Pedestal at Mỹ Sơn

Editors: Salomé Pichon, Arlo Griffiths.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIC00097.

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Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Campa (tfc-campa-epigraphy).

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I. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ sthāpito rājasiṅhena

śrīmadvikrāntavarmmaṇā

vāmeśvarasya kośo yaṁ

stheyād ā bhuvanasthiteḥ <symbol>

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ rāja° • the estampage seems to show rājā, which would be unmetrical and very unlikely for a number of other reasons too. Rather than presuming an error, we assume that the stone has suffered slight damage here, so that the impression of an ā-vocalization after j given by the estampage is misleading. — ⟨1⟩ stheyād ⬦ stheyān LF • The form ending in -n supposed by Finot (and retained unquestioned by Majumdar) could be interpreted (as the comparative form of the adjective sthiraḥ), but would be awkward. Cf. also C. 96, st. XXX. — ⟨1⟩ || ⬦ _ LF.

Translation by Goodall and Griffiths 2013

This sheath (kośa) for (the liṅga of) Vāmeśvara was placed by the illustrious Vikrāntavarman, lion among kings. May it remain as long as will remain the earth!

Translation into French by Finot 1904

Par le lion des rois Vikrāntavarman a été érigé ce kośa de Vāmeśvara, inébranlable aussi longtemps que l’existence du monde.

Commentary

This inscription records the installation of a liṅga-sheath of a Śiva called Vāmeśvara. Finot and Majumdar take this name to be no more than a synonym of Śiva. But in his notes on the inscriptions of Campā, kindly put at our disposal, Alexis Sanderson has observed that it must be the name of the deity of a specific liṅga, surely that listed with Īśāneśvara, Śambhubhadreśvara and Prabhāseśvara in C. 81, face c, ll. 1-3 (see Griffiths et al. 2012, pp. 227–228).

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 930.

[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. Pages 424–427.

Secondary

Parmentier, Henri. 1909. Inventaire descriptif des monuments čams de l’Annam. Tome premier: Description des monuments. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [URL]. Page 419.

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 19.

[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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