Origin of the name Borobudur
Many theories try to explain the name of this temple. One of them states that the name is probably from the word Sambharabhudhara, the "mountain" means derived (bhudara), where are the hanging terraces. And there are some other folk etymology. Suppose that the word comes from the greeting Borobudur "Buddha" due to a shift in the sound Borobudur. Another explanation is that the name of two words "coal" and "beduhur" comes from. The word bara its supposed origin of the word monastery, while other statements, where the coal comes from Sanskrit, the temple or monastery and beduhur phrase means "high" or to remind the Balinese language means "above". So the point is a monastery or hostel located on a hill.
The historian J.G. the Casparis in his thesis for a doctorate in 1950, claims that Borobudur is a place of worship. Based on the inscriptions and Karangtengah Kahulunan, Casparis estimate Borobudur founder of the dynasty was the king of Mataram dynasty Samaratungga called to the building to do around the year 824 AD The giant new building was at the time of her daughter, Queen Pramudawardhani be completed. Borobudur Development estimated a half-century. In Karangtengah inscriptions also granting land Sima (tax-free country) of CRI Kahulunan mentioned (Pramudawardhani) to maintain specified kamulan Bhūmisambhāra. [1] The term itself comes from the word kamulan first place of origin means that the ancestral shrine is likely to glorify the ancestors of the dynasty Sailendra. Casparis estimates that Bhumi Sambhāra Bhudhāra in Sanskrit and means "mountain of the set of ten levels of Bodhisattva virtue," was the original name of the Borobudur.
