# K. 52. Fragmentary Stela of Vat Kdei Trap, 840 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00052

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00052.xml

Languages: Old Khmer [Khmer], Sanskrit [Khmer]

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

According to George Cœdès (1954, vol. 6, p. 93), the akṣaras are
inelegant and careless, with shallow lines. This sussgests that they
were of the first trace before receiving the definitive engraving. Some
akṣaras which were engraved more deeply, are more careful in the rounded
caracteristic shape of the begining of the 10th century. The akṣara ra
is generally written with two vertical strokes.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ 840 śaka

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ Āśrame kalpitam eva
ta[⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑–]
⟨2⟩ maṇinā mukhā[.]r̥ttena
[⏓]ta[⏓⏓⏑–⏑–]

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨3⟩ mahiṣādi[⏑––]ryyaṁ
suvarṇṇaratnakaṁ manīḥ
dā[⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑–]

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨4⟩ kramukhādi ca tumvolo
Annaṁ dattvādy[⏑–⏑–]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓]dadhāpu[⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑–]

4. Anuṣṭubh

⟨5⟩ rauravaḥ kumbhipākena
Atirora[⏑–⏑–]
[⏓⏓⏓]rśati yatpuny[⏓]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑–]

5. Anuṣṭubh

⟨6⟩ yo va[rddha]yat[i] yatpunyaṁ
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑–]
yo nāśayati yatpunyaṁ
naraka[⏓⏑–⏑–]

⟨7⟩ gho kaṁvai I gho thg[4+]n I tai jmas I tai ka[2+] ⟨8⟩ tai kanteṁ I
si [3+] krapi 4 tmur 20 7 ⟨9⟩ vvaṁ jā pi [6+] rājakāryya nuv neḥ dravya
⟨10⟩ man [5+] teṅ Añ ta roh neḥh vvaṁ jā pi ⟨11⟩ [7+] kamrateṅ Añ noḥ
khloñ viṣaya ⟨12⟩ [6+] neḥ dharmma neḥ I neḥ jaṁnvan khloñ ne [1+] _
⟨13⟩ [1+]u[1+] ce [12+]ḥ kamra[teṅ Añ] puṣkarāk[ṣa] ⟨14⟩ [3+] jātijanita
prat[i] [3+] vā [1+] lā lā [1+] vāṇāṁ kaṁsaḥ so yaḥ vāsudeva Itīritāḥ
⟨15⟩ [1+] tra kalpitam yajvanā [1+] kṣadradisupapadyaṁ vahulājān nīta
[1+] rau ⟨16⟩ Annasopāya tai kaṁpur krapi dnyam I tamryya dnyaṁ vyar cāṁ
pañcamī dvādaśī neḥ ⟨17⟩ gi jm¡ā!⟨oḥ⟩ dāsa tai kañcin ⟨18⟩ si sukhadāsa
tra[6+] var nu [1+]ṇā pañja va ca⟨19⟩nmat I

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1954

⟨1⟩ 840 śaka

1.

[…] affecté à l’āśrama […] avec un joyau […].

2.

[…] à commencer par des buffles […] de l’or, des gemmes, des joyaux.

3.

Ayant donné arec, bétel, nourriture […].

4.

Le Raurava avec le Kumbhipāka […] ⟨à celui⟩ qui […] son œuvre […].

5.

Celui qui fera prospérer son œuvre […]; celui qui causera la destruction
de son œuvre […] en enfer.

⟨7–8⟩ (liste de gho, tai, si), 4 buffles, 27 bœufs.

⟨9–12⟩ Défense […] service royal. Ces biens […] V.K.A., défense […]
V.K.A., le chef de district […] cette fondation.

⟨12⟩ Voici les dons de Khloñ […].

⟨13⟩ […] K.A. Puṣkarākṣa.

⟨14–16⟩ (Texte sanskrit ruiné dans lequel apparaît le nom de Vāsudeva).

⟨16–19⟩ Tai Kaṁpur, 1 paire de buffles, 2 paires d’éléphants sont de
service le cinquième et le douzième jour. Voici les noms des esclaves:
Tai Kañcin, Si Sukhadāsa (la fin est ruinée).

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1954, pp. 93–95) with a French
translation; the estampage EFEO 140 is not availbale for re-editing.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1954. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume VI.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3.6. Hanoi, Paris:
École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 93–95.