# K. 176.2. Rock inscription from Poeng Komnu, probably 11th century

Chloé Chollet

Author of digital edition: Chloé Chollet

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00176-2

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00176-2.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-09 14:46 (16691b9), last modified 2026-09-26 15:42
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ vraḥ śivaṣoma

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Vraḥ Śivasoma.

## Commentary

Contrary to George Cœdès’s edition, this Old Khmer line should not be
regarded as a “seventeenth line” of K. 176-1. It is in fact engraved
inside the central panel of the rock-cut bas-relief at Poeng Komnu and
is positioned above one of the ascetics of the saptarṣi frieze.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès 1937–1966, vol. 5, pp. 275–277.

### 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 5, pages 275–277.