K. 1455

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⟨1⟩ bhagavāñ chākyamuniḥ

⟨2⟩ dharma-mr̥ga-rāja-nāmnā _ sthavireṇa kr̥tā muner iyaṁ pratimā _ sthaviram mātula-mātula_-bhadanta-jinabhadram uddiśya||

⟨3⟩ duẖkhaṁ duḥkha-samuppādo_ duḥkhassa ca Atikramo_ AIro caṭṭhaṅgiko maggo_ khemopaśama-gāmiko||

Translation by Dominic Goodall

⟨1⟩ Lord Śākyamuni.

2.

This (iyam) image (pratimā) of the Sage (muneḥ) was made (kr̥tā) by the Sthavira called Dharmamr̥garāja, for the sake of [the merit of] (uddiśya) the elder (sthavira) Bhadanta Jinabhadra, who was his maternal uncle’s maternal uncle (mātula-mātula).

3.

Suffering, the arising of suffering, and the transcendence of suffering, and the noble eightfold path, leading to the cessation of suffering that is peace/emancipation (khemopaśama).

Commentary

The second stanza is cited from the Dhammapada (Dhp 191 in the Pali Canon). The same stanza has also been found in the gold foil inscription from Go Xoai (K. 1330), has been found in contemporary inscriptions from Thailand and even in Andhra Pradesh, in India (EIAD 218). See Skilling 1991 & 1999.

Bibliography

Previously unpublished. Edited and studied for the first time by Dominic Goodall & Nicolas Revire (2021).

Primary

[G] Goodall, Dominic and Nicolas Revire. 2021. “East and West — New Inscriptions from Funan, Zhenla and Dvāravatī.” BEFEO 107, pp. 257–301.

Secondary

Skilling, Peter. 1991. “A Buddhist verse inscription from Andhra Pradesh.” IIJ 34 (4), pp. 239–246. DOI: 10.1007/BF00222829. [URL].

Skilling, Peter. 1999. “A Buddhist inscription from Go Xoai, southern Vietnam and notes towards a classification of inscriptions.” In: 80 ปี ศาสตราจารย์ ดร.ประเสริฐ ณ นคร : รวมบทความวิชาการด้านจารึกและเอกสารโบราณ / 80 pī śāstrācāry dr. praḥsert ṇa nagara: ruam pada khvam vijākāra dan charük lae ekasāraporāṇa [80 Years: A collection of articles on epigraphy and ancient documents published on the occasion of the celebration of the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Prasert Na Nagara, Bangkok 21 March 2542]. Bangkok, pp. 171–187.