world, who, seeing how men
perish in the sea of life, which is full of incalculable misery,
is sure to save them by the three means--grant you the wished
for essence, the salvation of the world by the Lord of gods and
men.

"The guru (_i.e._ teacher) of the Sailendra prince erected a
magnificent Tara temple. At the command (or, the instance) of
the guru, the grateful ----(?) made an image of the goddess and
built the temple, together with a dwelling (vihara, monastery)
for the monks (bhikshus) who know the great vehicle of
discipline (Mahayana).

"By authorisation of the king, the Tara temple and the monastery
for the reverend monks have been built by his counsellors, the
pangkur, the tavan, and the tirip (old Javanese civil officers,
perhaps soothsayers or astrologers).

"The deserving guru of the Sailendra king built the temple in
the prosperous reign of the king, the son of the Sailendra
dynasty.

"The great king built the Tara temple in honour of the guru (to
do homage to the guru) when 700 years of the Saka era were past.

"The territory of the village of Kalasa was bestowed on the
congregation of priests (monks) in the presence of the pangkur,
the tavan and the tirip, and the village chiefs (as witnesses).

"This great (incomparable) endowment was made by the king for
the monks. It is to be perpetuated by the (later) kings of the
Sailendra dynasty, for the benefit of the successive reverend
congregations of monks, and be respected (maintained) by the
wise pangkur, the good tivan, the wise tirip and others, and by
their virtuous wives (according to Dr. Brandes, but "their
virtuous foot-soldiers" according to Dr. Bhandarkar).

"The king also begs of all following kings that this bridge (or,
dam) of charity, which is (a benefit) for all nations, may be
perpetuated for all time.

"May all who adhere to the doctrine of the Jinas, through the
blessings of this monastery, obtain knowledge of the nature of
things, constituted by the concatenation of causes (and
effects), and may they thrive.

"The ---- prince once more requests of (all) future kings that
they may protect the monastery righteously."

This inscription, showing clearly that the temple was consecrated to
Tara, the sakti of the deliverer of the world, the fourth Dhyani Buddha,
Amitabha, the Tara