# Silver plate for the deity at Abhaya

Arlo Griffiths

Author of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths

Contributor: Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENK00368

Repository: Nusantara Epigraphy (tfc-nusantara-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSIDENK00368.xml

Language: Old Javanese [Kawi]

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