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

Chloé Chollet

Author of digital edition: Chloé Chollet

Contributor: Dominic Goodall

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00574

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00574.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

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

## 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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨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.