ABSTRACT
There are 24 short inscriptions discovered in PasruJambe, Lumajang, East Java. The scripts used in these inscriptions are different from the scripts used in inscriptions issued by the king. The inscriptions are very short and only mention one word such as the names of gods (batharamahadewa, batharamahisora, and bathariprtiwi), holy places (rabut macan pethak, and rabut walang taga), saints (bagawancaci and bagawancitragotra), the rsi (sang kurusya and sang kosika) and moral teaching. Those characteristics indicate that the inscriptions were not issued by the king but produced by religious communities. This paper discusses the site of PasruJambe, where the short inscriptions were found. The method used is the epigraphy method, which includes collecting data, making transliteration of the inscriptions, and interpreting the data. This paper also uses manuscript and archeological remains as supporting data. The result is that PasruJambe was once a place of a religious community, where clergymen and their pupils learned about religious texts and issues. This kind of community was plenty in Majapahit era, and PasruJambe was only one of them.
