Wurare inscription


The Wurare inscription is an inscription commemorating the coronation of the statue Mahaksobhya in a place called Wurare. The inscription is written in Sanskrit, dated November 21, 1289 CE. The statue is a tribute and a symbol for Kertanegara, king of Singhasari kingdom, which was considered by his descendants to have achieved the degree of Jina. The inscriptions are written circulary on the pedestal base of the Buddha statue.
The inscription consists of 19 verses, which among others tells a story of a powerful priest named Arrya Bharad, who divided Java into two kingdoms named Janggala and Pangjalu, using magic water from his water pot. The act was done to avoid a civil war between two princes who wanted to fight for power.
The statue was originally found in Kandang Gajak area. Kandang Gajak is in the vicinity of Trowulan, Mojokerto Regency, East Java, Indonesia. In 1817, the statue was moved to Surabaya by a Dutch East Indies officer, Resident Baron AM Th. de Salis, and it is currently placed in the Apsari Park, near downtown Surabaya, East Java.

Inscription text

Transliteration and conjectural translation of this inscription text according to Kern, as follows:

Transliteration

  1. adāu namāmi sarbājñaṃ, jñānakayan tathāgataṃ, sarwwaskandhātiguhyasthani, sad-satpakṣawarjjitaṃ.
  2. anw atas sarwwasiddhim wā, wande'hang gaurawāt sadā, çākakālam idaṃ wakṣye, rajakïrttiprakaçanaṃ.
  3. yo purā paṇḍitaç çreṣṭha, āryyo bharāḍ abhijñātah, jñānasiddhim samagāmyā, bhijñālabho munïçwarah.
  4. mahāyogïçwaro dhïrah, satweṣu kāruṇātmakah, siddhācāryyo māhawïro rāgādikleçawarjjitah.
  5. ratnākarapramāṇān tu, dwaidhïkṛtya yawāwanlm, kṣitibhedanam sāmarthya, kumbhawajrodakena wai.
  6. nrpayoṛ yuddhākaiikṣinoh, estāsmaj janggalety eṣā, pamjaluwiṣayā smṛtā
  7. kin tu yasmāt raraksemām, jaya-çrï-wiṣnuwarddhanah, çrï-jayawarddhanïbhāryyo, jagannāthottamaprabhuh
  8. ājanmapariçuddhānggah, krpāluh dharmmatatparah, pārthiwanandanang krtwā, çuddhakïrttiparākramāt
  9. ekïkrtya punar bhümïm, prïtyārthan jagatām sadā, dharmmasamrakṣanārtham wā pitrādhiṣthāpanāya ca
  10. yathaiwa kṣitirājendrag, çrï-hariwarddhanātmajah, çrï-jayawarddhanïputrah, caturdwïpegwaro munih
  11. ageṣatatwasampürnno, dharmmāgastrawidam warah, jïrnnodhārakriyodyukto, dharmmagasanadecakah
  12. çrï-jnānaçiwabajrākya, ç çittaratnawibhüsanah, prajñāragmiwiçuddhānggas, sambodhijñānapāragah
  13. subhaktyā tam pratiṣthāpya, swayaṃ purwwam pratiṣthitam, çmāçane urarenāmni, mahākṣobhyānurüpatah
  14. bhawacakre çakendrābde, māse cāsujisaṃjñāke, pañcaṃyām çuklapakse ca, ware, a-ka-bu-saṃjñāke
  15. sintanāmni ca parwwe ca, karane wiṣtisaṃskrte, anurādhe'pi naksatre, mitre ahendramandale
  16. saubhāgyayogasaṃbandhe, somye caiwa muhürttake, kyāte kuweraparwwege tulārāçyabhisaṃyute
  17. hitāya sarbasatwānām, prāg ewa nrpates sadā, saputrapotradārasva kṣityekibhāwakāranāt
  18. athāsya dāsabhüto'ham, nādajño nama kïrttinah, widyāhïno'pi saṃmuḍho, dharmmakriyāṣw atatparah
  19. dhārmmadhyakṣatwam āsādya, krpayaiwāsj'a tatwatah, sakākalam sambaddhatya, tadrājānujnayā puñah

Translation

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