# K. 174. Rock inscription from Poeng Preah Put Lo, 869 Śaka

Chloé Chollet and Jules Roeské

Authors of digital edition: Chloé Chollet, Jules Roeské

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00174

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00174.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ↜ ∥ nava rasa mūrtti śa(kena) ⟨2⟩ man na bhāyta vraḥ guhā ta
mah¿i?⟨e⟩ndra ⟨3⟩ phoṅa gi ta n(u) tathāga rudra [1×] ⟨4⟩ [1×] jye sa ta
mi (va)coditā ⟨5⟩ [5×] ta bhakti [1×]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ phoṅa ⬦ deṅ∙ JR. ⟨3⟩ n(u) ⬦ na JR. ⟨4⟩ -jye ⬦ -jra JR. ⟨4⟩
(va)coditā ⬦ bhakteditū JR. ⟨5⟩ bhakti ⬦ bhakta JR.

## Translation into French by Roeské 1914

⟨1–5⟩ L’année du roi śaka, neuf, les saveurs, les formes (869), dans la
brillante grotte sainte du Mahendra, ⟨fut⟩ élevée ⟨l’image⟩ du
tathāgata, Rudra […]jra, érigée là par ses adorateurs, […] là honoré […]

## Commentary

Aymonier had first described this inscription, saying that it probably
had seven lines originally (Aymonier 1883, p. 444).

## Bibliography

First edited by Jules Roeské (1914, p. 644) with a French translation.

### Primary

[JR] Roeské, Jules. 1914. “Les inscriptions bouddhiques du mont Koulen.”
JA 11 (3), pp. 637–644. [URL]. Page 644.

### Secondary

Aymonier, Étienne. 1883. “Quelques notions sur les inscriptions en vieux
khmêr.” JA 8 (1), pp. 441–505. [URL]. Page 444.