Niêm Phò stela (C. 252), between 898 and 916 CE EpiDoc Encoding Salomé Pichon intellectual authorship of edition Arlo Griffiths Salomé Pichon DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSCIC00252

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svasti namo 'stu buddhāya viśuddha-buddhaye namo 'stu dharmmāya sukhopakārinṇe namo 'stu saṅghāya pariśramāyine ita triku rttane .

iūya mr̥topamāna-jīvan-mr̥ta-komala Āhvitā namo paṭalismayī guṇaṁ samastān nr̥patiś śrī-jayasiṅhavarmmadevaḥ.

sseva-saptasya hitajña-Ājñā -sarvvādhikārākhya Udagra-buddhiḥ sad-dharmma-siddhānta-tathaikatāno vibhājate 'nūna-naye rayena.

sukr̥ta-kr̥nateraṁ praete sajjanasaṁ astunte nijaṁ madanabhūtarmā campāpure nr̥pa-sadmataḥ i yatarayeya pratiṣṭhitam paramīśvaraṁ kusahitakaraś śrī-ratne tv anādikam uttamam·.

tuṁ ueraugrāme 'smin pradūṣaṇāt pure sva-pitr̥-jananī-bhūmau kīrttaye ca tadānatam·

ripbūtanatalavaṁ yo hr̥payāt pr̥thu-lakṣaṇair upādita-śarīraṁ sad-dharmma-kāraṇam udbhavam· cukīrttim atasa sya vihāro nanu dīpavat· Agasīd bhuvi cātra śrī-ratnalokeśvarāhvayaḥ .

niyuktas tena tad-vam̃śe dīna-hīnānukampayā kānnārtthayaryyārako māvatānāñcaṭūrataḥ. vihāre nā sutasyāsmin mukti-bhaṅgā pradīyate tad-vam̃śe nāriṇā tadā karadādvāttu sarvvataḥ.

vikalpitām imāṁ muktiṁ laṅghayiṣyanti ta puna utmopabhukty-artthaṁ narakādhaḥ patantu te. ye pāsyayanti ve yaraṇe sumatatatra tvā katāmīdr̥śī jñātvā ye 'pi ca yatra tatra likhitāṁ dr̥ṣṭvārābhilāṣañ ca yena mat-putrābhyudayārttham eva satataṁ tat-puṇyam ūrvvyām idaṁ te sarvve pracarantu nirvvr̥tim api svarggan tathā svecchayā

niy· sā ka dauk· valaṁ i Cva ḥ jeṅ· mvauuūū jakāyārana ma bhāvray· viṇā ratna lokeśvara niy· irku tri rājño sev· kusarvva dhiku. yaṅ· nna na ciy· dhamrait· humā di pāī . ṅ· nan· dauk· di nara kyanan· dhamvu ya Oḥ jem̃ taup· Oḥ jem̃ si Urāṅ· kūrun· kaIn· tatra ya dālaṁ vāṅ· cāṅ·rāg· Umvām· phun· Āgama rai tatap· humā niy· yāṅ· pu pov· ku śri dharmma ciy·. loka pandar· pov· sañ·cov· Idair· yadā Adiy· yāṅ· pu pov· ku parameśvaraloka yaṅ· marai tatap· humā niy· kā taṁl· humā niy· pov· sañcov· Idair· pandar· humā jatuhāvā tal· rumaḥ tak· madā humā vihāra humā yāṅ· vukaṁ di laṁvvāṅ· niy· trā hai rāna Avista rauṅ· nan· da pat· humā vukan· tā nan· bharuv· pov· sañcov· Idair· Atat· humā niy· vriy· kan· vihāra niy· niy· poṅ· makrauy· maāc· trā pov· kū gāṁ limān· pu pov· ku dimhalikā ray· madu tal· magrāc· pūra Urāṅ· u ñā mulaṅ· haimanā humā i humā yāṁ vukan· di dalaṁ vvāṅ· niṁ trā Avi

. śrīy· rāja jvanadi pu pov· tana rayā dipaṅ· yaṁṅ· kūñ nagar· nakaṁ hulun· vihāra niy· bhikṣu yaṁṅ· rakada ṅan· vadiy· vihāra niy· Oḥ jeṅ· si Urāṅ· puḥ pandar· di vnauk· rājācāryya siy· yaṅ· mavac· tanatap· yāṅ· pu pov· ku śrī jaya siṅhavarmmadeva Urāṅ· nan· lac· di Avīcī Annan· naraka ṅan· Inā Amātap· gau nupaṅ· nan· yāṅ· pu pov· ku śrī bhadravarmmadeva vuḥ śvaṅdo pirak· vuḥ tray· pira vuḥ śvaṅdaṅ· vaṇa Artthaṇe ke śarana yapra i ni vihāra niy· ma n· śrī jayasimhavarma

namo 'stu buddhāya viśuddha-buddhaye Our restitutions are partly inspired by scriptural parallels such as Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 21.1 namo 'stu buddhāya suviśuddhabodhaye viśuddhadharmā pratibhāmubuddhaye | saddharmapuṇyopagatānubuddhaye bhavāgraśūnyāya viśuddhabuddhaye.

Voici réside à Valaṁ bhāvray, la vina de ce Ratna-Lokeśvara les trois royaumes sev Kusarvva Dhiku. Celui qui prince Dhamrait, la rizière à Pāī .

Ce réside à Nara Khyanan Dhamvu toponyme très hypothétique. Que personne ne vole les hommes du seigneur Kain .

Celui qui ...... dālaṁ : dans ? durée ? vāṅ : période ? cānrāg : umvām : phun : début, origine ? āgama : doctrine (ma)rai : semer ? déployer ? tatap : installer humā : rizière niy : cette YPPK śri dharmma ciy : prince loka : monde pandar : faire ? rendre semblable à ? pov Sañcov Idair : maître Sañcov Idair yadā : quand ? adiy : frère cadet Y.P.P.K. Parameśvaraloka yaṅ : Celui qui marai tatap· : installe humā niy : cette rizière kā : pour / ensuite taṁl : jusqu'à humā niy : cette rizière pov Sañcov Idair : maître Sañcov Idair pandar : faire ? rendre semblable à ? humā jatuhāvā tal· : jusqu'à rumaḥ : la maison, le palais, le temple tak madā : il y a humā vihāra : les rizières du vihāra humā yāṅ vukaṁ : les autre rizières du dieu di [da]laṁ vvāṅ niy : à cette période trā hai rāna Avista rauṅ nan: tous ces rauṅ da... pat : quatre humā vukan ; est installé cette rizière du Y.P.P.K. Śri Dharmma.

The spelling of the inscription is very hazarduous. Cf. line c1 dā(laṁ) vāṅ·, line c11 di laṁ vvāṅ· and line c21 di dalaṁ vvāṅ·. Also cf. line c4 sañ·cov·, line c14 sañcov·.

Unpublished inscription. First edited by Arlo Griffiths and Salomé Pichon based on the EFEO estampages n. 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376 made by Nguyen Van Quang, and on a direct reading on stone led by Salomé Pichon in July 2022.