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Inscription of Raja Wijaya Parakrama Wardana
at Surodakan (1447)
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Taken from: many websites
Yamin 1962: Tatanegara Madjapahit
Also called: Prasasti Widjaja Parakrama Wardana 1447
Translation taken out: Tijdschrift voor Indische taal-, land-, en volkenkunde 1936 and other sources
The 14 copper plates of Surodakan (Kediri) of 1369 Canka
This inscription of the King (also called Krtawijaya) is concerning a temple at Waringin Pitu. Its best know passage is when the King dismissed the order that the queen be accompanied by 14 people each from one of the subordinate countries. (the a list of the 14 countries; the names of the rulers and their titles). A second known part is the description of the queen:
She who is the living image of the daughter of the lord of the mountains (Uma), and whose body was created by Lokesha, Keshava and Maheshvara (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva), to be embraced by the king, the Lord of Java, to increase the prosperity of mankind to every one's delight.
We are here only concerned with the mention of Jengi on copperplate 12 (front)
panamas panlung kupang paprayaccitta kdi(unfertile) walyan(doctor), widu manidung (song-singers), sambal sumbul(police officers) hulun haji(kings slaves-out of misdeeds?-mostly farmers), singah(slave walking in front of his owner) pabresi (carries the cushions), pawulungwulung(the dark-blue ones) pujut(negrito) bhondan (slave from Papua? or Molukken origin), jengi(black slave) pandak(midget), wyal (dwarf) wunkuk(hunchback) watek I jro(slaves -to show off the wealth of the owner-)
Note that this text is an exact copy of the Inscription of Kertarajasa (1305) also known as King Wijaya, (Sri Kertarajasa,)
See note on Inscriptions in Java