No. 77 – ANGKOR THOM INSCRIPTION OF YASHOVARMAN

It is engraved on a slab of stone found in a temple in the south-western quarter of Angkor Thom, a little to the south of the grand avenue which goes from the western gate to the Bayon temple.

The inscription was partly written in Sanskrit and partly in Khmer. But much of it is now lost or illegible. The Sanskrit portion, now extant, contains five recording the installation of an image of Vishnu and some endowments to the temple by the maternal uncle of king Yashovaran who was probably named Samaravikrama. One verse is missing in the beginning.

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विक्रमान्तं दधन्नाम समरादिश्रियोज्ज्वलम्।
मातुलो यस्य भव्यश्श्रीयशोवर्ममहीपतेः॥१॥

तेनेयं प्रतिमा विष्णोः प्रभविष्णोर्महर्द्धिना।
… ..ता स्थापिता शान्तयशश्शुद्धेन्दुमूर्तिना॥२॥

…….जगतां नाथं तं ग्रावमहाह्रदस्थिते विष्णौ।
…………………..तण्डुलमर्धाढकं तस्मै॥३॥

………………..विष्णोर्वितीर्णन्तेन य…..।
………………….यथा तन्नो विनाशितम्॥४॥

………….न्तश्चिरविभवविभुत्वं भूतलेिप्समाना।
…………..तेषु रिपुधन्वना …म् मा कुरुध्वं चिरेण॥५॥

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