# K. 182.3. Northern doorpost of the eastern entrance of the eastern
gopura of Prasat Chen, 10th century

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00182-3

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00182-3.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⟩ […] gho […] gho ⟨11⟩ […] [A]ṅkū (gho) […] (A)mr̥ta gho […] ⟨12⟩ […]
⟨13⟩ […]t (gh)o […] gho […] ⟨14⟩ […]t [gh]o […] ⟨15⟩ […] gh[o] chp[o]ṅ
gh[o] sar[va] ⟨16⟩ […] [gho] kaṁ[vi] gh[o] ka- ⟨17⟩ […] gho […] (gho)
kaṁvai gho phnos ⟨18⟩ […]t gho […] (dha)rm[m]a gho {2} bhāva [gho] ⟨19⟩
[…] [gho] hr̥daya […] gho ⟨20⟩ […] gho saṁqap ⟨21⟩ […] ⟨22⟩ […] ⟨23⟩ […]
gvāl ⟨24⟩ […]l […] ⟨25⟩ […] ⟨26⟩ […] ⟨27⟩ […] ⟨28⟩ […] ⟨29⟩ […] ⟨30⟩ […]
⟨31⟩ […] ⟨32⟩ […] ⟨33⟩ […]vrau ⟨34⟩ […] dharmma [tai] ⟨35⟩ […] pau 1 tai
ka- ⟨36⟩ […] panlas tai ⟨37⟩ […] tai A […] ⟨38⟩ […] lau t(ai) […]
(ka)ṁvrau tai A […] ⟨39⟩ […] ⟨40⟩ […] sot tai […] ⟨41⟩ […] tai […] [tai]
pau I tai ka- ⟨42⟩ […] [l]aṅ[g]āy tai kaṁ[…] ⟨43⟩ […] tai […] [so]t tai
dharmma tai ⟨44⟩ […] Ājya tai kanAs ⟨45⟩ […] tai rat ka[…] ⟨46⟩ […] lap
panda(n) ⟨47⟩ […] tai rat I […] ⟨48⟩ […] lap […] kaṁpat s[i] rat I lap
[…] ⟨49⟩ […] khsay […] [gho] kanso lap […] ⟨50⟩ […] so[t] […] sot ◦
phsaṁ si 20 […] ⟨51⟩ […] si pau […] ⟨52⟩ […]pha […] si (ka)ñjā s[i] pūr
[…] ⟨53⟩ […] śiva rudra si prāṇa […] ⟨54⟩ […] si kanda[ḥ] ⟨55⟩ […] si
mahe(ndra) ⟨56⟩ […] gho […] gho […] gho A […] ⟨57⟩ […] gho ta- ⟨58⟩ […]
gho […] ⟨59⟩ […] gho kanAk […] ⟨60⟩ […] sot gho ka[…] ⟨61⟩ […] gho […]
gho pan[da]n gho krau […] ⟨62⟩ […] gho […] ⟨63⟩ […] gho ph(no)s […] gho
[…] gho krau […] ⟨64⟩ […] [Īśvari]vyāpi [gho] thgāp sot […] ⟨65⟩ […] sot
gho kañcū gho kaṁ[pa]ñ sot gho […] ⟨66⟩ […] gho pandan [gho] Avidyā {2}
gho pan[da]n [gho] […] ⟨67⟩ […] t gho [ma]hendraśiva gho
{1}[tti](ru)[dra] gho A […] ⟨68⟩ […]t gho kañcū gho kansip […] ⟨69⟩
[…]pat gho A smr̥dhigarbha gho kaṁpa[t] [s]ot [gh]o ⟨70⟩ […]An gho vajra
gho kan[qu] gho kandaḥ gho […] ⟨71⟩ […] A thgāp gho hararuci gho śiva
{2} gho […] ⟨72⟩ […] sot gho kaṁvai gho kañcan [s]ot gho […] ⟨73⟩ […]
[gh]o [Ā]ryyanandana gho [th]gap so[t] gho thleṁ […] ⟨74⟩ […]t gho thgāp
sot gho chke kaṁpat gho hr̥(daya) ⟨75⟩ […] kanĪ sot gho A kanseṁ gho
{1}mpa- ⟨76⟩ […] (ka)ntr̥p gvāl jaṁnan gvāl svasti gvāl khñuṁ s[o](t)
⟨77⟩ […] gvāl kaṁpañ gvāl chke gvāl chke so(t) ⟨78⟩ […]ñ gvāl panlas
gvāl krau (gv)āl [vra-] ⟨79⟩ […] saṁ[A]p gvāl […] tai […] ⟨80⟩ […] hyaṅ
tai A prā(ṇ)[…] ⟨81⟩ […] tai thleṁ [tai] panlas […] ⟨82⟩ […] si rat I
tai A [4] […] ⟨83⟩ […] tai pau […]

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–83⟩ (List of workers (gho, gvāl, tai, lap, si).)

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 45–46) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, pp. 288–289). 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 45–46.

[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 288–289.

### 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.