N. 105. River stone from Sebokingking at Palembang (ca. 8th c. CE)

Author of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr).

Palaeographic description: The script is perhaps a bit less archaic than the Late Southeast Asian Brāhmī (“Pallava”) found in Sriwijayan royal inscriptions, and rather resembles early Kawi.

Language: Old Malay (omy) [Kawi (kawi)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENK00106.

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Version: 2026-06-21 04:41 (aa3a613), last modified 2026-06-19 08:51 (e827fa0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ jaya siddhayātra sarvvasatva

Translation

May all creatures be victorious and succeed in their journey!

Bibliography

Text published in JBG 3 (1936) and again in de Casparis 1956. Archaeological and ritual context discussed by Krom (1938) and by Soeroso (1996). Encoded with use of a photograph made available by Pierre-Yves Manguin.

Primary

JBG 3 (1936). Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen: Jaarboek III — 1936. Bandoeng: Nix & Co., 1936. Page 198.

de Casparis, Johannes Gijsbertus. 1956. Selected inscriptions from the 7th to the 9th century A.D. Prasasti Indonesia 2. Bandung: Masa Baru. Pages 1–2.

Secondary

Schnitger, F. M. 1935. Oudheidkundige vondsten in Palembang, bijlage A: Verslag over de gevonden inscriptie’s door Dr. W. F. Stutterheim. Palembang: Ebeling.

OV 1931–1935. Oudheidkundige Dienst in Nederlandsch-Indië: Uittreksel uit de Oudheidkundige Verslagen over 1931-1935. Batavia: Kon. Drukkerij de Unie, 1938. [URL]. Page 15.

Krom, Nicolaas Johannes. 1938. “De heiligdommen van Palembang.” MKAW 1 (7), pp. 397–423. Pages 8–11.

Soeroso, M.P. 1996. “Jaya Siddhayatra Sarwwasattwa.” Siddhayatra Edisi Perdana, pp. 5–18. Pages 8–11.

Bambang Budi Utomo. 2007. Prasasti-prasasti Sumatra. Jakarta: Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Arkeologi Nasional, Badan Pengembangan Sumberdaya Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata. Page 15, item SBS no. 10.

Bambang Budi Utomo and Nik Hassan Shuhaimi. 2009. Inskripsi berbahasa Mālayu Kuno di Asia Tenggara. Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Page 33, item 10.

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