Un liṅgakośa inscrit au Musée national du Cambodge (K. 1286)

Sectarian Rivalry in Ninth-Century Cambodia: A Posthumous Inscription Narrating the Religious Tergiversations of Jayavarman III (K. 1457)

“…Perhaps a line of speculation is permitted here about the possibility that the mutual intolerance of these traditions that this inscription suggests prevailed in Jayavarman III's time might have ushered in a conscious desire to reintroduce and to institutionalise equable relations at the end of the ninth century. There is a great deal that is remarkable about Yaśovarman's bold plan of social engineering by decreeing the creation of a hundred āśramas across his kingdom when he came to power in 889 CE (we do not know whether they were all created, as Estève and Soutif note), 72 but one thing that stands out is its conscious »ecumenism«, if we may borrow this Christian term into the realm of classical religions of Indian origin. 73 In his capital, four such āśramas were constructed 74 around the huge tank that bears his name, the Yaśodharataṭāka, and their largely identical charter-inscriptions reveal that they were Vaiṣṇava (K. 701, vaiṣṇavāśrama), Buddhist (K. 290, saugatāśrama) and Śaiva (K. 279, brāhmaṇāśrama, and K. 1228, māheśvarāśrama).…”

Relecture de l’inscription K. 1312 de Prasat Khna, province de Preah Vihear

“…Cependant, les fouilles réalisées en 2020 dans le cadre du programme de recherche YAŚODHARĀŚRAMA témoignent de plusieurs phases de construction 53 et, si notre hypothèse proposant de reconnaître le bâtiment 'N' de Prasat Khna comme la chapelle d'un Yaśodharāśrama se confirme, celui-ci daterait au plus tard du début du X e siècle de notre ère. Il serait donc antérieur au bâtiment 'E', ce qui laisse supposer la présence de bâtiments encore plus anciens car, rappelons-le, en province, les Yaśodharāśrama ont été installés à proximité de sanctuaires préexistants, des lieux saints, matérialisant ainsi la mainmise que le souverain exerçait sur l'ensemble de son territoire 54 . À ce sujet, il faut rappeler que Parmentier signalait que le Prasat Khna « possédait une annexe d'art khmèr primitif.…”