Sīmā stone from Ban Naxone (K. 1616), 758 Śaka
Version: (ea2f4df), last modified (64a9c36).
Edition
⟨1⟩ ✤ śrīmā(ñ ch)rī-dharmmasi(ṁh)aḥ prathi(ta)ta(ra)-yaśo dig-vidiś-cāpa-(ś)o(bhaḥ)
⟨2⟩ dharmmajñaḥ (Ā)dya-dāntaḥ (ri)pu-gaṇa-vijayaḥ śaktimān tyāga-śūraḥ |
⟨3⟩ trailokya(ṁl lo)kanārthaḥ (A)para-hi(ta-rata) sthāpitan tena śailaṁ
⟨4⟩ mūrttiḥ-bāṇā(śva)-śā(ke) [⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑––⏑–] śukla-pakṣe
Translation into French
L’illustre Śrī Dharmasiṁha est d’une renommée fort répandue, doté de la beauté de l’arc en ciel dans toutes les directions cardinales et intermédiaires; conscient du dharma; d’une retenue hors paire; conquérant des ennemis en masse; puissant; champion de générosité. Soucieux du bien des autres, pour surveiller (lokana = avalokana?) les Trois Mondes, il a érigé la pierre, dans la quinzaine claire ... [de l’année] śaka [exprimée comme] (8) formes, (5) flèches, (7) chevaux (donc en 758 śaka).
Bibliography
First documented by Michel Lorrillard in 2024. This digital edition by Dominic Goodall and Arlo Griffiths from photographs of the stela and of an estampage.
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<p>We find a small number of irregularities of sandhi: <foreign>-jñaḥ Ādya-</foreign> and <foreign>mūrttiḥ-bā-</foreign>. Straddling the caesura, we see that sandhi is alternatively applied (a <foreign>-yaśo / dig-</foreign>), or not applied (b <foreign>-dāntaḥ / ripu-</foreign>, c <foreign>-nārthaḥ / Apara-</foreign>).</p>
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Commentary
We find a small number of irregularities of sandhi: -jñaḥ Ādya- and mūrttiḥ-bā-. Straddling the caesura, we see that sandhi is alternatively applied (a -yaśo / dig-), or not applied (b -dāntaḥ / ripu-, c -nārthaḥ / Apara-).