Stela in the gopura II of Prasat Banteay Srei (K. 869), 890 Śaka

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⟨Item A: Face

⟨A1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ namaś śavdaguṇāyāstu ⟨Column b⟩ vyatītendriyavartmane

⟨A2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ viśvato vyaśnuvānāya ⟨Column b⟩ vyomarūpāya śambhave

⟨A3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Unmanā yā satī kāntā ⟨Column b⟩ nitāntaśivasaṅgatā

⟨A4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ jagaddhitāya śāśaktu ⟨Column b⟩ sā śaktir acalātmajā

⟨A5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīkamvujendrasantāna ⟨Column b⟩ -santānakamahīruhaḥ

⟨A6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sutaś śrījayavarmmeti ⟨Column b⟩ yaś śrīrājendravarmmaṇaḥ

⟨A7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kāladoṣāmvudhau magnā ⟨Column b⟩ durgge gambhīrabhīṣaṇe

⟨A8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prāpya pāram ivottuṅgaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ yaṁ samāśvasiṣuḥ prajāḥ

⟨A9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ praṇayāvanate (kṛtsne) ⟨Column b⟩ campādhīśādirājake

⟨A10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kevalaṁ guṇavatprītyā ⟨Column b⟩ nojjhāñ cāpañ cakāra yaḥ

⟨A11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ smarayat smarasaundaryyaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ saundaryyaṁ yasya nirmmalam·

⟨A12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ nūtanām akaron nūna⟨Column b⟩m anūnām aratiṃ rateḥ ḥ

⟨A13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dakṣiṇāpathavinyasta ⟨Column b⟩ -sāras siddhiprado rthinām·

⟨A14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yuktaṁ yo yuktinipu¡n!ai⟨Column b⟩ś śrīparvvata Itīritaḥ

⟨A15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dūre yeṣāṁ manāṁsīmā⟨Column b⟩m aspṛkṣan kṣmāṁ mahībhr̥tām·

⟨A16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Ā darśanapathāt teṣāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ yaṁ saṁprāpya śirāṁsi tu

⟨A17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prāyaśo durvvidagdhānāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ pārthivānāṁ layan dadhat·

⟨A18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Adbhis tulyam ajany ugraṁ ⟨Column b⟩ tejo yasyāpi dussaham·

⟨A19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ jāgrataḥ prativarṣāntaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ śaureś śrīr anurāgiṇī

⟨A20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yasya nityapravuddhasya ⟨Column b⟩ kathābhir mmā sma katthyata

⟨A21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vr̥ddho pi pādahīno pi ⟨Column b⟩ rājadharmmaḥ kalau yuge

⟨A22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yaddaṇ¡d!anītim ālamvya ⟨Column b⟩ pravr̥tto skhalitaṁ pathi

⟨A23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tasya rājādhirājasya ⟨Column b⟩ surarājasamadyuteḥ ḥ

⟨A24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yaś śaivadīkṣāvidhinā ⟨Column b⟩ śāstānugrāhako guruḥ

⟨A25⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīyaśovarmmaputrasya ⟨Column b⟩ pautrasya śrīndravarmmaṇaḥ

⟨A26⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīharṣavarmmaṇo rājño ⟨Column b⟩ dauhitro yo graṇīs satām·

⟨A27⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dhiyā gotreṇa tulyasya ⟨Column b⟩ puruhūtapurodhasā

⟨A28⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dāmodarākhyaviprasya ⟨Column b⟩ vahvr̥casyātmajaś ca yaḥ

⟨A29⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prakāśarūpās saṁprāpya ⟨Column b⟩ suprasannan nisarggataḥ

⟨A30⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Arkatviṣa Ivādarśaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ yaṁ vidyā vyadyutan bhr̥śam·

⟨A31⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhaktyāṣṭapuṣpikāṁ śaivīṁ ⟨Column b⟩ havīṁṣi ca havirbhuji

⟨A32⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yogañ ca pratyahaṁ yogya⟨Column b⟩s svapoṣam iva yo puṣat·

⟨A33⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ hiraṇyāni ca vāsāṁsi ⟨Column b⟩ kuṇ¡d!odhnīr ggāś ca parvvasu

⟨A34⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yaḥ pratigrāhayām āsa ⟨Column b⟩ māsi māsi dvijanmanaḥ

⟨A35⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sadā yaś cā(ntikasa)[] ⟨Column b⟩ rājñā śrījayavarmmaṇā

⟨A36⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ māyūraccha(trasauvarṇ)¡n!a ⟨Column b⟩ -dolādyais satkr̥taḥ kr̥tī

⟨Item B: Face

⟨B1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (ye vr̥ṁhayanty alpadhiyāṁ) ⟨Column b⟩ kula[vidyādayo madam·]

⟨B2⟩ ⟨Column c⟩ [vyanīnaśat tair yugapat·] ⟨Column d⟩ [pareṣām ātmanaś ca yaḥ ]

⟨B3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [pātañjalīye kā¡n!āde] ⟨Column b⟩ [kṣapādakapilāgame]

⟨B4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [bauddhe vaidye tha gāndharvve] ⟨Column b⟩ [jyautiṣe nayate sma yaḥ ]

⟨B5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Ākhyāyikākr̥tir abhūt·] ⟨Column b⟩ [svadeśe yadupakramam·]

⟨B6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [nānābhāṣālipijñaś ca] ⟨Column b⟩ [prayoktā nāṭakasya yaḥ]

⟨B7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [śivaliṅgāny anekāni] ⟨Column b⟩ [sārccāny āśayam ambhasām·]

⟨B8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [sthāpayām āśramāṁś cāsa] ⟨Column b⟩ [yaś ca liṅgapurādiṣu]

⟨B9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [tasya yajñavarāhasya] ⟨Column b⟩ [vidyānāṁ pāradr̥śvanaḥ]

⟨B10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [khyāto viṣṇukumārākhya]⟨Column b⟩[s] [sodaryyo yo jaghanyajaḥ]

⟨B11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yasyā(mr̥)[tamayīṁ vidyā] ⟨Column b⟩ -(jyo)[tsnāṁ vaktrakumudvatī]

⟨B12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (nirggatāṁ guruvaktre)ndoḥ ⟨Column b⟩ [pāyaṁ pāyam a](jr̥mbhata)

⟨B13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kr̥tsnāni (śavdavidyādi) ⟨Column b⟩ -(śā)[strāṇi] (sa)kalāḥ ka(lāḥ)

⟨B14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śaivañ ca gaura(vaṁ) yogaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ bhrā(tu)r jyeṣṭhā(d avāpa yaḥ)

⟨B15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vidyā(sa)ntatyavicchittyai ⟨Column b⟩ (kr̥tsnāṁ vr̥)[ttiñ ca kā](śikām·)

⟨B16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (ra)meśvarapūrvvāñ ca ⟨Column b⟩ yo (li)khac chiva(saṃ)hitām·

⟨B17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ mahāguṇair anekair yyo ⟨Column b⟩ guruṇā prāg vibhūṣita[]

⟨B18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ hemadolādivibhavai⟨Column b⟩r bhūyaḥ kamvujabhūbhṛtā

⟨B19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tābhyām ācāryyavaryyābhyāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ vyāptāśābhyāṁ yaśoṅśubhiḥ

⟨B20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhrātr̥bhyāṁ sthāpitaṁ liṅga⟨Column b⟩m idaṁ śaivaṁ yathāvidhi

Commentary

The 18 ślokas on face A correspond to the stanzas I-XVIII of the foundation stela of Banteay Srei K. 842. The 10 ślokas on face B correspond to the stanzas XIX-XXI and XXVI-XXXII of K. 842.

Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1937, pp. 156–157).

Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I. Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi: École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 156–157.