# Makara of Candi Kedaton at Muara Jambi (N. 186), 10/11th c. CE

Arlo Griffiths

Author of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENK00186

Repository: Nusantara Epigraphy (tfc-nusantara-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSIDENK00186.xml

Language: Old Javanese [Kawi]

Commit: 2026-11-09 08:51 (6580fa0), last modified 2026-09-09 14:27
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## Palaeographic description

Monumental quadratic characters carved in relief.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⫽ pamurṣitanira mpu ku⟨2⟩suma ╫⦿ ╫ ↝

## Translation

The gift of master Kusuma.

## Commentary

Possibly to be read together with the word soja on the opposite makara.
In that case, the inscriptions on the two makaras may form one sentence,
meaning “Makaras, the gifts of master Kusuma”.

## Bibliography

First edited in Griffiths 2012. This digital edition reproduces the
same.

### Primary

[G] Griffiths, Arlo. 2012. “Inscriptions of Sumatra, II: Short epigraphs
in Old Javanese.” Wacana 14 (2), pp. 197–214. DOI:
10.17510/wjhi.v14i2.61. [URL]. Pages 201–209.