Châu Sa stela (C. 61), 825 Śaka EpiDoc Encoding Salomé Pichon intellectual authorship of edition Arlo Griffiths Salomé Pichon DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSCIC00061

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The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

Some vowels marker -ā, also used in -au have an unusual form that descends below the akṣara line.

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First encoding and edition of the cam inscription

Oṁ namaś śivāya X yata str(ī) XX(ṇda) C(u)mā(h)uC(ca) XXXXX Cya XXCyaX yaḥ . v(ara)pranāṁ yasmātaṁ (mata)tmaX śivāya tasmau (praname XXndra)bhiḥ . X (nr̥)patiś śrī jaya-(I)ndravarmmade(ve ja)CCiX (guṇa-prabhavaḥ) Xnya yena saXXtaXX XX (punyā)XXXX śrī candradeveśvare XX striyā XXXXṅsaṁ jñā yāX XkhilaX· . sarvve X yasyaXtre X XXṇye smitya pradīya te muktirX-(pa)tiXXkaṁ XXXt(t)u sarvva(t)aḥ . śrī XXXXXXś-śrī-jayavarmmendravarmmadevākhyaḥ . XXhi pr̥Cu śrī-daXXXX ryyaṇa XXXX . tadāpi yasya puṇeX X candradeveśvarāhvaye vara-kīrttyāhvayaXXXkṣe . kṣetrāṇyatiXX X Api ca . kṣoṇi-patiś śrī-jayasiṁhavarmmadevas samā(ptāj)yadigo XX Xbhiḥ rāja(ṁ) śrīyaṁ rāja-gu(ṇona)yena XXX śrī nicayā(m·) rakṣīt(·) XXkāsi nr̥pā jñā su-pratipatti-prayatna-sevā(k)aḥ dhīrā(ś)radh(ī)racauXX XXmāsyati gacchati sma punaḥ .

pañcadvikāyopagate śakābde dhānena bhuvi svakīrttyai . yena pratiṣṭhāpita Īśvaro yaṁ śrī śankareśāhva sa eva bhūyaḥ . śrī jayasiṁhavarmmā śrī śaṅkareśe narādhipaḥ triñ ca śaṅkhañ cā dād raupyaṁ kalaśan tathā. yasyānujā śrī jayavarmmā vanīśa-bhāryyā pariśuddhabhāvā . sādhvī danāy gopureśvar ṣṭyeva bhātīha surendradevī .

humā k· tluv· u Alauk· 1 k· . humā kayauṅ· tlu hu mā travaṅun· vutyen· hu mā puāṅ· vreḥ 9 Alauk· dvā jāk· pināṅ· 4 Alauk· 1. humā . humā nr̥ dvā jāk· . humā ddhī gra ṅādalaṁ dalapan· jāk· . humā . humā krauc· jāk· . humā kravāv· sā jāk· . humā iṇda· dvā jāk . hu kauṅ· nan· sā jāk· . humā humā dluṁ pluḥ limā jāk· ṅan· hudhvaja 9 jāk· . humā luvaur· dvā jā humā vaṁk· 9 jāk· . humā cumvrai limā jāk· humā krauv· dvā· jāk· . humā pulāv· dvā jāk· ṅan· canaṅ· likū saḥ Andap· 5 jāk· . humā yavvāṅ· tluv· jāk· . ṅ· dvā jāk· . pagāra . randav· . humā ya . humā kanīsov· sā jāk· . humā ṅ· Urāṅ· Aciṅ· sā jāk· . humā dvā jāk· . humā tuṅ· dvā jāk· . hu yāṁ dvā jāk· . humā tumu

humā ṅ· pov· ku śrī eva hu dvā pluḥ jāk· hu cal· limā jāk· . humā tandyāl· ṅ· pāk· Alauk· sa pluḥ jāk· vvat· liṅiv·k· Alauk· dvā pluḥ humā jalān· rayā tluv· Alauk· sā plu di ndev· rumaṅ· Aluṅ· punārāk· taṁl· nr̥ṇeṅ· ṅan· danr̥ṇeṅ· tra .humā · dalapan· Alauk· dvā pluḥ jāk· . hu yāṅ· 6. ṅan· danauv· yāṅ· tra rumaṅ· tuṁ tvaṁ uṅ· taṁl· tupen· li . humā vunauk· tluv· Alauk· sa plu jāk· humā sauṅ· 1. humā kasi Alauk· dalapan· jāk· . humā lin· tluv· Alauk· sā pluḥ jāk· . humā raṅaul· humā bhavauṅ· naṁ Alauk· 9 k· . hu nrīñ· dandāṅ· tluv· pluḥ Alauk· humā ye 9 k· . hu humā daṇduṅ· dalapan· Alauk· humā crumvāṁ 6 k· ṅan· dandauv· dandauv· tlu 9 Alauk· 6 k· tijuḥ jāk· . humā driy·

śankareśāhva śankareśāhva The syllable śā transcribed by Huber cannot be read on the stela nor the estampages. varmmā varmmā gopureśvar gopureśvar The last syllable śvar transcribed by Huber cannot be read on the stela nor the estampages. nan· sā This reading is highly hypothetical.

Previously mentionned by Édouard Huber, with edition of l. 7, l. 13 and l. 16-21 of face A. Edited by Arlo Griffiths and Salomé Pichon from the EFEO estampages n. 149 and from photogrammetric documentation in 2024.

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