Batutulis inscription
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The Batutulis inscription is an ancient Sunda Kingdom inscription dated 1533, located at Batutulis village, South Bogor, West Java, in the ancient site of the capital Pakuan Pajajaran, Batutulis means 'inscribed stone', it is this stone which gave name to the village.[1] The complex of Batutulis measures 17 x 15 metres. Several other inscribed stones from the Sunda Kingdom are also located in this location. The inscription was written in the Old Sundanese language using the Kawi script.
The Batutulis inscriptions were created by King Surawisesa in memory of his father, the king Baduga Maharaja (r. 1482 – 1521) [2]
Batutulis inscription has been edited and translated by several scholars, such as Friederich (1853), Karel Frederick Holle (1869), Pleyte (1911), Poerbatjaraka (1921) Noorduyn (1957), and Aditia Gunawan and Arlo Griffiths (2021).[3] The following reading is quoted from Aditia Gunawan and Griffiths' edition:
- Ø Ø vaṁ(ṅ) a‹m›(p)un· I(n)i sakakala, pr(ə)bu ratu pura:na pun·, ḍivas·tu
- ḍyi, viṅaran· prəbu guru ḍe(va)ta p(ra)n· ḍivas·tu ḍyə ḍiṅaran· sri
- baduga maharaja, ratu ha(j)i ḍi pakvan· pajajaran· sri sa‹ṁ› ratu ḍe-
- vata pun· ya nu ñusuk· na pakvan· ḍyə Anak· rahyi‹ṁ› ḍeva nis·-
- kala, sa‹ṁ› siḍa mok(·)ta ḍi gunuṁ tiga, qə‹ñ›cu rahyiṁ (n)is·kala vas·tu
- ka‹ñ›ca:na, saṁ siḍa mok·ta ka nusa laraṁ, ya syi nu (ñ)yin· sakaka-
- la, gugun(uṅ)an·, (ṅa)balay·, ñyin· samiḍa, ñyin· saṁ hyi‹ṁ› talaga [va-]
- R̥ na mahavijaya, ya syi pun·, ØØ I saka, pañca pan·ḍa-
- va ṅ(ə)‹m›ban· bumi Ø Ø