Lubuk Layang inscription, also known as Kubu Sutan inscription, is an inscription found in 1970 in Kubu Sutan, Lubuk Layang, Rao Selatan district, Pasaman Regency, of West Sumatra, Indonesia.[1][2]

The inscription is carved into a sloping sandstone, partially submerged in the ground.[3] It is 85 cm tall on the non-submerged side, and 43 cm on the immersed side, with 42 cm wide and 18 cm thick.[3] The writing is on both front and back sides,[1][4] the front contains 9 lines and the back contains 7 or 8 lines,[4] and written in a mixed language of Old Malay and Old Javanese.[2] Much of the writing is difficult to read because it is already worn out.[3] The inscription is not dated, but paleographically it is viewed to be from the reign of King Adityawarman (14th century CE).[2]

The content of this inscription mentions a vice king/crown prince (Sanskrit: yuwaraja) named Bijayendrawarman, who made a temple (stupa) in a place called Parwatapuri.[2] This suggests the possibility of a government system similar to that of Majapahit at that time, in which younger children of a king were sent to the borders to become local rulers.[2]

Text

Text of the inscription as read by de Casparis, as follows:[5]

A. (front side)

  1. . . . śrī /
  2. pūrṇṇa .. nira
  3. ......surimadana
  4. dhr . . iḥ // O // O //
  5. _______ amarawijaya yauwāsutajata
  6. tendrawarma . satatawibhawa pujāpa-
  7. / dhid. . itatārasadawaca ti
  8. / ṛṣ a[r.ārsa]-bhakti di mātapitāra sakala
  9. / prāptiswastha śanta . . tan

B. (back side)

  1. sugatayawāta /
  2. nṛpati Bijayawarmma
  3. namokṣam // O // O //
  4. srī yauwarāja Bijayendrasekhara
  5. . . kṛtya . astu paripūrṇṇasobhitā / ku
  6. na pamuja di pitāmahā darādi
  7. srī Indrakīlaparwwatapurī // O //

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Abidin, Mas'oed (2005). Ensiklopedi Minangkabau (in Indonesian). Pusat Pengkajian Islam dan Minangkabau. p. 90. ISBN 978-979-3797-23-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kozok, Uli (2015). A 14th Century Malay Code of Laws: The Nitisarasamuccaya. Vol. 16 dari Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 39, 325–326. ISBN 978-981-4459-74-7.
  3. 1 2 3 Chandra, Dodi (25 September 2013). "Prasasti Lubuk Layang, Pasaman" (in Indonesian). Minangkabau Arkeologia. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 Bunga rampai pengetahuan adat Minangkabau (in Indonesian). Padang: Yayasan Sako Batuah. 2000. p. 172.
  5. ↑ Kozok, Uli (2016). 14th Century Malay Code of Laws:: The Nitisarasamuccaya. Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. ISBN 981-4620-49-1, 9789814620499.
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