Photograph of inscription . Taken at Po Nagar by Amandine Lepoutre on .
Photograph of inscription . Taken at Po Nagar by Amandine Lepoutre on .
Photograph of inscription C. 30 B1. Taken at Po Nagar by Amandine Lepoutre on 27 May 2012.
Photograph of EFEO estampage under n. 228.
Photograph of EFEO estampage under n. 228.
Photograph of EFEO estampage under n. 228.

C. 30 B1 Southern doorjamb of the main shrine of Po Nagar

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Support Doorjamb; sandstone.

Text The five first lines on the anterior face of the Southern doorjamb of the entrance to the main shrine. Written in Old Cam.

Date 1155 Śaka (1233/4 CE).

Origin Temple of Po Nagar at Nha Trang (Khánh Hoà, Vietnam).

This inscription was found in situ before 1888, when it was first mentioned in the literature (Bergaigne 1888: 88). We identified the inscription on the temple site in 2009.

Edition(s) A few words were read in Bergaigne 1888: 88; partially published, with French translation, in Aymonier 1891: 48-49; whence, with translation into English, in Majumdar 1927: 207 and Golzio 2004: 179-180; whence again, with French translation, in Schweyer 2005a: 94. The present edition and translation after ECIC IV: 260 where we have re-edited the text from the inked EFEO estampage and the stone.

Facsimiles

  • Estampage: BnF 409 (60)
  • Estampage: EFEO 20
  • Estampage: EFEO n. 228.1

The following text was edited by Arlo Griffiths and Amandine Lepoutre.

(1) ((quatrefoil)) puṇaḥ yām̃ pom̃ ku śrī jayaparameśvaravarmmadeva pu pom̃ ku (2) vuḥ di yām̃ pu nagara ṅan· vraḥ rūpa di śakarāja nī 1155 nī humā di kumvyām̃l· (3) sā sthāṇa anan· humā samṛddhījaya 400 jāk· kvir· si vuḥ di hajai nan· (la) (4)kim̃ krumvim̃ 10 drim̃ humā vanūk· nī dharmmathateḥ 1800 jāk· humā vanūk· ni pu (5) auk· 1500 jāk· kvir· campa lov· syaṁ vukāṁ lakim̃ krumvim̃ 45 drim̃

1 ((quatrefoil)) puṇaḥ|| puṇaḥ Schweyer. — 2 ṅanṅgan Schweyer. — Schweyer. — | nī Schweyer. — kumvyām̃lkumvyāl Schweyer. — 3 sthāṇasthāna Schweyer. — 4 di Schweyer. — dharmmathateḥdharmmathataiḥ Schweyer. — 18001900 Schweyer. — nidi Schweyer. — 5 drim̃driy || Schweyer.

Translations

English

Furthermore, Y.P.K. Śrī Jayaparameśvaravarmadeva, the P.P.K., offered to Yām̃ Pu Nagara and the Holy Form in this year of the Śaka king 1155: rice-field at Kumvyām̃l, one unit. In this place, the rice-field of great abundance; 400 jāk. Khmers who are given to this domain: 10 men and women; this rice-field vanūk at Dharmmathateḥ: 1800 jāk; this rice-field vanūk at Pu Auk: 1500 jāk; Khmers, Cams, Chinese (?), Siamese, Paganese: 45 men and women.

French

En outre, Y.P.K. Śrī Jayaparameśvaravarmadeva, le P.P.K., offrit à Yām̃ Pu Nagara et à la Sainte apparence en cette année du roi des Śaka 1155 : la rizière de Kumvyām̃l, un emplacement. En ce lieu, la rizière de grande abondance : 400 jāk. Des Khmers qui sont donnés à ce domaine : 10 hommes et femmes ; cette rizière vanūk de Dharmmathateḥ : 1800 jāk ; cette rizière vanūk de Pu Auk : 1500 jāk ; ses Khmers, des Cams, des Chinois (?), des Siamois, des Paganais : 45 hommes et femmes.

Commentary

The difficult sequence humā di kumvyām̃l· sā sthāṇa anan· humā samṛddhījaya may be compared with C. 5, ll. 9-10 and 14-15.

Concerning the translation of the term lauv as 'Chinese', see our commentary in C. 7. Schweyer translated it as "Lao".

Secondary Bibliography

Notes

  1. There are several estampages under the number n. 228.
  2. Parmentier erroneously speaks of 6 lines and wrongly includes the date 1148 under this text; he seems to have read Aymonier 1891: 48 too quickly.