Than Phra Phuttharup Yuen Wat Khoi Inscription

Script

Pallava

Date

12th Buddhist century

Language

Old Mon

Face/Line

1 face, contains 1 line of writing

Material

fine-grained sandstone

Form

base of standing Buddha image

Found at

Wat Khoi Temple (unknown whereabouts this temple now) Ban Mi District, Lop Buri Province

Exhibited

Wat Benchama Bophit Dusit Wanaram Ratchaworawihan, Dusit Subdistrict, Dusit District, Bangkok

Publish

-

Description

The inscription on the base of this standing Buddha image reads that, Chao Pu and his descendants constructed the Buddha image, and it may have been made to offer to a temple.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2552 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) George Cœdès, “XVII Inscription sur un Buddha debout provenant de Văt Khòy,” in Recueil des Inscriptions du Siam Deuxième Partie : Inscriptions de Dvāravatī, de Çrīvijaya et de Lăvo (Bangkok : Institute Royal Service Archeologique, 1929), 15 (in Thai).
2) George Cœdès, “XVII Inscription sur un Buddha debout provenant de Văt Khòy,” in Recueil des Inscriptions du Siam Deuxième Partie : Inscriptions de Dvāravatī, de Çrīvijaya et de Lăvo, Deuxième édition revue et mise à jour (Bangkok : Department de Silpakorn, 1961), 6.
3) George Cœdès, “Liste générale des inscriptions du Cambodge : K. 695,” in Inscriptions du Cambodge vol. VIII (Hanoi : Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, 1966), 186-187.
4) Georges Coedes, “17th Plate, <style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> </style> Than Phra Phuttharup Yuen Wat Khoi Inscription,” in Collected inscriptions in Siam Part 2 : Inscriptions from Dvaravati, Crivijaya and Lavo (Bangkok : Phiphatthanakon Press, 2472), 19-20 (in Thai).
5) Georges Coedes, “17th Plate, <style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> </style> Than Phra Phuttharup Yuen Wat Khoi Inscription,” in Recueil des inscriptions du Siam deuxieme partie : inscriptions de Dvaravati, de Crivijaya et de Lavo ([Bangkok] : The Fine Arts Department, FAD, 2504), 7.
6) Phongkasem Sondhithai, “Ideas from <style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> </style> Than Phra Phuttharup Yuen Wat Khoi Inscription,” Mon News 9, 37 (March-April 2546) : 10-12 (in Thai).
7) Thoem Mitem and Champa Yueangcharoen, “Than Phra Phuttharup Yuen Wat Khoi Inscription,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 2 : Pallava and Mon Script, 12th-21th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 34-37 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 2 (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529)