Gajah Mada inscription

[1] This inscription was written to commemorate the 1351 restoration of a funerary caitya temple dedicated to King Kertanegara of Singhasari who died in 1214 Saka or 1292 CE, carried out by Mahapatih Gajah Mada.

[3] The first half of this inscription provides a very detailed date, including the astronomical position of the celestial bodies.

The second half explains the purpose of this inscription, which is the construction of a caitya for the priests and Gajah Mada's predecessor, who perished when Kertanegara was killed by the king of Kediri.

[3] Translation by Jessy Blom (adepted from a Dutch translation by Brandes): In Śāka 1214 (1292 [CE]) in the month Jyesta, His Majesty, who is buried [better: enshrined] in the sanctuary in which Śiva and Buddha are worshipped with equal fervour, achieved redemption.

Śaka-years passed by 1273 (1351 [CE]) in the month of Veśaka, on the first day of the crescent moon, on Haryang Pon Wednesday in the week Tolu, while the planet was in the southwest, and the moon in the lunar mansion Mṟgaśira was the ruling divinity, and in the mandala (astrologer's circle) the north-west came to be considered, in the yoga Sobhana, the hour Śveta, the kāraṉa Kistughna, under Brahmā, lord of the knot, and the sign of the zodiac, the Bull, then the principal high official, the Right Honourable Governor of the realm Mada, acting as intermediary for Their Majesties the seven [rulers], led by H.M. Tribhuwanotunggadewī Mahārāja Wisṉuwardhanī, (and of) the grandsons and granddaughters of H.M. Kṟtanagara (who is mentioned) with the consecration name Jñāneśwarabajra, at the said moment the patih, being the restorer of that which had fallen into ruin, founded a caitya for the great brahmans (rsis), the Śivaites and Buddhists, who followed the king in death, and also for the mahāmantri, who was slain at his feet in the same hour.The R.H.