# K. 182.4. Southern doorpost of the western entrance of the eastern
gopura of Prasat Chen, 10th century

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00182-4

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00182-4.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

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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⟩ s[ru]k smā […] ⟨11⟩ […] gho […] ⟨12⟩ […] śrīya I t[ai] chp[oṅ] […]
⟨13⟩ […] lap thga[n] […] ⟨14⟩ […] ⟨15⟩ […] ⟨16⟩ […] ⟨17⟩ [vraḥ
śiva]liṅga I […] ⟨18⟩ […] ⟨19⟩ […] gho […] kante(ṅ) [I] g[v]āl ⟨20⟩ […]
lvan saṁA[p] […] ⟨21⟩ tai prāṇa I tai […] tai [ka]ñjan I (tai) kaṁpat
⟨22⟩ tai kaṇde[ṅ] […] ⟨23⟩ tai ka[…] tai […] [tai] kans[o] I tai pau
taṅk[u] I tai [ga]n[dha] I tai ⟨24⟩ rat […] [tai] (ka)ñcan I tai kanhyaṅ
I tai ga- ⟨25⟩ ndha sot I si rat […] ⟨26⟩ phsaṁ 20 […] ⦿ […] ⟨27⟩ […]
rat I […] ⟨28⟩ y[o]gidā[ya] […] ⟨29⟩ lvan […] ⟨30⟩ gho […] [la]- ⟨31⟩ p
panla[s] […] ⟨32⟩ te[ṅ] Añ […] ⟨33⟩ [kaṁ]v[r]aḥ […] ⟨34⟩ […] lvan […]
sruk yale [śi]- ⟨35⟩ [va]liṅga I gh[o] […] I gho śrī [dhara] I gho
[pa]ns[o] ⟨36⟩ lvan vaṁṅā I gvāl lvan […] I tai rat I […] I tai
[sa]khānī ⟨37⟩ tai [th]kyā p I tai phno[s] I tai […] tai kandhi I tai
kaṁvr[au I] tai […] ⟨38⟩ […] I gho […] yaj I gvāl lvan prā[ṇa] (I) gvāl
lvan kandā I tai [A gha] ⟨39⟩ tai Utpala I tai kaṁvai tai […] I tai […]
I tai kaṁpit sot I tai kañ[c]ū I ⟨40⟩ phsaṁ 20 4 [◦] vraḥ śi[va]li[ṅga]
[…] (so)t I tai kaṁ{1} [I] tai ph(n)os I ⟨41⟩ […]

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–26⟩ (List oflaborers from a village the name ofwhich starts with
Sma_.There are gho, lap, and tai accompanied by their children. Line 8
mentions a śivaliṅga.)

⟨26–34⟩ (List of laborers from another village.)

⟨34–41⟩ (List of laborers from the village of Yale Sivalinga. Line 31
gives a total number of the servants as 24.)

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 51–52) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, pp. 269–270). 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 (nd, unpublished).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 51–52.

[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 269–270.

### 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.