Vikrantavarman I

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Vikrāntavarman I
Raja-di-raja
King of Champa
Reign653-686
Coronation653
Predecessor
SuccessorVikrantavarman II
Born?
Simhapura, Champa
Died686
Simhapura
ConsortIsanavarman
IssueVikrantavarman II
Names
Śrī Prakāśadharman Vikrāntavarman
HouseFourth dynasty (Rudravarmans dynasty)
Father
Mother
ReligionHinduism, Buddhism

Vikrāntavarman I or Jaya Prakāśadharman (?–686 CE), was the sixth King of the Fourth dynasty of Champa, modern-day Central Vietnam, reigned from 653 to 686. He was the son of Prince Jagaddharma, the grandson of Kandarpadharma, and Princess Sarväpi, daughter of king Isanavarman I of Zhenla. He sent embassies to the court of Emperor Gaozong of Tang in 653, 654, 669, and 670, which he was known as Zhu Ghedi (諸葛地), as recorded in the New Book of Tang. He was known for expanding the Cham kingdom to the south, and was often confused with king Prabhāśadharman (r. 640–645) whos reigned 20 years prior.

During his reign Vikrantavarman built temples worshiping Kandarpadharma (the father of his grandfather's mother?), for Śiva's friend Ekākṣapiṅgalā? Kuvera at Mỹ Sơn,[1][2] dedicating for Amareśa;[3] and a golden portrait of Śiva.[4] A cubic pedestal (C. 137) written in Sanskrit erected by Vikrantavarman is read:[5]

[First line]: The power (śakti) of his rival destroys no enemy, even when it is brought near by the fear of (political manoeuvres such as) punishment or sowing of dissension. But the one whose dauntless [spear (śakti)], like that of the spear-wielder [Skanda himself], destroys every enemy without its shaft ever breaking (adaṇḍabhedā), — But the one whose [mere] gesture of protection (abhī), without need of resorting to [the political manoeuvres of] punishment or the sowing of dissension, has brought low every enemy, as though he were in fact holding a spear (śaktibhṛta iva), — But the one who is like Skanda and for whom [the power (śakti) of Śiva, in initiation (cf. the term śaktipāta)], arousing no fear and resorting to neither punishment nor sowing of dissension, has broken every [internal] enemy,
[Second line]: namely the king Śrī Prakāśadharman, has installed this pair of footprints in order to praise king Kandarpadharman, the father of his paternal great-grandmother.[6]

Stele at Temple E of Mỹ Sơn, erected by King Prakāśadharman-Vikrantavarman in 657 AD.

References[]

  1. ^ Golzio 2004, pp. 9–10.
  2. ^ Majumdar 1927, p. 27.
  3. ^ Majumdar 1927, p. 15.
  4. ^ Majumdar 1927, p. 36.
  5. ^ Majumdar 1927, pp. 13–14.
  6. ^ Golzio 2004, p. 11.

Bibliography[]

  • Majumdar, R. C. (1927), Champā: History and Culture of an Indian Colonial Kingdom in the Far East, 2nd-16th Century AD, book III, Gyan Publishing House
  • Golzio, Karl-Heinz (2004), Inscriptions of Campā based on the editions and translations of Abel Bergaigne, Étienne Aymonier, Louis Finot, Édouard Huber and other French scholars and of the work of R. C. Majumdar. Newly presented, with minor corrections of texts and translations, together with calculations of given dates, Shaker Verlag
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