# Vase

Arlo Griffiths and Salomé Pichon

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Salomé Pichon

Contributor: Salomé Pichon

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIC00058

Repository: Campā (tfc-campa-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSCIC00058.xml

Language: Old Cham [Cam]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ || yām̃ pom̃ ku śrī jayasim̃havarmmadeva pu cim̃ śrī harideva vuḥ di
dharmma 1181

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ || • The form of the opening sign, ignored in previous publications,
is uncommon, but it is found also in the nearly contemporary inscription
C. 118. — ⟨1⟩ vuḥ • Neither Aymonier nor Finot notes that there is no u
visible on the facsimile. Verification of the BnF estampage confirms
that this element was involuntarily omitted not by the scribe but by the
person who made the eye-copy. — ⟨1⟩ 1181 LF ⬦ 1191 EA.

## Translation

His majesty Śrī Jayasiṁhavarmadeva, prince Śrī Harideva, has gifted
⟨this⟩ for the sake of dharma. ⟨Era of the Śaka king⟩ 1181 (= 1259/60
C.E.).

## Translation into French

Sa majesté Śrī Jayasiṁhavarmadeva, prince Śrī Harideva, a offert ⟨ceci⟩
en vue du dharma. ⟨Ère du roi des Śaka⟩ 1181 (= 1259/60 de n.è.).

## Commentary

Other interpretations of the expression vuḥ di dharmma are imaginable,
for instance “has given to the monument”, with dharma in its concrete
sense nearly equivalent to “temple”. But the occurrence of the
expression utsāha di dharmma ṅan śivabhakti in C. 95, face A, l. 12,
apparently meaning “making efforts for the sake of dharma and devotion
to Śiva”, suggests the sense assumed here.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[EA] Aymonier, Étienne. 1891. “Première étude sur les inscriptions
tchames.” JA, pp. 5–86. [URL]. Pages 58–59.

[LF] Finot, Louis. 1915. “Notes d’épigraphie, XV : Les inscriptions de
Jaya Parameçvaravarman I roi du Champa.” BEFEO 15 (2), pp. 39–52. DOI:
10.3406/befeo.1915.5229. [URL]. Page 51, note 2.

### Secondary

Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra. 1927. Ancient Indian colonies in the Far East,
Vol. I: Champa. Punjab Oriental (Sanskrit) Series 16. Lahore: The Punjab
Sanskrit Book Depot. [URL]. Book III, pages 214–215, item 100.