Silver plate for the deity at Abhaya

Author of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr).

Contributor: Arlo Griffiths (argr).

Language: Old Javanese (kaw) [Kawi (kawi)].

Repository: Nusantara Epigraphy (tfc-nusantara-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENK00368.

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Version: 2026-08-28 09:21 (65b4a42), last modified 2026-08-26 06:36 (018d9e9).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ◦ bhaṭāra kakīṅ abhaya brat· dhā 11

⟨2⟩ bratniṁ mās ya su 1 mā 15

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ mās ya • Brandes (in Groeneveldt 1887) suggests the emendation māsnya, but this seems both unnecessary and impossible (because -nya cannot be used with reference to a deity).

Translation

The deity at Abhaya: weight 11 dhāraṇas. The weight of the gold, it is 1 suvarṇa, 15 māṣas.

Bibliography

A reading by Kern cited in NBG 1882; read again by Brandes in Groeneveldt 1887. Edited here by Arlo Griffiths from a photograph.

Primary

[K] NBG 1882. Notulen van de Algemeene en Bestuurs-vergaderingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen: Deel XX — 1882. Batavia: Bruining & Co., 1882. Pages 50–51, item d.

[B] Groeneveldt, Willem Pieter. 1887. Catalogus der archaeologische verzameling van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. Batavia: Albrecht & Co. Item 1738, pages 326–327, note 1.

Secondary

NBG 1881. Notulen van de Algemeene en Bestuurs-vergaderingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen: Deel XIX — 1881. Batavia: Bruining & Co., 1882. Page 97, item 23.

Damais, Louis-Charles. 1970. Répertoire onomastique de l’épigraphie javanaise (jusqu’à Pu Siṇḍok Śrī Īśānawikrama Dharmmotuṅgadewa): Étude d’épigraphie indonésienne. Publications de l’École française d’Extrême-Orient 66. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient. Page 44, item 21.

Lunsingh Scheurleer, Pauline. 2005. “The finds from Muteran and Wonoboyo.” In: Indonesia: the discovery of the past. Edited by Endang Sri Hardiati & Pieter ter Keurs. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, pp. 52–67. Pages 56, 61.

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