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sthāpaka ~ ṣṭhāpaka ~ sthāpakah /sthaːp/ ~ sthāpakā /sthaɓəˈkaː/ . A4390     [Pre-Angkorian sthāpaka; Sanskrit sthāpaka `the erector of an image; a depositor; an establisher, founder'; cf. Old Javanese sthāpaka `erector of an image, principal priest officiating at a sacrifice, principal guardian of a temple'1 ]. definitions 1 n. One who sets up an image or establishes a sanctuary: erector, founder.2 2. (Conjecturally) v.intr., to be an erector or founder. see: kriyāsthāpaka references sthāpakā: K.89:26 (A.D. 1002, C III:164); sthāpakaḥ: K.89:17 (A.D. 1002, C III:164); ṣṭhāpaka: K.754B:7 (A.D. 1308, BEFEO, XXXVI:14, APK I:282); sthāpaka: K.260S:6 (A.D. 921, C IV:171); K.241S:10 (A.D. 966, C III:77); K.89:11, 14, 22, 26 (A.D. 1002, C III:164); K.211:1 (A.D. 1037, C III:26); K.523D:21 (A.D. 1118, C III:136); K.254B:12, 19, 22 (A.D. 1129, C III:180); K.470:4 (A.D. 1327, C II:187); K.276:24 (A.D. 978-1077, C IV:153); K.685:6 (A.D. 1078-1177, C IV:206). citations ʼācāryya sthāpaka (K.211:1), `founding ācārya', one assigned to set up an image. guru sthāpaka (K.89:11; K.254B:22; K.260S:6), `founding preceptor'. notes 1 Zoetmulder, II:1822b. 2 Kenneth R. Hall, Maritime Trade and State Development in Early Southeast Asia (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, © 1985), 92: ``... sthāpaka, the `priests' or technical supervisors for the erection of divine images and the construction of buildings who directed rather than actually worked on these projects. In contemporary Javanese epigraphy sthāpaka assumed important roles in royal inauguration ceremonies. One may therefore assume that these were `Brahman' advisors, religious specialists who advised the king in the Indian method of construction and in the proper routine for performing religious ceremony – particularly that of installation.''