# K. 182.2. Southern doorpost of the eastern entrance of the eastern
gopura of Prasat Chen, 10th century

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00182-2

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00182-2.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-26 15:42
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ […] ⟨3⟩ […] ⟨4⟩ […] ⟨5⟩ […] ⟨6⟩ […] ⟨7⟩ […] ⟨8⟩ […] ⟨9⟩ […]
⟨10⟩ […] ⟨11⟩ […] ⟨12⟩ […] ⟨13⟩ […] tai […] ⟨14⟩ […] kan(I)n […] ⟨15⟩
[…] phn[o]s […] tai ⟨16⟩ […] pau I tai kaṁpr(va)- ⟨17⟩ (t) […] tai kan
{1} si rat I ⟨18⟩ […] tai kanAk ⟨19⟩ […] (Ā)jya tai rat I tai chne(ṁ)
⟨20⟩ […] (pa)ntan {1} pau I tai A kanhyaṅ ⟨21⟩ […] pau I […] tai thgau
tai pau I ⟨22⟩ […]I tai (ka)nyān si rat I tai thaṁ {1} ⟨23⟩ kan(tvan
tai) kansaṁ tai A panlas tai ⟨24⟩ […]t tai khñ(u)ṁ tai A ka- ⟨25⟩ […]
pau I tai kaṁpat tai pau I ⟨26⟩ […] s[o]t tai kanhyaṅ so(t) ⟨27⟩ […] sot
tai kandhan si rat I ⟨28⟩ […] thg[ā]t tai kaṁvai tai thgān tai ⟨29⟩ […]
ch[m]yāt tai kaṁvr̥k tai svas(t)i [t]ai ⟨30⟩ […] [la]p cāmpa tai rat ka
[…] ⟨31⟩ […] [la]p kañjā tai pau I la(p) […] ⟨32⟩ […] (t)ai pau I tai
rat I si pau I ⟨33⟩ […] (kaṁ)vrau tai A I lap I lap ⟨34⟩ […]p sot lap
kaṁvrau ⟨35⟩ […] 2 gho 80 10 5 gho [A] […] ⟨36⟩ […] tai […] tai pau [10]
4 ⟨37⟩ […] (ś)ikhā si kanAs si pitara ⟨38⟩ […] si valadeva si thleṁ si
ra(t) […] ⟨39⟩ […] krau si kampañ sot ⟨40⟩ […] kāṁvai si Ājya ⟨41⟩ […]
gh[o] kañjāt ⟨42⟩ […] [gho] kaṁpat gho kaṁ- ⟨43⟩ […] [gho] phnos so-
⟨44⟩ (t) […] phn[o]s sot [gho] ⟨45⟩ […] kaṁpr[va]t so[t] ⟨46⟩ […]
ka[ṁ]pat gho ⟨47⟩ […] [gho saṁ]Ap sot ⟨48⟩ […] [so]t gho kañyeṅ […] gho
⟨49⟩ […] [gho] kaṁphū sot gho kaṁpa- ⟨50⟩ (t) […] kanloñ gho kanteṅ ⟨51⟩
[…] kanĀ gho phnos so- ⟨52⟩ (t) […] pañ kaṁrās gho […] ⟨53⟩ […]na
[n]ihāra gho kañ[c]āñ […] ⟨54⟩ […] [k]anloñ gho vidyābhāva gho ⟨55⟩ […]
chke vihāra gho kandeṅ [gh]o ⟨56⟩ […] śiva gho śrī [dita] gho […] ⟨57⟩
[…] kanloñ sot gho panla(s) ⟨58⟩ […] s[o]t gho kan[qī] gho kaṁvai si
⟨59⟩ […]yabhāva ka[ṁ]pat gho [c]mai gho ⟨60⟩ […] gvāl pavitra gvāl khñuṁ
gvāl ka- ⟨61⟩ […]t gvāl caṁnat gvāl panhāṅ ⟨62⟩ […] gvāl kaṁpit gvāl
khmau gvāl ⟨63⟩ […] gvāl kañjes gvāl kanteṅ gvā- ⟨64⟩ (l) […] (kan)Ī
gvāl pa[…] gvāl kañci gvāl ⟨65⟩ […] tai khñuṁ tai kan- ⟨66⟩ […] tai A
[…] ⟨67⟩ […] thleṁ sot ⟨68⟩ […] tai rat ⟨69⟩ […] kaṁpit ⟨70⟩ […] chke

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–69⟩ (List of workers (tai, lap, si, gho, gvāl). Some female servants
are accompanied by their sons.)

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 40–42) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, pp. 285–286). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et
al. (nd, unpublished).

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 40–42.

[CJ] Jacques, Claude. 2014. Koh Ker: Temples et inscriptions, avec une
étude sur le roi Jayavarman IV et un essai sur l’“esclavage” dans
l’ancien pays khmer. Budapest: The Hungarian Southeast Asian Institute.
Pages 285–286.

### Secondary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I. Collection
de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi: École française
d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 55–56.