Pedestal at Mỹ Sơn

Editors: Salomé Pichon, Arlo Griffiths.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIC00080.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Campa (tfc-campa-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-09-09 14:11 (e60a27c), last modified 2024-04-24 01:50 (19e4040).

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namas suvarṇākṣāya

I. Anuṣṭubh

campāvanibhujārcceyaṁ

kāñcanī tatvavedinā

vikrāntavarmmaṇā bhaktyā

sthāpitā pārameśvarī <symbol>

Apparatus

⟨d⟩ || ⬦ _ LF.

Translation by Goodall and Griffiths 2013

Homage to the Golden-eyed (Śiva)! This golden image of Parameśvara (Śiva) was piously erected by Vikrāntavarman, king of Campā, knower of truth.

Translation into French by Finot 1904

Hommage au [dieu] aux yeux d’or! Le roi de Campā Vikrāntavarman qui connaît la vérité a érigé pieusement cette statue d’or de Parameśvara.

Commentary

Our translation is essentially the same as those proposed by Finot and Majumdar. The name Suvarṇākṣa (or Svarṇākṣa) occurs both as a sanctuary and as an epithet of Śiva in Indian Sanskrit sources. On its use as the name of a Śaiva sanctuary, see for instance the old Skandapurāṇa, on which, Bisschop 2006, p. 221. A myth explaining why Śiva himself came to bear the name, after creating a golden-eyed goddess, is recounted in this text at 9.22-29 (see Adriaensen et al. 1998). One might therefore speculate as to whether the statue whose manufacture this inscription records was one of the goddess (Parameśvarī) rather than of Śiva (Parameśvara) himself. Perhaps the incipit makes this less likely.

Bibliography

Primary

[LF] Finot, Louis. 1904. “Notes d’épigraphie, XI : Les inscriptions de Mi-Sơn.” BEFEO 4, pp. 897–977. DOI: 10.3406/befeo.1904.1405. [URL]. Page 929.

[G+G] Goodall, Dominic and Arlo Griffiths. 2013. “Études du corpus des inscriptions du Campā, V: The short foundation inscriptions of Prakāśadharman-Vikrāntavarman, king of Campā.” IIJ 56, pp. 419–440. DOI: 10.1163/15728536-13560307. Page 424.

Secondary

Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra. 1927. “Book III: The inscriptions of Champa.” In: Ancient Indian colonies in the Far East, Vol. I: Champa. Punjab Oriental (Sanskrit) Series 16. Lahore: Punjab Sanskrit Book Depot, p. separately paginated. [URL]. Book III, page 36, item 18.

[CIC] Griffiths, Arlo, Amandine Lepoutre, William Aelred Southworth and Thành Phần. 2008-2009. “Études du corpus des inscriptions du Campā, III: Épigraphie du Campa 2009-2010: prospection sur le terrain, production d'estampages, supplément à l'inventaire.” BEFEO 95, pp. 435–497. DOI: 10.3406/befeo.2008.6118. [URL]. Page 458.

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