# Foundation of Sarungga’s Hermitage (N. 351), 823 Śaka

Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan and Arlo Griffiths

Authors of digital edition: Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan, Arlo Griffiths

Contributors: Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan, Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENK00351

Repository: Nusantara Epigraphy (tfc-nusantara-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSIDENK00351.xml

Language: Old Javanese [Kawi]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ∥ svasti śaka-varṣātīta(,) 823 jyeṣṭa-māsa ⟨2⟩ pañcami śukla, ha va
so, kālaniki(ṁ) pa⟨3⟩tapān· ri śaruṅga nāma ∥

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śaka N S&G ⬦ śāka G. — ⟨1⟩ jyeṣṭa N S&G ⬦ jyaṣṭa G. — ⟨1⟩ māsa G S&G
⬦ masa N.

⟨2⟩ kālaniki(ṁ) S&G ⬦ kālaniki G N. — ⟨2⟩ pa⟨3⟩tapān· ri śaruṅga N S&G ⬦
paśarūṅga G.

⟨3⟩ nāma G S&G ⬦ nāmā N.

## Translation

Hail! Elapsed Śaka year 823, month of Jyeṣṭha, fifth (tithi), waxing
(fortnight) (25 May 901). ⟨It was⟩ the time of ⟨establishment of⟩ this
hermitage for the one named Śaruṅga.

## Bibliography

First edited by Goenawan Sambodo et al. (2019), then by Nurul Fadilla
Budiana (2021) for her undergraduate thesis. Re-edited here (as
published in Titi Surti Nastiti et al. 2024) by Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan &
Arlo Griffiths directly from the stone and from photographs.

### Primary

[G] Goenawan A. Sambodo, Maria Tri Widayati & Hery S. Purnawali. 2019.
“Peran komunitas dalam penanganan temuan baru prasasti (studi kasus
Komunitas Kandang Kebo).” Berkala Arkeologi 39 (1), pp. 53–72. [URL].
Page 69.

[N] Nurul Fadilla Budiana. 2021. “Kajian paleografis dan isi prasasti
Śarūṅga: Tinjauan awal terhadap keberadaan lingkungan pertapaan masa
Jawa Kuno.” Skripsi, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Yogyakarta. Pages 47–50.

[S&G] Titi Surti Nastiti, Churmatin Nasoichah, Andri Restiyadi, Hedwi
Prihatmoko, Arlo Griffiths, Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan, Adeline Levivier &
Tyassanti Kusumo Dewanti. 2024. Survei prasasti zaman Hindu-Buddha di
Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta dan Provinsi Jawa Tengah, tahun 2023.
Jakarta: KPG (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia); Badan Riset dan Inovasi
Nasional (BRIN), Organisasi Riset Arkeologi, Bahasa dan Sastra; École
française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 148–149.