Phra Phuttharup Nak Prok Inscription

Name other

L.B. 13

Script

Old Khmer

Date

1756 B.E.

Language

Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai

Face/Line

1 piece ; contains 7 lines of writing

Material

stone

Form

the back of a headless Naga Protected Buddha image

Size

40 cm. width ; 55 cm. height

Found at

Infantry Centre, Somdet Phra Narai Military Camp, Mueang District, Lop Buri Province

Exhibited

Somdet Phra Narai National Museum, Tha Hin Locality, Mueang District, Lop Buri Province

Description

The writing records that Sarac Madyāḥhni was the person who installed a Buddha image which was in the attitude of meditation at the Bodhi Tree (Mahā Bodhi Tree).

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project  Staffs (2555 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Cham Thongkhamwan, “36th Plate, <style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> </style> Phra Phuttharup Nak Prok Inscription,” in The collection of inscriptions in Thailand part 3 : the inscriptions found in the north, northeast, east, and central parts of Thailand which are inscribed in letters of the languages of Thai, Khmer, Mon and Pali-Sanskrit  (Phra Nakhon : The Committee on the  Publication of Historical, Cultural and Archaeological Documents, Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, 2508), 19-22 (in Thai).
2) Cham Thongkhamwan, “ <style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> </style> Phra Phuttharup Nak Prok Inscription,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 4 : Khom Script, 17th-18th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 140-143 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-19, File Name; LB_014)