Grahi inscription
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| Grahi inscription | |
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.jpg){kind=small} The five-line inscription | |
.jpg) The inscription in situ, at the pedestal of the 12th-century Buddha statue, Bangkok National Museum | |
| Type | Inscription |
| Writing | Old Khmer |
| Created | 1183 |
| Discovered | 1904 in Wat Wiang, Chaiya |
| Present location | Bangkok National Museum |
Grahi inscription (Thai: จารึกครหิ; RTGS: kharahi), or officially Than Phra Phuttharup Wat Hua Wiang Inscription[1] (Thai: จารึกบนฐานพระพุทธรูปวัดหัวเวียง; lit. 'the inscription on the base of a Buddha statue in Wat Hua Wiang') is an inscription found in Chaiya, southern Thailand, written in Old Khmer language with Old Sumatran script, and dated to 1183 CE.[2][3] The five-line[1] inscription is written on the pedestal of a bronze Buddha statue that was discovered in 1904 at Wat Wiang temple in Chaiya[1] and was stored at Wat Hua Wiang temple.[3] The Buddha statue is currently a collection of Bangkok National Museum.[1] The name Grahi, called Kia-lo-hi in the Chinese Zhu Fan Zhi record, is considered to be the old name of Chaiya.[4] The city was part of Tambralinga, once a border polity between Srivijaya and Khmer kingdoms in the Malay Peninsula.[2][4]
Older names of the inscription as registered in Thai official records include[1] S.D.9 and 25th inscription; at the base of Wat Hua Wiang's Buddha statue.
The transliteration of the inscription according to Cœdès is as follows:[3][5]
- 11006 (sic)[3] çaka thoḥ nakṣatra ta tapaḥ sakti kamrateṅ añ Mahārāja çrīmat Trailokyarājamaulibhūṣanabarmmadeba pi ket
- jyeṣṭha noḥ buddhabāra Mahāsenāpati Galānai ta cāṃ sruk Grahi ārādhanā ta mrateṅ çrī Ñāno thve pra
- timā neḥ daṃṅon mān saṃrit bhāra mvay tul bir ta jā byāy mās tap tanliṅ ti ṣthāpanā jā prati
- mā mahājana phoṅ ta mān sarddhā ‘anumodanā pūjā ṇamaskāra nu neḥ leṅ sa -- pān sarvvajñatā
- — ha ta jā --