K. 723. Rock inscription from Tham Lek cave, 6th-7th century Śaka author of digital edition Chloé Chollet Dominic Goodall European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSCIK00723.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata

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samādhaye sarvva-tampodhanāṇām iyaṁ guhā vaktraguheti nāmnā sā nirmmitā vaktraśiveṇa śaktyā vibhāti bhaddreśvara-śaila-pārśve .

kaṁ ti chdyās· guhā kaṁ ti ruḥ pnāṅ· doṣa

-tampodhanāṇām -tapodhanāṇām Dominic Goodall (2125) noticed that tamo is readable on the estampage, although it had to be corrected to tapo. nirmmitā niṣṭhitā vaktraśiveṇa vaktraśivena

Pour la méditation de tous ceux qui sont riches d'ascétisme, cette grotte nommée Vaktraguhā, aménagée par Vaktraśiva, resplendit par la puissance de cet ascète sur le flanc du mont Bhadreśvara.

Défense d'encombrer la grotte, défense de démolir la cloison : ce serait une faute.

For the meditation of all ascetics, this cave, Vaktraguhā by name, created, to the best of his ability śaktyā, by Vaktraśiva, is resplendent on the side of the Bhadreśvara mountain.

Do not clutter up the cave, do not demolish the partition: it would be a sin.

First edited by George Cœdès with a French translation (512-13); re-edited by Dominic Goodall with an English translation of the Sanskrit stanza (21). This digital edition (2026) was made by Chloé Chollet and Dominic Goodall.

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