Epitaph for Grand Preceptor Shilu

Epitaph for Grand Preceptor Shilu

Epitaph for Grand Preceptor Shilu 室魯太師 = 𘬥𘮯𘲚 𘲈𖿤𘯩, Khitan name Saran 𘰷𘲑𘯺𘮢, dated the 6th year of the Shouchang 壽昌 era (1100). The epitaph text is engraved on the back of a stele that was unearthed in 2000 from a tomb in Jarud Banner, Inner Mongolia. The front of the stele is engraved with the Chinese text of the Dhāraṇī for Liberation from Suffering (Baji kunan tuoluoni jing 拔濟苦難陀羅尼經).

𘰷𘲑𘯺𘮢 𘬥𘮯𘲚 𘲈 𘯩𘲦 𘲜𘬚 𘭃𘱚𘱸 𘮧𘱤

𘰷𘲑𘯺𘮢 𘲈𖿤𘯩 𘮽𘯛𘱤 𘱤𘰣 𘬥𘮯𘲚 𘯥𘬷 𘯥𘬷𘲫 𘰺𘱛𘭂□ ⊠⊠⊠⊠

𘲜𘯶𘮽𘯛 𘰺𘱀𘱸 𘰩𖿤𘱕 𘱤𘰣 𘮟𘰍 𘮧𘮄𘰻 𘲳𘲦 𘬥𘱶𘮒 𘬢□ ⊠⊠⊠

𘱽𘭂𘭗𘱦 𘬊𘰕 𘬥𘱶𘲳 𘭗𘱤 𘬉 𘰷𘯺𘲑 𘯶𘲰𘭂𘲐 □𘱆 𘭃𘱚 𘮧𘲀𘲚𘲳 □□ ⊠

𘯺𘲐 𘬡𘭲𘱆𘮯𘭂𘲑 𘯺𘮇𘰱𘱦 𘬯𘮅 𘱘 𘲽𘮡𘰷𘲦 𘬡𘭲𘱆 𘲂 𘰏 𘬞𘮒 𘲳𘲦 ⊠

𘱀𘲫 𘯥𘲀𘱄𘱯𘱦 𘰱𘯺𘰂𘰴𘱄𘭂𘲑 𘲜𘯶 𘰺𘱛 𘬯𘮅 𘱄𘱛𘭂𘮢 𘬡𘭲𘱆𘱸 𘰺𘱑𘬪 𘲝 𘰏 ⊠

𘬕𘰥 𘱏𘰣𘭲𘮒 𘱆𘰷𘭢 𘬡𘭲𘱆𘱸 𘰺𘱑𘬪 𘲭 𘲩𘱤 𘬞𘲳𘱦 𘯺𘲐 𘮀 𘯥𘲚𘯨𘱤 ⊠

𘬥𘭂𘭦 𘯺𘲐 𘰺𘱀𘱄𘱯𘲽 𘱤𘰣𘰷 𘬥𘰆𘰷𘯀𘱚𘱕𘰴 𘲂 𘱚𘱫𘲽𘬚 𘬣 𘬢𘱄𘰕 𘭃𘱚 □

𘰺𘯜 𘰷𘱤𘰴 𘰺𘯜𘰥 𘲝 𘲜𘭴 𘲚 𘰅𘬪 𘰺𘱑𘬪 𘲭 𘲩𘱤 𘲽𘰥𘱦 □□

𘯲𘯺𘮢 𘲈𖿤𘯩 𘱤𘰣 𘱆𘱦 𘬞𘮒 𘱤𘰣𘰷𘱦 𘯺𘲐 𘰺𘱀𘱄𘱯𘲽 𘱤𘰣𘰷 𘮀 𘲽𘰴

𘭃𘱚 𘬢𘰱𘱦 𘰷𘭌 𘲺𘱤 𘱘 𘯺𘲐 𘰭𘱀 𘲜𘬚𘰍 𘲻𘯺𘲑 𘮧𘲀𘯜𘲳

𘬥𘲀𘱄𘱯𘬜 𘲽𘱹𘮄𘭐 𘱽𘯺𘲑 □𘮇□𘲫 □𘱭 □𘯛 𘰹𖿤□𘱤 𘯥𘬷 𘲭 𘲆𖿤𘱦

　　𘲇𖿤𘰷𘲦 𘭬 𘲐 𘲂 𘭧 𘲺 𘲜𘯶 𘮽𘯛 𘰺𘱑□ 𘮟𘰍 𘰩𖿤𘱕 □𖿤□ □𘳕 □□□□𘲐

　　𘲐 𘰷𘲑𘯺𘮢 𘲈 𘯩𘲦 𘲜𘬚𘰍 𘮧𘱤 𘲫𘱯 𘲹 □𘰴 𘭂𘲑