# K. 7. Capital at Prasat Pram Loveng, 6th-7th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom and Dominique Soutif

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Dominique Soutif

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00007

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00007.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-09 14:46 (16691b9), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the seventh and eighth centuries CE.
The script seems negligent, especially the first ten lines.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 3+]śaka [ca. 11+] ⟨2⟩ [ca. 2+] puṣya Ādityavāra nu kaṁrek
ka[mratāṅ·] ⟨3⟩ Añ(·) śambh[u]varmmadeva ta sthāpa[na] vraḥ
[kamra]⟨4⟩tāṅ(·) Añ(·) śrīpuṣkarākṣadeva [ca. 3+] ⟨5⟩ tāṅ(·) Añ(·)
p[u]rohita pratidina [ca. 3+] ⟨6⟩ [ca. 2+] vraḥ bhagavan ta [1+]ñ(·)
pra[1+]ta (2/3) ⟨7⟩ yo IIII canlyaka IIII se [ca. 2+] jyaṅ I ⟨8⟩ vraḥ
[1+]se [1+] kāri 5 vnvaka II [3+] 4 [ca. 2+] ⟨9⟩ [1+] vnvak(·) IIII
raṅko thluṅ(·) IIIII [5+] ⟨10⟩ [4+] va [1+] vṅya phala [ca. 6+] ⟨11⟩
[3+] 80 10 ⟨12⟩ vraḥ dhūli j[e]ṅ(·) vraḥ ⟨13⟩ kaṁmratāṅa Añ· ⟨14⟩ [ca.
2+] ket· puṣya ⟨15⟩ Ādityā nu kaṁre⟨16⟩k kaṁmratāṅ A⟨17⟩ñ·
śrīśaṁbh[u]va⟨18⟩rmmadeva sthāpana ⟨19⟩ vraḥ ka[ṁ]mratāṅ· ⟨20⟩ Añ·
śrīp[u]ṣ[kara][…]

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1936

⟨1–20⟩ En śaka […] mois de Puṣya, un dimanche, le Kaṁrek K.A.
Śambhuvarmadeva érige le Saint K.A. Śrī Puṣkarākṣadeva […], le seigneur
purohita, quotidiennement […] le Bienheureux […] 4 vêtements 1 jyaṅ, 5
[…] 2 groupes […] 4 groupes, 5 mesures de riz décortiqué […] fleurs,
fruits. […] 90. Sa majesté le roi […] le 11e jour de la lune croissante
de Puṣya, un dimanche, le Kaṁrek K.A. Śrī Śambhuvarmadeva érige le
Seigneur Śrī Puṣkarākṣa […]

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1936, p. 3) with a French translation, reedited
here by Dominique Soutif based on the estampage EFEO n. 16 and 331.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1936. “Études cambodgiennes, XXXI: A propos du
Tchen-la d’eau, trois inscriptions de Cochinchine; XXXII: La plus
ancienne inscription en pāli du Cambodge.” BEFEO 36 (2), pp. 1–22. DOI:
10.3406/befeo.1936.3659. [URL]. Volume 2, page 3.