Kalasan inscription

The Kalasan inscription is an inscription dated 700 Saka (778 CE), discovered in Kalasan village, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The inscription was written in Sanskrit with Pranagari script (Northern India). This is the first inscription discovered in Indonesia that mentioned the dynastic name of Sailendra as Sailendravamça.

Contents
The inscription mentioned about Guru Sang Raja Sailendravamçatilaka (Teacher of the King, the Jewel of Sailendra family) that succeed to persuade Maharaja Tejapurnapana Panangkaran (in other part of the inscription also called as Kariyana Panangkaran) to construct a holy building for the goddess (boddhisattvadevi) Tara and also build a vihara (monastery) for Buddhist monks from Sailendra family's realm. Panangkaran awarded the Kalaça village to sangha (Buddhist monastic community). The temple dedicated to Tara is identified as Kalasan temple.

The inscription now is displayed in the National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, under the inventory number No. D.147.

Transcription
Namo bhagavatyai āryātārāyai

1. yā tārayatyamitaduḥkhabhavādbhimagnaṃ lokaṃ 
vilokya vidhivattrividhair upayaiḥ 
Sā vaḥ surendranaralokavibhūtisāraṃ tārā 
diśatvabhimataṃ jagadekatārā

2. āvarjya mahārājaṃ dyāḥ pañcapaṇaṃ paṇaṃkaraṇāṃ 
Śailendra rājagurubhis tārābhavanaṃ hi kāritaṃ śrīmat

3. gurvājñayā kŗtajñais tārādevī kŗtāpi tad bhavanaṃ 
vinayamahāyānavidāṃ bhavanaṃ cāpyāryabhikṣūṇāṃ

4. pangkuratavānatīripanāmabhir ādeśaśastribhīrājñaḥ 
Tārābhavanaṃ kāritamidaṃ mapi cāpy āryabhiksūṇam

5. rājye pravarddhamāne rājñāḥ śailendravamśatilakasya 
śailendrarajagurubhis tārābhavanaṃ kŗtaṃ kŗtibhiḥ

6. śakanŗpakālātītair varṣaśataiḥ saptabhir mahārājaḥ 
akarod gurupūjārthaṃ tārābhavanaṃ paṇamkaraṇaḥ

7. grāmaḥ kālasanāmā dattaḥ saṃghāyā sākṣiṇaḥ kŗtvā 
pankuratavānatiripa desādhyakṣān mahāpuruṣān

8. bhuradakṣineyam atulā dattā saṃghāyā rājasiṃhena 
śailendrarajabhūpair anuparipālyārsantatyā

9. sang pangkurādibhih sang tāvānakādibhiḥ 
sang tīripādibhiḥ pattibhiśca sādubhiḥ, api ca,

10. sarvān evāgāminaḥ pārthivendrān bhūyo bhūyo 
yācate rājasiṃhaḥ, sāmānyoyaṃ dharmmasetur narānāṃ 
kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ

11. anena puṇyena vīhārajena pratītya jāta arthavibhāgavijñāḥ 
bhavantu sarve tribhavopapannā janājinānām anuśsanajñāḥ

12. kariyānapaṇaṃkaraṇaḥ śrimān abhiyācate bhāvinŗpān, 
bhūyo bhūyo vidhivad vīhāraparipālan ārtham iti.

Translation

Honor for Bhagavatī Ārya Tārā

1. After seeing all the creatures in the world drowned in misery, he take across (with) three true knowledges, she Tarā who became the only guiding star for direction in the world and (the realm of) the gods .

2. A holy building for the Tārā that is truly beautiful was ordered by the teachers of Sailendra king, after obtaining the approval of the Maharaja Dyah Pancapana Panamkarana

3. By order of the teacher, a sacred building (dedicated) to Tārā has been established, and likewise a building for the noble (Buddhist) monks skilled in the Mahāyana teachings, has been established by experts

4. Tārā's sacred building as well as the (building) belongs to the noble monks had been established by the officials commissioned by the king, called Pangkura, Tavana, Tiripa.

5. A sacred building for Tārā has been established by the teachers of Śailendra king in a growing kingdom the jewel (ornament) of Śailendra dynasty

6. Mahārāja Panangkarana constructed a  Tārā sacred building to honor his teachers that have run for 700 years.

7. The Kalasa village has been given to Samgha after calling the witnesses; prominent people the village authorities which are Pangkura, Tavana, Tiripa.

8. The alms of “bhura” that is incomparable given to the Sangha by the "king like a lion" (rājasimha-) by the kings of the Śailendra dynasty and subsequent rulers.

9. By the Pangkura and his followers, the Tavana and his followers, the Tiripa and his followers, by the soldiers, and religious leaders, then the next,

10. "The king that is like a lion" (rājasimhah) asked repeatedly to the upcoming kings to be bound to Dharma so that they will be protected forever.

11. Well, by granting the vihara (monastery), all sacred knowledge, the Law of Cause and Effect, and births in the three worlds (as appropriate with) Buddhism, can be understood.

12. Kariyana Panangkarana asked repeatedly to upcoming noble kings to always protect this important temple according to the rules.

See also
Canggal inscription (732)
Kelurak inscription (782)
Karangtengah inscription (824)
Mantyasih inscription (907)
Laguna Copperplate Inscription (900)
Sojomerto inscription (725)
Tri Tepusan inscription (842)
Hinduism in Indonesia
Greater India
Indosphere
Kedu Plain

References

Category:Sanskrit inscriptions in Indonesia
Category:Shailendra dynasty
Category:Sleman Regency
Category:778 in Java
Category:National Museum of Indonesia