Samipya 1991 Vol 08 Ank 01 02

Author(s): Pravinchandra C Parikh, Bhartiben Shelat
Publisher: Bholabhai Jeshingbhai Adhyayan Sanshodhan Vidyabhavan

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of Udayārkavarman dated saka 989(1067 A.D.) there is a reference about the installation of a phallic of Lord Śiva, statue of Brahma, Vişņu and Buddha by Samkarşa. This was named chaturmürii. The Prah Put Lo inscription dated Saka 869 (A.D. 947)24 records the installation of the idols of Buddha, Rudra and other gods. It can, therefore, be very clearly understood that Buddhism had more or less submitted to the other prevailing principal religions to accommodate itself in the life of the people.
Thus Indian faiths like Śaivism, Vaisnavism and Buddhism attained privileged position among the kings as well as their subjects. In Cambodia, religious and cultural intercourse with India was maintained. The great impact of Indian beliefs and faiths could not be possible, had the rulers not patronised them and had they not taken active part in expanding them. The king, therefore, was the supreme religious and cultural institution in Cambodia.
References
1. R. C. Majumdar, Inscriptions of Kambuja (Ik), Calcutta, 1953, no. 78 2. M. K. Sharan, Studies in Sanskrit Inscriptions of Ancient Cambodia, New Delhi,
1974, p. 48 3. Ibid., p. 46 4. Ibid., pp. 49 f. 5. Ibid., pp. 231 f.
6. Ibid., p. 232 7. Ibid, p. 236 8. IK., no. 93
9. IK., no. 10 10. IK., no. 16
11. IK., no. 2 12. IK., no. 124, 125 & 131
13. IK., no. 116 14. R. C. Majumdar, Kambuja-Desa, Madras, 1944, p. 77; P. C. Parikh, Cambodia',
Ahmedabad, 1976, p. 83 - 15. IK., no. 152; P. C. Parikh, Cambodia (in the Light of Ancient Indian Culture),
pp. 80 ff. 16. IK., no. 93 17. IK., no. 97
18. IK., no. 70 19. IK., no. 111 20. IK., no. 178
21. İK., no. 156 22. IK., no. 52 A 23. IK., no. 29
24. IK., no. 90
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