Inscription for installation of liṅga by Jāhnavī, Yajñavarāha’s sister, at Banteay Srei (K. 574)

Author of digital edition: Chloé Chollet (chch).

Contributor: Dominic Goodall (dogo).

Summary: In one anuṣṭubh verses, this inscription records the installation of a liṅga by Jāhnavī, sister of Yajñāvarāha, in the southern tower of the temple-complex of Banteay Srei.

Palaeographic description: Two lines engraved on the southern doorjamb of the southern sanctuary-tower of the complex of Banteay Srei.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Khmer (khmer)].

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00574.

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00574.xml.

Version: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54 (2c24a58).

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⟨3⟩ tasya yajñavarāhasya jāhnavīti yavīyasī |

⟨4⟩ svasā saṁsthāpayām āsa bhaktyā liṅgam ihaiśvaram ||

Translation into French

⟨1⟩ Jāhnavī, sœur cadette de Yajñavarāha, a érigé pieusement ici un liṅga d’Īśvara.

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<l n="1"><lb n="3"/>tasya yajñavarāhasya </l>

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