Photograph of the rock bearing inscription . Taken by Nguyễn Văn Lương, in 1996. Reproduced by permission.
Photograph of the rock bearing inscription . Taken by Nguyễn Văn Lương, in 1996. Reproduced by permission.
Photograph of the rock bearing inscription C. 127. Taken by Nguyễn Văn Lương, in 1996. Reproduced by permission.
Photograph of EFEO estampage under n. 1946.
Photograph of EFEO estampage under n. 1946.
Photograph of EFEO estampage under n. 1946.

C. 127 Rock at Lệ Cam

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Support Natural boulder of indeterminate stonetype; we have not recorded its dimensions, and neither have previous scholars.

Text There are two inscriptions under this inventory number. The principal inscription consists of two lines and the other one of one line. Both are engraved on the same face of the rock, written in Old Cam.

Date 7th century Śaka (7th/8th century CE).

Origin Settlement of Lệ Cam (Ninh Phú, Ninh Hoà, Khánh Hoà, Vietnam).

This inscription was found before 1915 by Parmentier, and was first mentioned in (Finot 1915c: 112). It was observed again in 1996 by Nguyễn Văn Lương. We could not find the stone back in 2009. But it was finally recovered in 2010 (see ECIC III: 461).

Edition(s) Translated in Finot 1915c: 112; whence Majumdar 1927: 28 and Golzio 2004: 12. The present edition and translation after ECIC III: 463-464.

Facsimile

  • Estampage: EFEO n. 1946

The following text was edited by Arlo Griffiths.

C. 127.1

(1) namaś śivāya (2) śrīprakāśadharmmā jaya(ti)

C. 127.2

(1) śrīcampeśvara

2 jaya(ti)jayadā[naṁ] Finot. This reading was repeated, without square brackets and introducing a new variation (prakāśavarmmā), in Schweyer 2009a: 35, note 60.

Translations

C. 127.1

Homage to Śiva. Śrī Prakāśadharmmā triumphs!

C. 127.2

Lord of Campā.

C. 127.1

Hommage à Śiva. Śrī Prakāśadharmmā triomphe!

C. 127.2

Seigneur du Campā.

Secondary Bibliography