Dear Christophe, The second inscription reads: [siddham] bhaṭṭavināyaka.
The first inscription should possibly be read as: [siddham] paśrīnitakaśca māta ca. Best wishes, Elliot M. Stern 552 South 48th Street Philadelphia, PA 19143-2029 [email protected] 267-240-8418 > On Sep 17, 2021, at 12:39 AM, Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Christophe, > > Thanks for sharing these photos. > > Such dedication inscriptions on sculptural stelae from Bengal are not > uncommon. The following two catalogues published by Claudine Bautze-Picron > include appendices by the late Gouriswar Bhattacharya with readings of > several dozens of inscriptions of this type: > > Bautze-Picron, Claudine. 1998. The Art of Eastern India in the Collection > of the Museum Für Indische Kunst, Berlin: Stone & Terracotta Sculptures. > Monographien zur Indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie 12. Berlin: > Reimer. > ———. 2014. The Forgotten Place: Stone Images from Kurkihar. New Delhi: > Archaeological Survey of India. > > G. Bhattacharya himself has dedicated numerous articles to such inscriptions, > and most of them are assembled in this volume: > > Bhattacharya, Gouriswar. 2000. Essays on Buddhist, Hindu, Jain Iconography > & Epigraphy. Edited by Enamul Haque. Studies in Bengal Art 1. Dhaka: The > International Centre for Study of Bengal Art. > > An effort is being made by Rajat Sanyal (University of Calcutta) as part of > the DHARMA project to compile a database of such inscriptions, initially > focusing on specimens that contain a (regnal) date, and I am helping him in > this effort. I hope that we'll have something to show within a year or two. > > The writing is often perfunctory (both from the point of view of physical > engraving and from the point of view of grammar) and the texts are full of > proper names. For these reasons, such inscriptions can be hard to decipher. > Here's a quick attempt for the specimen you saw in Brussels: > > [siddham] paścīnitañ ca māta ca || > > I haven't myself been reading such inscriptions lately so I expect numerous > corrections from other members of this forum. > > Best wishes, > > Arlo Griffiths > https://dharma.hypotheses.org/ > <https://dharma.hypotheses.org/people/griffiths-arlo> > > > > > > > > From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of Christophe > Vielle via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 4:45 PM > To: Indology <[email protected]> > Subject: [INDOLOGY] Inscriptions on Pala-type sculptures of Vishnu > > Dear list, > > In a little exhibition of Indian and Himalayan arts in Brussels (De Marteau > collection to be sold in auction by Bonhams > https://www.bonhams.com/video/32650/#/MR3_main_index_key=sale&m3=3 > <https://www.bonhams.com/video/32650/#/MR3_main_index_key=sale&m3=3> ), there > is a sculpture of Vishnu in the North-East/"Pala" style. > Such sculptures have been well documented in the works of Huntington or > Claudine Picron - see by the latter: > https://www.academia.edu/11955485/Limage_de_l%C3%82dimurti_V%C3%A2sudeva_au_Bihar_et_au_Bengale_du_5e_au_12e_si%C3%A8cle_Annali_dellIstituto_Universitario_Orientale_Naples_vol_45_1985_pp_437_481 > > <https://www.academia.edu/11955485/Limage_de_l%C3%82dimurti_V%C3%A2sudeva_au_Bihar_et_au_Bengale_du_5e_au_12e_si%C3%A8cle_Annali_dellIstituto_Universitario_Orientale_Naples_vol_45_1985_pp_437_481> > https://www.academia.edu/20284978/The_Vishnu_Image_from_Sarisadah_in_the_Indian_Museum_Kolkata > > <https://www.academia.edu/20284978/The_Vishnu_Image_from_Sarisadah_in_the_Indian_Museum_Kolkata> > https://www.academia.edu/41463136/Bautze_Picron_2020_Unpublished_or_little_known_Visnu_Visvarupa_images_from_Eastern_India > > <https://www.academia.edu/41463136/Bautze_Picron_2020_Unpublished_or_little_known_Visnu_Visvarupa_images_from_Eastern_India> > > However, there is a short inscription on the pedestal (see picture attached). > > <IMG_5393.jpeg> > > > <IMG_5391.jpeg> > > This seems not very common - from a quick check of images of similar > sculptures available online (see list below, from museums or auctions), I > found only one example in an auction in Köln (via Drouot) > > https://www.drouotonline.com/l/15353995---stele-de-vishnu-pierre-noirc > <https://www.drouotonline.com/l/15353995---stele-de-vishnu-pierre-noirc> > > > <Inscription base Vishnu Drouot.jpeg> > > My problem remains the precise reading/meaning of these two (genuine or added > later?) inscriptions (which does not make sense to me yet, as far as I am > able to read them). > Best wishes, > > Christophe > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vishnu_with_consorts,_India,_Pala_period,_12th_century_AD,_stone_-_Middlebury_College_Museum_of_Art_-_Middlebury,_VT_-_DSC08240.jpg > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vishnu_with_consorts,_India,_Pala_period,_12th_century_AD,_stone_-_Middlebury_College_Museum_of_Art_-_Middlebury,_VT_-_DSC08240.jpg> > https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38120 > <https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38120> > https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/28869 > <https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/28869> > http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/3/per_page/25/offset/0/sort_by/date/object/12482 > > <http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/3/per_page/25/offset/0/sort_by/date/object/12482> > https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?uniqueId=102840 > <https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?uniqueId=102840> > https://www.alamyimages.fr/musee-national-de-l-inde-delhi-vishnu-11eme-siecle-a-d-pala-du-bengale-occidental-pierre-l-inde-image177655275.html > > <https://www.alamyimages.fr/musee-national-de-l-inde-delhi-vishnu-11eme-siecle-a-d-pala-du-bengale-occidental-pierre-l-inde-image177655275.html> > https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2014/06/pala-period-vishnu-idol-unearthed.html > > <https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2014/06/pala-period-vishnu-idol-unearthed.html> > https://www.artcurial.com/en/node/1122459 > <https://www.artcurial.com/en/node/1122459> > https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22316/lot/59/?category=list > <https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22316/lot/59/?category=list> > https://www.bonhams.com/online_auctions/26903/lot/1251 > <https://www.bonhams.com/online_auctions/26903/lot/1251> > > https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26589/lot/89/ > <https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26589/lot/89/> > https://www.auction.fr/_fr/lot/stele-of-vishnu-in-black-stone-pala-period-north-india-pala-period-ad-760-1142-8587681 > > <https://www.auction.fr/_fr/lot/stele-of-vishnu-in-black-stone-pala-period-north-india-pala-period-ad-760-1142-8587681> > https://www.auction.fr/_fr/lot/vishnu-stele-stein-bengalen-ost-indien-pala-11-12-jh-8959943 > > <https://www.auction.fr/_fr/lot/vishnu-stele-stein-bengalen-ost-indien-pala-11-12-jh-8959943> > https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/indian-himalayan-southeast-asian-works-of-art/a-sandstone-figure-of-vishnu-pala-period-11th-12th > > <https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/indian-himalayan-southeast-asian-works-of-art/a-sandstone-figure-of-vishnu-pala-period-11th-12th> > https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/indian-southeast-asian-works-of-art-n08727/lot.16.html > > <https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/indian-southeast-asian-works-of-art-n08727/lot.16.html> > https://www.bada.org/object/carved-black-stone-stele-vishnu > <https://www.bada.org/object/carved-black-stone-stele-vishnu> > > > > > ––––––––––––––––––– > Christophe Vielle <https://uclouvain.be/en/directories/christophe.vielle> > Louvain-la-Neuve > > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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