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]
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]
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Text of the inscription as read by de Casparis, as follows:[5]
A. (front side)
- . . . śrī /
- pūrṇṇa .. nira
- ......surimadana
- dhr . . iḥ // O // O //
- _______ amarawijaya yauwāsutajata
- tendrawarma . satatawibhawa pujāpa-
- / dhid. . itatārasadawaca ti
- / ṛṣ a[r.ārsa]-bhakti di mātapitāra sakala
- / prāptiswastha śanta . . tan
B. (back side)
- sugatayawāta /
- nṛpati Bijayawarmma
- namokṣam // O // O //
- srī yauwarāja Bijayendrasekhara
- . . kṛtya . astu paripūrṇṇasobhitā / ku
- na pamuja di pitāmahā darādi
- srī Indrakīlaparwwatapurī // O //
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Abidin, Mas'oed (2005). Ensiklopedi Minangkabau (in Indonesian). Pusat Pengkajian Islam dan Minangkabau. p. 90. ISBN 978-979-3797-23-6.
- ^ a b c d e Kozok, Uli (2015). A 14th Century Malay Code of Laws: The Nitisarasamuccaya. Vol. 16 dari Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 39, 325–326. ISBN 978-981-4459-74-7.
- ^ a b c Chandra, Dodi (25 September 2013). "Prasasti Lubuk Layang, Pasaman" (in Indonesian). Minangkabau Arkeologia. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ a b Bunga rampai pengetahuan adat Minangkabau (in Indonesian). Padang: Yayasan Sako Batuah. 2000. p. 172.
- ^ Kozok, Uli (2016). 14th Century Malay Code of Laws:: The Nitisarasamuccaya. Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. ISBN 981-4620-49-1, 9789814620499.