Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03212 Laṅkātilaka Rock Inscription of Bhuvanaikabāhu IV

This inscription is one of three lengthy epigraphs engraved on the rock to the south of the Buddhist shrine of Laṅkātilaka in the village of Rabbēgomuwa in Uḍunuvara, Kandy District. Two extensive areas on the surface of the rock are covered with deeply and carefully engraved writing. The upper stretch contains two Sinhalese inscriptions arranged one above the other: the first of these records is dealt with here and features thirty-three lines, dated in the reign of Bhuvanikabāhu IV of Gaṁpaḷa; the second consists of seven lines from the reign of Bhuvanikabāhu IV’s successor, Vikramabāhu III (IN03213). Meanwhile, an inscription of forty-six lines in Tamil (IN03214) is engraved on the lower stretch of the rock. Another version of the present inscription is engraved on a set of copper plates preserved inside the Laṅkātilaka temple (IN03216).

The present inscription is dated in Śaka 1266, being the third year of Bhuvanaikabāhu IV. This date is equivalent to 1343–1344 A.D. The contents of the inscription consist of a fairly detailed account of the founding of the Laṅkātilaka shrine, mainly due to the efforts of Senālaṅkādhikāra. This is followed by a list of lands and other donations made to the shrine by the king, Senālaṅkādhikāra and other notables of the period. It ends with imprecations against those who would hinder the continuance of the grant, and exhortations made by the minister to kings and minsters of the present and the future for the maintenance of the shrine. The exhortations are embodied in two Sanskrit stanzas with an expanded paraphrase in Sinhalese. The same stanzas also feature in the Tamil inscription on the same rock (IN03214) and the second is included in the rock inscription at Alavaḷa-amuṇa (IN03217), which registers further grants to the Laṅkātilaka shrine. This would seem to suggest that these stanzas were not specially composed for the present inscription but were instead standard forms for expressing such sentiments in this period.

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[line 1] Śrī-Śaka-varṣayen ek-dahas-de-siya-sa-säṭa avurutdak piruṇu sanda me-kala raja pämiṇi Trī-Siṁhaḷādhīśvara Bhuvanaikabāhu nam-vū maṭa tun-vana Vesaga pura-pasaḷos-vaka

[line 2] de-vāsaye maha-saṁghayā-vahanse ek va Siṅguruvāṇe Panhal-gala-mundunehi kärävū nāyaka-piḷima-aṭa-vissak hā piḷima-sahasakin sampūrṇṇa-vū sataraveni-mālā-t nāyaka-piḷi-

[line 3] -ma-sāmīn hā piḷima-pasakin＝ut sampūrṇṇa [koṭa] karavū tun-veni-māIa-t aṭa-visi-Bodhiyen＝ut sūvisi-vivaraṇayen＝ut piḷima-[saya]kin＝ut sampūrṇṇa va mundalivarun häma-dena-t

[line 4] senāva-t ek va karavū deveni-māla-t Śrī-mahā-bodhi-sāmīnṭa piṭa Iā vajrāsanaye väḍä hun dhātu-de-siya-pan-säṭa-denaku-vahansegen dhātu-rūpayak pihiṭuvā kaḷa nāyaka-piḷima-

[line 5] sāmīn＝ut sitiyam-piḷima tri-sahasrayak-denā-vahansē-t Maitrī-Bodhisatvayan-vahanse-t Lokeśvara-Nāthayan-vahansē-t Suyā-ma-Santuṣita-Śakra-Brahma-Viṣṇu-Mahe-

[line 6] -śvara-ādi-vū divvya-rūpa-t me-ki-äma-denāge divya-strī-rūpa-t Laṁkāvaṭa arak gat Kihireḷi-Upulvan-devi-rajjuruvan-vahanse-t Sumana- Vibhīṣaṇa-Gaṇapati-Kanda-ku-

[line 7] -mārādi-devi-rajjuruvan-vahanse-t bisovarun-vahanse-t me-kī-Budun-deviyangen sampūrṇṇa-vū Senā-Laṁkā-adhikāra-nam-vū mekun taman kärävū pāta-

[line 8] māla-t piḷima-geyi välikonde paṭan kot-kärälla dakvā Sthapati-rāyarun ätuḷu-vū boho-ācāri-varunṭa dun vīn ratran-ridī-piḷi-ätuḷu-vū-deyin masu-ran-

[line 9] agayen tun-keḷa-säṭa-Iakṣayak [vitä]ravā api-t mundaIi-varu-t senāva-t ek va [käravū] mē Śrī-Laṁkātilaka ya yi nam Iā käravū maha-piḷima-gen＝ut Senā-Laṁka-adhikārayo

[line 10] taman-ge putra-vanitādīn lavā käravū aṭa-visi-riyan-maṇḍapayehi pihuṭuvū ghana-Ioha-pratimāva-t apis-maIu-varun-vahanse ätu-ḷu-vū (u)de-vāsaye maha-saṁghaya-vahansē

[line 11] säpa-paribhogayen sätapena-Iesaṭa käravū saṁghārāma-deka-t puṣpārāma-phaIārāmayen yukta-vū śrī-mahā-vihāraya matu pavat-vana lesa pratiṣṭhāvak äta mänavä yi Senā-Laṁkā-adhikārayo

[line 12] apaṭa kī-heyin me-se mä Si[ṅgu]ruvāṇa-nuvara bada Kirivav[u]-len biju-vaṭa-yāḷak＝ut api-t mundali-varun＝ut senāva-t ek vä amutu va äḷa avuṇu bandavā tara karavā lū A-

[line 13] -lut-Badalagoḍin kumburu-biju-[sa]-yāḷak＝ut Paraṇa-Badalagoḍin biju-pass-yāḷak＝ut ätuḷu vä kumburu-biju-doḷos-yāḷak＝ut mehi bada gasa-koḷa val-piṭa ätu-

[line 14] -ḷu-vū tän＝ut Senā-Laṁkā-adhikārayo taman-gē pamuṇu-pra-veṇiyen pidū Sitdavulla Gonvāṇikayen biju-vaṭa-yāḷak＝ut Vasa-Laṁkā-[va]ri-adhikārayangen pidū Para-

[line 15] -ṇa-Badalagoḍa Yakāllen biju-vaṭa-yāḷak＝ut Satruvan-patirāja-yangen pidū Kasambiliyāgoḍin biju-vaṭa-yāḷak＝ut Divāṇangen Nāramgoḍin biju-vaṭa-

[line 16] yāḷak＝ut Jayasiṁha-patirājayangen pidū Deltoṭa Sīlpän-kandure darāṇḍa paṭan Saputalaye ima dakva kumburu-biju-vaṭa-dolos＝amuṇak＝ut Santāṇen maḍel-viṭiye-

[line 17] -la ekak＝ut Siṅguruvāṇa-de-nuvara kuḍā-mahat-äma-denā ek vä avuṇu bandä kaṇu-mul udurā tanā dunnen pidū Goḍavelin biju-vaṭa-yalak＝ut ätuḷu va kumburu-biju-va-

[line 18] -ṭa-dasa-sat-yāḷa-doḷos＝amuṇak ätuḷu vä meya tuvāk tena paraṇa-ima vū paritden gam-mundala gasa-koḷa val-piṭa ätuḷu-vū täna-t Senā-Laṁkā-adhikārayo

[line 19] tamangen pidū ratran ridī lokaḍa tambakaḍa ätuḷu-vū garu-bhāṇḍa-t me-se mä taman-gē magul-vahalin ran-vahalin gǟnun-pirimin-gen vahal-rū-desiyaya-

[line 20] -k＝ut eḷa-sarakin mī-sarakin sarak-rū-sāra-siyayak＝ut me-se mä vihāraye kaḷa-deya vava no-kaḷa-deya karava deviyanṭa Budunṭa nirantarayen bat-mal-pahan-puda olakkam pavat-

[line 21] -vana-lesaṭa Laṁkā-vāsīn taman-gē nam lā kaḷa-heyin avurutda-kaṭa geyakin paṇamak niyāyen denṭa sälasuṇu pideni-paṇam＝ut ätuḷu-maḍighayen piṭa-maḍighayen na-

[line 22] -va-toṭin aṭaḷos-deśayen ā väpārayangen ganna dena yam-baḍuyekin siyayaṭa kālak niyāyen tamba-pata liyā dun samaya-śriyen Iat siyaI-vastuva ätuḷu

[line 23] äma Iābha ma pasak koṭä bedā tunuruvanṭa tun-bhāgayak＝ut mekun-ge daru-munuburu-paramparāven mehi bändi pavatvana kenakunṭa bhāgayak＝u-

[line 24] -t säläsvū niyāva-t meyin kisivakaṭa viruddhayak koṭä Iobhayen pähärä gat kenek ät nam narak＝ādi-satara-apāyehi ipädä Mete-Budun no-daknāhu

[line 25] yä kāka-pre[tā]dīn men bat-pän noläbä caṇḍālayanṭa-t anta vä kavuḍan-ballanṭa put-vūvāhu nam vetī dänä || Tiṇaṁ vā yadi vā kaṭṭhaṁ pupphaṁ vā yadi vā phalaṁ yo hare Buddha-bhoga-

[line 26] -ssa mahāpeto bhavissati || kiyā Śrī-mukha-pāṭha heyin me-Io-para-Io-dek-hi ma säpa vindinā kämati uttamayan visin min kisivakaṭa āśāvak no koṭa basakin akura-

[line 27] -k-vicarakin mē-pin-kamaṭa sahaya vī kaḷa-deya vava no-kaḷa-deya karava pavatvā Iū yam uttama-kenek ät nam me-kuśalaya taman kaḷa-sē amumodan vä diva-säpar ni-

[line 28] -van-säpat sādhā gannā piṇisä mē-pin-kama matu pavatvana Iesa Bhuvanaikabāhu nam-vū mā visin tamba-pateyi-t me-śilālekhayeha-yehi-t liyava dena-Iada[|*] E-se heyin

[line 29] Senā-Laṁkā-adhikarayo-t me-se-vū ārādhanāvak keret || Asya puṇyasya yas＝trātā tat＝pādadvayajaṁ rajaḥ [|*] Senā-Laṁkā＝dhikārīndro kurute mūrdhni puṣpavat [||*] Mē-pin-kama yam uttamayak-hu visin ba-

[line 30] -sakin aku[rakin vat] sahāya-va raknā-Iäbē da e-uttamayage śrī-pāda-dhūli Senā-Laṁkā-adhikāra nam-vū mā visin suvanda-mal-samūhayak men magē is-mundunen pudana-ladiu || Saṁrakṣi-

[line 31] -tvam dharmmam-anaika-rūpam＝baddhāñjalim＝mūrdhani yācate ‘sau [|*] jātā[n*] narendrān＝api jāyamānān mantrīś-varāns＝c＝ānya-janān bahu-śrīḥ [||*] Sampūrṇṇa-vū mē-kuśala-dharmmaya upan rājottamayan va-

[line 32] -hansē visin＝ut upadina rājottamayan-vahansē visin＝ut upan amāttottamayan-vahanse visin＝ut upadina amāttottamayan-vahanse visin＝ut śrī-samṛddhi-äti-senāva

[line 33] visin＝ut mē-dharmmaya rakṣā karana piṇisä Senā-Laṁkā-adhikāra nam-vū mā visin dasa-nakha-samodhāna-vū-dohot mundunē pihiṭuvā vändä ārādhanā karana-ladī [|*] Śubham＝astu sarvva-jagataḥ[|*].