Cliff face at Chợ Dinh (C. 41), 5th century CE EpiDoc Encoding ArloGriffiths intellectual authorship of edition Arlo Griffiths European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Jakarta DHARMA_INSCIC00041.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata

The lettering is characteristic of the fifth century CE.

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namo devāya bhadreśvarasvāmi-pāda-prasādāT Agnaye tvā juṣṭaṁ kariṣyāmi dharmma-mahārāja-śrī-bhadravarmmaṇo yāvac candrādityau tāvat putra-pautram bhokṣyati pr̥thivīṁ prasādāt kāarmma-siddhir astu *

śivo dāso baddhyate
bhokṣyati mokṣyati pr̥thivīṁ prasādāt pr̥thiviī-prasādāt śivo dāso baddhyate Bergaigne suggests as only possible alternative reading: śivo dāso vaddhyo yaḥ. In his footnote, Barth expresses a preference for reading baddhyeta and suggests that the first word could, perhaps, be read śaivo.

Homage to the God! By the grace of the feet of Bhadreśvarasvāmin, I shall make you agreeable to Fire. As long as the Sun and the Moon exist, so long will the sons and grandsons of the righteous mahārāja Śrī Bhadravarman enjoy bhokṣyati the earth. By the grace of Śiva Bhadreśvara, may this ritual be successful.

The servant, who is favorable, is bound.

Reverence to God! By the favour of the feet of the Bhadreśvarasvāmin I shall make thee agreeable to Fire (i.e., sacrifice thee). So long as the Sun and the Moon endure, he (Agni) will save the sons and grandsons of Dharma-Mahārāja Śrī Bhadravarman. May the work (sacrifice) be successful through the grace of the earth

Śiva, the slave is bound (to the post).

1. Hommage au Dieu ! Par la faveur des Pieds du Seigneur Bhadreśvara, — je te rendrai agréable à Agni. 2. Tant que dureront le Soleil et la Lune, il sauvera les fils et les petits-fils du Grand roi de la Loi, Śrī-Bhadravarman. 3. Que par la faveur de la Terre, le sacrifice réussisse !

Le Dāsa propitiatoire est attaché au poteau.

The allusion to Agni, god of fire, is probably connected with the fact that the rock wall bearing the inscription faces southeast, the direction associated with this god. The second person addressed here was perhaps another deity: compare the use of tvayi in C. 216.

First edited by Abel Bergaigne (), along with facsimiles of the estampages collected by Étienne Aymonier. Re-edited here by Arlo Griffiths based on the same facsimiles.

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