# K. 73. Stela of Vat Preah Theat, 6th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00073

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00073.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⟩ [5+] ta yajamāna [3+] ⟨2⟩ [3+] mratāñ· caranta kloñ· doṁ [3+] ⟨3⟩
[3+] ta vraḥ nakka yajamāna ta (v)ra[ḥ kñ]u[ṁ] [2+] ⟨4⟩ [3+]la I vā
tpūr· I vā kdoc· I vā Anis· I ku [2+] ⟨5⟩ [2+] I ku kñuṁ I ku tmān· I ku
vrau I ku voṁ teṅ· [I] ⟨6⟩ sre Aiy· teṁ slāṅ· ✚ sre Aiy· piṅ· ⟨7⟩
mrasoy· ✚ sre Aiy· lvāṅ· cār· ✚ sre ⟨8⟩ Aṁnoy· poñ· Adit· Aiy· ta vraḥ
pāda I ⟨9⟩ sr[e] Aṁvi ta poñ· kmanna Aṁnoy· po⟨10⟩ñ· sudeva Aiy· ta vraḥ
pāda I tmur· ⟨11⟩ 20 kralā I toṅ· teṁ 10 sre Ai⟨12⟩y· Aṁve kvoñ· Aṁvi ta
po[ñ·] ⟨13⟩ mrasirra pāda I sre Aiy· [2+] ⟨14⟩ caṁpok· Amvi ta kurāk·
[mrasi]⟨15⟩rra pāda ꩜

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ doṁ [3+] ⬦ doṁ te [2+] GC.

⟨3⟩ yajamāna ta (v)raḥ ⬦ yajamāna vraḥ GC.

⟨5⟩ kñuṁ ⬦ kñaṁ GC.

⟨8⟩ pāda I ⬦ pāda GC.

## Commentary

The inscription is also inventoried as K. 718.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 6, p. 37) without
translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n.
914 and the photograph of the stone AMPP 001272.

### 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 6, page 37.