# K. 38. Stela of Vat Tnot, 6th or 7th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom and Dominique Soutif

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Dominique Soutif

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00038

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00038.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 letters are characteristic of the seventh century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Ājñā vraḥ kaṁmratāṅ· Añ· ni vraḥ kaṁmratā⟨⟨ṅ·⟩⟩ Añ· s(va)[yambhū]
⟨2⟩ (p)uṇya poñ· tāṅ(·) pramathagaṇa Aṁnoy po[ñ·] [3+] ⟨3⟩ (sr)[e] stuk·
kan·lāṅ· sre kloñ· naṁ sre jnaṅ· taṁve mo [3+] ⟨4⟩ (sr)[e] Ai trava⟨ṅ⟩·
kurāk· sre teṁ Agasti Ai ta kpoñ· stau doṅ· vraḥ kaṁmra[tāṅ·] [3+] ⟨5⟩
puṇya A(j)ī poñ· tāṅ· vraḥ śrī gaṇapat(ī) puṇya poñ· vrahmakumā[ra] [3+]
⟨6⟩ sre Aṁnoy· ta vraḥ tṅai luc· vraḥha sre travaṅ· kandin· sre jnaṅ·
pnā [1+] [poñ vrahma]ku⟨7⟩māra doṅ· ge kñuṁma tel· poñ· Oy· ta vraḥ
kaṁmratāṅ· Añ· śrī ganapatī [3+] ⟨8⟩ ge kñuṁ poñ· tāṅ· tel· Oy· ta vraḥ
svayaṁbhu ge vraḥ phoṅ· te(l·) [3+] ⟨9⟩ kaṁmratāṅ· Añ· śrī jayahvarmma
Oy· ta poñ· Īśvaracita nu poñ· paṁ[re ta gi pramatha]⟨10⟩gaṇa ge ta dap·
gi ge ta pre roḥ gi ge ta cer· Ājñā vraḥ kaṁmratāṅ· Añ· [ge daṇḍa] ⟨11⟩
mratāñ· kuruṅ· vikramapura pre mratāñ· kloñ· rājagraha caṁ[…] ⟨12⟩ kīlla
gi noḥ vnok· ka vraḥ ta nu poñ· tāṅ· paṁre ta gi pramatha[gaṇa] […]
[Ī]⟨13⟩śvaracita kanmoy· kaṁton· poñ· tāṅ· […] ⟨14⟩ tāṅ· ta gi
pramathagana gi ta nā neḥ śa […] ⟨15⟩ ta mratāñ· sudarśana bhāgavata cau
[…]

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ trava⟨ṅ⟩· kurāk· • The virāma is on the ku as the ṅ is forgotten by
the scribe.

## Commentary

There is a carving of lotus on the top of the stela with a line of
decorative flowers. The letters of the first three lines are bigger than
the rest.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 2, pp. 45–46) without
translation; re-edited here by Dominique Soutif and Kunthea Chhom from
estampage EFEO n. 411.

### 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, pages 45–46.