# K. 46. Stela inscription from Phnom Nok cave, 6th century Śaka

Chloé Chollet

Author of digital edition: Chloé Chollet

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00046

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00046.xml

Languages: Old Khmer [Khmer], Sanskrit [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 sixth-seventh century CE.

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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Face A: Face A⟩ ⟨1⟩ [na]mask [⏓⏓⏑––⏑]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑–]
⟨2⟩ [pr]ādāt tadārāma[k]ṣe[tra]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑–]

⟨3⟩ [ka]mratāṅ Añ śrī [3×] trāpadeśvara [1×] ⟨4⟩ [mra]tāñ śiva kñuṁ vraḥ
ku A[2×] laṁ I ku [1×]c I […] ⟨5⟩ [3×] v[.] es I vā vṅe I ku yudhikā I
vā […] ⟨6⟩ [5×]la I tmur dneṁ I sre [2×] gui […] ⟨7⟩ toṅ 20 slā 100
c[4×]la I […] ⟨8⟩ k[2×]t [4×] 4 [2×]r 2 gi […] ⟨9⟩ neḥ tel mratāñ śiva
ya[ja]m[āna] […] ⟨10⟩ [4×] kā vatt I dnaḥ ka […] ⟨11⟩ [4×]
śrīutpanneśvara

2. Sragdharā

⟨Face B: Face B⟩ ⟨1⟩ [na]mask [19+]
⟨2⟩ dve kṣetre daśa [na]mask [14+]
⟨3⟩ [–]d raṅgaṁ bahudhānyavādikayuta [––]ty[–⏑––⏑–]
⟨4⟩ [–]trā jñānaśivasya vittanicayaṁ prādād gu [––⏑–]

⟨5⟩ pradāna mratāñ yajamāna poñ jñānakumāra ta ⟨6⟩ vraḥ kamratāṅ Añ
śrīutpanneśvara kñuṁ ta siy mā[ṅ] ⟨7⟩ maric I māṅ narasiṅ I māṅ srai I
ta kantai Oṅ gnuḥ I ⟨8⟩ Oṅ kuṁ I ku kuṁ I paqon ku I Oṅ het kon ku I Oṅ
māy I ⟨9⟩ Oṅ dit I tmur 20 krapi dneṁ I sre sare 2 tvoṅ 20 I kaqol I ku
[1×]ro ⟨10⟩ [1×] doṅ kon ku [2×] Oy nakk pas jnau vraḥ kamra[tāṅ] ⟨11⟩
[Añ] panlas mratāñ yajamāna ge ta sag gui ge dau na[raka] ⟨12⟩ kñuṁ
pradā[na] [3×]ṅ canlek I pra[dā]na mra[tāñ] ⟨13⟩ [unknown number of lost
lines]

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1937–1966

1.

Ayant salué […], il a donné ce jardin […]

⟨A3–4⟩ K. A. […]trāpadeśvara ⟨œuvre pie⟩ de Mratāñ Śiva.

⟨A4–5⟩ Esclaves du dieu (liste de ku et de vā).

⟨A6–8⟩ […] 1 paire de bœufs. Rizière […] 20 cocotiers, 100 aréquiers […]

⟨A9–11⟩ Voici ce que Mratāñ Śiva, sacrificateur […] Śrī Utpanneśvara.

2.

[…] deux champs, dix […] comportant beaucoup de céréales […] à
Jñānaśiva, il a donné une masse de richesses […]

⟨B5–13⟩ Dons du Mratāñ sacrificateur et de Poñ Jñānakumāra à V. K. A.
Śrī Utpanneśvara : Esclaves hommes (3 māṅ), femmes (5 oṅ, 1 kū et sa
sœur cadette), 20 bœufs, 1 paire de buffles, 2 sare de rizière, 20 tvoṅ,
1 kaol, ku […] enfant de la ku […] donnés à Nak Pas Jnau du V. K. A.
remplaçant le Mratāñ sacrificateur. Ceux qui dérobent ceci iront en
enfer. Esclaves donnés […] 1 vêtement. Dons de Mratāñ […]

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 4, p. 34) with a French
translation.

### 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 4, page 34.