N. 106. 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.

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSIDENK00106.xml.

Version: 2026-08-28 09:21 (65b4a42), last modified 2026-08-26 06:36 (018d9e9).

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 & 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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