Pedestal in Mỹ Sơn group A (C. 80), 7th century CE
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namas suvarṇākṣāya campāvanibhujārcceyaṁ kāñcanī tatva-vedinā vikrāntavarmmaṇā bhaktyā sthāpitā pārameśvarī ∥
Apparatus
⟨d⟩ || ⬦ _ LF.
Translation by Goodall and Griffiths 2013
Homage to the Golden-eyed (Śiva)! This golden image of Parameśvara (Śiva) was piously erected by Vikrāntavarman, king of Campā, knower of truth.
Translation into French by Finot 1904
Hommage au ⟨dieu⟩ aux yeux d’or! Le roi de Campā Vikrāntavarman qui connaît la vérité a érigé pieusement cette statue d’or de Parameśvara.
Bibliography
First edited by Finot (1904); edited again by Goodall & Griffiths (2013). This digital edition based on the latter, using EFEO estampage n. 2089.
Primary
[LF] Finot, Louis. 1904. “Notes d’épigraphie, XI : Les inscriptions de Mi-Sơn.” BEFEO 4, pp. 897–977. DOI: 10.3406/befeo.1904.1405. [URL]. Page 929.
[G+G] Goodall, Dominic and Arlo Griffiths. 2013. “Études du corpus des inscriptions du Campā, V: The short foundation inscriptions of Prakāśadharman-Vikrāntavarman, king of Campā.” IIJ 56, pp. 419–440. DOI: 10.1163/15728536-13560307. Page 424.
Secondary
Parmentier, Henri. 1909. Inventaire descriptif des monuments čams de l’Annam. Tome premier: Description des monuments. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [URL]. Page 357, item VII.
Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra. 1927. “Book III: The inscriptions of Champa.” In: Ancient Indian colonies in the Far East, Vol. I: Champa. Punjab Oriental (Sanskrit) Series 16. Lahore: Punjab Sanskrit Book Depot, p. separately paginated. [URL]. Page 36, item 18.
Griffiths, Arlo, Amandine Lepoutre, William Aelred Southworth and Thành Phần. 2008–2009. “Études du corpus des inscriptions du Campā, III: Épigraphie du Campa 2009-2010: prospection sur le terrain, production d’estampages, supplément à l’inventaire.” BEFEO 95, pp. 435–497. DOI: 10.3406/befeo.2008.6118. [URL]. Page 458.
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<ab>namas suvarṇākṣāya</ab>
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<l n="a">campāvanibhujārcceyaṁ</l> <l n="b">kāñcanī tatva-vedinā</l>
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<p>Homage to the Golden-eyed <supplied reason="explanation">Śiva</supplied>! This golden image of Parameśvara <supplied reason="explanation">Śiva</supplied> was piously erected by Vikrāntavarman, king of Campā, knower of truth.</p>
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Commentary
Our translation is essentially the same as those proposed by Finot and Majumdar. The name Suvarṇākṣa (or Svarṇākṣa) occurs both as a sanctuary and as an epithet of Śiva in Indian Sanskrit sources. On its use as the name of a Śaiva sanctuary, see for instance the old Skandapurāṇa, on which, Bisschop 2006, p. 221. A myth explaining why Śiva himself came to bear the name, after creating a golden-eyed goddess, is recounted in this text at 9.22-29 (see Adriaensen et al. 1998). One might therefore speculate as to whether the statue whose manufacture this inscription records was one of the goddess (Parameśvarī) rather than of Śiva (Parameśvara) himself. Perhaps the incipit makes this less likely.