# K. 37. Hammered Doorjamb of Prasat Neang Khmau, 6th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00037

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00037.xml

Language: Old Khmer [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 seventh century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [15+] ko(n·) [5+] ⟨2⟩ [12+] (s)r(e) [6+] (s)r(e) [2+] ⟨3⟩ [3+]
[1×]iṅ· m(ā)s· III s(re) man· (j)au (ta) kloñ· mā(dh)u [4+] ⟨4⟩ [1+]
(III) (raṅ·)ko liḥ III [1+] ta [7+] t(pa)[l·] [3+] ⟨5⟩ [ca](n)lek· [5+]
III (s)r(e) An(tara) paṁ(n)o(s· ta gi) [2+] (t)pa(l·) [2+] ⟨6⟩ ka gi
(tel·) [21+] ⟨7⟩ [7+] (ya)ja(māna) [3+]ñ· ka(mratāṅ· A)ñ· (ni) ⟨8⟩
[3+]raka [1+] n[1×] ta pra(dāna vraḥ yama ph)oṅ· ge laṅ ge [1+] gi

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [15+] ko(n·) [5+] ⬦ [23+] GC.

⟨5⟩ [ca](n)lek· ⬦ [2+]k· GC.

## Translation

⟨1–8⟩ […] child […], paddy-field […], paddy-field […] 3 mās; the
paddy-field which had been purchased from Kloñ Mādhu […], 3 liḥ of
husked rice, […] of cloth for lower garment; the paddy-field Antara of
the religious man who […] the Yajamāna […] Kamratāṅ Añ […] which was
offered to Lord Yama together with the people […]

## Commentary

The text has been carefully hammered and is almost illegible. There
seems to be a lost line at the begining.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 2, p. 35) without
translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n.
406.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937–1966. Inscriptions du Cambodge I-VIII.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi; Paris:
Imprimerie d’Extrême-Orient. Volume 2, page 35.