimer

III.
Il installa ce taureau de pierre à la mémoire / pour le souvenir du nom (nāma-smr̥ti) de Śrīvīravarman, son père allé / parti (gatasya) vers la divinité.

Translation by Kunthea Chhom

I.
Grandson of Śrī Sārvabhauma [and] son of Śrī Vīravarman, in spite of being the youngest brother of Śrī Bhavavarman [he was] not inferior in power.

II.
He whose mark was well known (āhatalakṣaṇaḥ) previously by name Śrī Citrasena received Śrī Mahendravarman as a name created [at the time of his] enthronement.

III.
He installed this stone bull for the memory of the name of his father, [viz.] Śrī Vīravarmman who had departed surely (api) to divinity.

Commentary

The first two stanzas of this inscription are identical to those of ten inscriptions, viz. K. 363, K. 496, K. 497, K. 508, K. 509, K. 1102, K. 1106, K. 1190, K. 1339 and K. 1340

The first stanza of this inscription is identical to that of inscriptions K. 1173 and K. 1341.

Bibliography

Edited preliminarily by Gerdi Gerschheimer from the estampages EFEO n. 1700 and EFEO n. 1701.

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