Lubuk Layang inscription

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Lubuk Layang inscription, also known as Kubu Sutan inscription, is an inscription found in 1970 in Kubu Sutan, Lubuk Layang, Rao Selatan district, Pasaman Regency, of West Sumatra, Indonesia. [1] [2]

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The inscription is carved into a sloping sandstone, partially submerged in the ground. [3] It is 85 cm tall on the non-submerged side, and 43 cm on the immersed side, with 42 cm wide and 18 cm thick. [3] The writing is on both front and back sides, [1] [4] the front contains 9 lines and the back contains 7 or 8 lines, [4] and written in a mixed language of Old Malay and Old Javanese. [2] Much of the writing is difficult to read because it is already worn out. [3] The inscription is not dated, but paleographically it is viewed to be from the reign of King Adityawarman (14th century CE). [2]

The content of this inscription mentions a vice king/crown prince (Sanskrit: yuwaraja ) named Bijayendrawarman, who made a temple ( stupa ) in a place called Parwatapuri. [2] This suggests the possibility of a government system similar to that of Majapahit at that time, in which younger children of a king were sent to the borders to become local rulers. [2]

Text

Text of the inscription as read by de Casparis, as follows: [5]

A. (front side)

  1. . . . śrī /
  2. pūrṇṇa .. nira
  3. ......surimadana
  4. dhr . . iḥ // O // O //
  5. _______ amarawijaya yauwāsutajata
  6. tendrawarma . satatawibhawa pujāpa-
  7. / dhid. . itatārasadawaca ti
  8. / ṛṣ a[r.ārsa]-bhakti di mātapitāra sakala
  9. / prāptiswastha śanta . . tan

B. (back side)

  1. sugatayawāta /
  2. nṛpati Bijayawarmma
  3. namokṣam // O // O //
  4. srī yauwarāja Bijayendrasekhara
  5. . . kṛtya . astu paripūrṇṇasobhitā / ku
  6. na pamuja di pitāmahā darādi
  7. srī Indrakīlaparwwatapurī // O //

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