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The inscription mentioned Guru Sang Raja Sailendravamçatilaka (Teacher of the King, the Jewel of the Sailendra family) who succeeded in persuading Maharaja Tejapurnapana Panangkaran (in other part of the inscription also called Kariyana Panangkaran) to construct a holy building for (Bodhisattvadevi) Tara and also build a Vihara (monastery) for Buddhist monks from Sailendra family's realm. Panangkaran donated the Kalaça village to Sangha (Buddhist monastic community).[2][3] The temple dedicated to Tara is identified as Kalasan temple.
The inscription now is displayed in the National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, under 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 into English
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.
