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The Kelurak inscription is an inscription dated 704 Saka (782

782

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CE), written in Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

with Pranagari script, discovered near Lumbung temple in Kelurak village, located not far north of Prambanan

Prambanan

Prambanan is a ninth century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator , the Sustainer and the Destroyer...

temple, Central Java

Central Java

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, Indonesia

Indonesia

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. The writings on the inscription was discovered in poor condition with several parts are unclear and unreadable, as the result historians only could translate the main information of the inscription.

The inscription mentioned about the construction of a sacred buddhist building to house the Manjusri
Manjusri
Mañjuśrī is a bodhisattva associated with transcendent wisdom in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Esoteric Buddhism he is also taken as a meditational deity. The Sanskrit name Mañjuśrī can be translated as "Gentle Glory"...

statue that contain the wisdom of buddha

Buddha

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, dharma

Dharma

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, and sangha

Sangha

Sangha is a word in Pali or Sanskrit that can be translated roughly as "association" or "assembly," "company" or "community" with common goal, vision or purpose...

; the same trinity as Brahma

Brahma

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, Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....

and Maheshvara

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

. The construction of this sacred building was ordered by King Indra, revered in his official name Sri Sanggramadhananjaya. The reference to Hindu gods in this Buddhist temple signify the Tantrayana—Vajrayana

Vajrayana

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buddhism influence. The temple dedicated to Manjusri is identified as Sewu temple, located not far north from Prambanan temple.

Today the inscription is displayed in National Museum of Indonesia

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, Jakarta

Jakarta

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, under the inventory number No. D.44.

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