Inscription for installation of liṅga by Jāhnavī, Yajñavarāha's sister, at Banteay Srei (K. 574)

Inscription for installation of liṅga by Jāhnavī, Yajñavarāha's sister, at Banteay Srei (K. 574) Creation of the file Dominic Goodall intellectual authorship of edition Dominic Goodall DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSCIK00574

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In one anuṣṭubh verses, this inscription records the installation of a liṅga by Jāhnavī, sister of Yajñāvarāha, in the southern tower of the temple-complex of Banteay Srei.

Two lines engraved on the southern doorjamb of the southern sanctuary-tower of the complex of Banteay Srei.

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tasya yajñavarāhasya jāhnavīti yavīyasī | svasā saṁsthāpayām āsa bhaktyā liṅgam ihaiśvaram ||

Jāhnavī, sœur cadette de Yajñavarāha, a érigé pieusement ici un liṅga d’Īśvara.

Finot1926, pp. 70, 92-93, 107.