# K. 36. Doorjamb of Prasat Neang Khmau, 9th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00036

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00036.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the ninth century. The letters of the
first two lines are bigger than the rest.

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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––]tra
⟨Column b⟩ vāsudevāya vai namaḥ
⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
⟨Column b⟩ dātā tāṁ śaranārthine ⫽

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
⟨Column b⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]i
⟨Column c⟩ so nāmnā vāsudevo hi
⟨Column d⟩ karmmidharmmapa[rāyanaḥ ⫽]

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
⟨Column b⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
⟨Column c⟩ [⏓] yo ’rccā sthāpitā tena
⟨Column d⟩ bhakty[ā] [⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓] [⫽]

4. Anuṣṭubh

⟨5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
⟨Column b⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
⟨Column c⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑] taṁ lakṣmī⟨Column d⟩r
vviṣṇor ṇnanda [⏑–⏑⏓] [⫽]

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1942

1.

Hommage à Vāsudeva […] qui donne cette […] à qui cherche refuge en lui.

2.

Le nommé Vāsudeva n’ayant en vue que la règle des pratiquants […].

3.

[…] par lui une image a été érigée avec dévotion […].

4.

[…] Lakṣmī […] de Viṣṇu […].

## Commentary

The inscription is fragmentary. Only the space between the pādas c and d
of the last stanzas can be seen in the available fragment. The pāda c
does not seem well aligned.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1942, p. 31) with a French translation;
re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the estampage EFEO n. 405.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1942. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume II.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi: École
française d’Extrême-Orient. Page 31.