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Description: Manjusrigrha inscription, dated 714 Saka (792 CE), discovered in 1960 at the west side perwara temple no. 202 (row 4 No. 37) of Sewu Buddhist temple compound near Prambanan, Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Now the inscription is stored in Studio Manjusrigrha or Candi Sewu Renovation Museum on the north side of Candi Sewu. The inscription with is written in Old Javanese script in Old Malay language with traces of Old Javanese and Sanskrit vocabularies. It is made of andesite stone weighing 200 kilograms. The inscription mentioned about the construction of a temple named Manjusrigrha (house of Manjusri) dedicated to Manjusri boddhisattva, linked to Candi Sewu.
Title: Manjusrigrha Inscription 1
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