Kuburajo inscription

Kuburajo Inscription, also called Kuburajo I Inscription, is one of the many inscriptions left by King Adityawarman of central Sumatra.^[1] The inscription was found in Kuburajo village, Lima Kaum district, Tanah Datar Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia in 1877 besides the main road from Batusangkar city to Padang city.^[1] The inscription was registered by N.J. Krom in Inventaris der Oudheden in de Padangsche Bovenlanden ('Inventory of Antiquities in the Padang Highlands', OV 1912: 41).^[2] The inscription is written in Sanskrit,^[1] and consists of 16 lines.^[2] This inscription was lost in 1987, but was rediscovered.^[1]

Kuburajo inscription (August 2010)

When first publishing about the inscription in 1913, H. Kern initially thought that it was a memorial tombstone (Dutch: grafsteen) of King Adityawarman; based on the name of the discovery village Kuburajo (kubur = tomb, and rajo = king).^[3] F.D.K. Bosch refined this interpretation in Verslag van een reis door Sumatra ('Report of a trip through Sumatra', OV 1930: 133-57), based on Minangkabau language, to the "king's fort" (kubu = fort).^[4]

Content

The inscription begins with referring to Adwayawarman as King Adityawarman's father. The king's title as Kanakamedinindra ('Gold Land Lord') was mentioned;^[1] and he was likened to Kalpataru, a wish-fulfilling divine tree.^[5] Adityawarman was also stated as descended from the Kulisadhara dynasty, and was seen as a manifestation of Lokeshvara and Mai.. (possibly Maitreya).^[1]

Text

The inscription text according to Kern's transcription, as follows:^[6]

1. Om mamla viragara
2. Advayavarmma
3. mputra Kanaka
4. medinīndra
5. sukrta a vila
6. bdhakusalaprasa
7. ǁdhruǁ maitri karu
8. na a mudita u
9. peksa a ǁ yacakka
10. janakalpatarurupa
11. mmadana ǁaǁ Adi
12. tyavarmma mbhupa kulisa
13. dharavansa ǀoǀ pra
14. tiksa avatara
15. srilokesvara
16. deva ǁ mai

See also

• Pagaruyung Kingdom