Scan of plate XXXV in showing BnF estampage .
Scan of plate XXXV in showing BnF estampage .
Scan of plate XXXV in ISCC showing BnF estampage 390 (44).

C. 26 Stela inscription of Cek Yang

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Support Small stela; sandstone; according to ISCC: 291 it measures h. 39 cm × w. 31.

Text Seven lines on one face of a stela written in Old Cam.

Date 1175 Śaka (1253/4 CE).

Origin Mountain of Cek Yang (Ninh Thuân, Vietnam).

This stela was found before 1888, when it was first mentioned in the literature (Bergaigne 1888: 99). Finot 1903: 635 reported that the stela, as also the mount Čơk Yaṅ (modernized spelling: Cek Yang), 'mount of the gods', where it was supposed to originate, had not been found back. We have not yet been able to find it back either, since we started our fieldwork in 2009.

Edition(s) A few words were read in Bergaigne 1888: 99 and translated in Aymonier 1891: 55; partially published in ISCC: 291; whence, with translation into English, in Majumdar 1927: 215-216 and Golzio 2004: 186. The present edition and translation after ECIC III: 468-469.

Facsimile

  • Estampage: BnF 390 (44)

The following text was edited by Arlo Griffiths.

om̐
(1) ◦ ||| ◦ || ◦ svasti jaya siddhi
(2) om̃ namaś śivāya paramapādaśarvvā-
(3) ya ūrddhvamūrddhne ahanam astu sadā
(4) pom̃ pañca aum̃ suryyaputra urām̃
(5) vāripura pajem̃ guhā nīy· kāla
(6) śam̃kkarāja niy· ◦ |
(7) 1175

2 paramapāda° ◇ paramadāna° Bergaigne. , with note explaining that the reading °dāna° is uncertain. It is certainly wrong. — 3 ahanam astu ◇ aha namas tu Bergaigne. The parallel with the Po Gha inscription C. 222 suggests that we may emend here avighnam astu. This idea underlies our translation. — 6 śam̃kkarāja niy· ◇ śam̃kkarājanīya Bergaigne. , p. 291. — 7 1175 ◇ 1185 Bergaigne. , p. 291.

Translations

English

Om. Hail! Victory! Success! Om. Homage to Śiva, to his supreme highness Śarva, who holds his head up high! May there never be any obstacles! Lord pañca Mr. Sūryaputra, man of Vāripura, has established this cave. This is the time [in the era] of the Śaka king: 1175.

French

Om. Salut ! Victoire ! Succès ! Om. Hommage à Śiva, à sa suprême altesse Śarva, qui a la tête en haut ! Qu'il n'y ait jamais d'obstacles ! Le seigneur pañca monsieur Sūryaputra, homme de Vāripura, a établi cette grotte. Lors [de l'année] du roi des Śaka : 1175.

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