# K. 182.5. Northern doorpost of the western entrance of the eastern
gopura of Prasat Chen, 10th century

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00182-5

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00182-5.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-26 15:42
(5f03cc1)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

### Fragment 1

⟨1⟩ gvāl phnos gvāl kanqas gvāl th[kya]k […] gvāl pa[…] ⟨2⟩ ka[ṁ]vr̥k si
rat I tai kanso tai panE […] ⟨3⟩ kañcū tai pau I tai kaṁvrau lap A […]
⟨4⟩ p[u]r tai panlas kanrat tai paṁnaṅ […] ⟨5⟩ tai kaṁpit tai pau I tai
vrahey tai […] ⟨6⟩ thaqayak tai pavitra tai kaṁpit sot tai […] kaṁpañ
tai […] ⟨7⟩ krau tai kañjaṅ tai laṅgāy tai ka[…] [maya] tai […] ⟨8⟩ si
rat I tai thgot sot si rat I tai kaṁ[pr](vat) […]ṅ tai dharmma ⟨9⟩
kan(da)n tai sraṅe sot si rat I tai […] I tai khsāy […] ⟨10⟩ so[t] lap
t[ai] kaṁprvāt sot tai A […] Adeṅ tai […] ⟨11⟩ […] tai kaṁvī si pau I
tai Agat tai pandan […] (t)ai phnos [s]i […] ⟨12⟩ pau I tai A kaṁvraḥ
tai kaṁvrau sot [si] […] si rat I […] ⟨13⟩ […] tai kaṁvraḥ sot tai jmas
si […] tai kaṁvai ⟨14⟩ […]npo[ṁ] tai kaṁpur tai dharmma […] s[o]t si pau
⟨15⟩ […] pau I tai A kanqāk tai ch[p]o[ṅ] […] tai kaṁpas ⟨16⟩ […] [so]t
tai kanqak tai kaṁvraḥ so[t] […] tai [kanĀ] ⟨17⟩ […] I tai phnos sot tai
kanhya(ṅ) […] lap […] ⟨18⟩ […] tai kanlāṅ tai thkep tai […] ⟨19⟩ […] tai
phnos sot tai […] ⟨20⟩ […]Āṅ sot tai ka[…] ⟨21⟩ […] I si Iśvarabh(āva)
[…] ⟨22⟩ […] (tai) kanren tai […] ⟨23⟩ […] gvāl 10 […] ⟨24⟩ […] 5 phsaṁ
[…][-ṅte][…] ⟨25⟩ […] (ka)ns(i)p gho […] gho hr̥[…] ⟨26⟩ […] thgot […]
gho […] ⟨27⟩ […] kaṁvai (gho) […] gho […] ⟨28⟩ ...... kanteṅ
.........panlas ⟨29⟩ […] gho […] ⟨30⟩ […] gvā(l) […] ⟨31⟩ […] ka[ñc]ū
g(v)ā(l) […] ⟨32⟩ […] gvā(l) […] ⟨33⟩ […] ⟨34⟩ […] tai […] ⟨35⟩ […] tai
kaṁ- ⟨36⟩ […] tai […] ⟨37⟩ […] [s]i […] ⟨38⟩ […] t[ai] kan[I]n tai […]
⟨39⟩ […] [t]ai […]vi tai kaṁvrau sot ⟨40⟩ […]yeṅ tai A kans[ū] […] ⟨41⟩
... tai [th]l(eṁ) t[ai] padma t[ai] [p]ra{1} tai kaṁvai sot... ⟨42⟩ […]
tai ka[n]qak lap panlas lap thaqayak lap kaṁvrau […] ⟨43⟩ […]y lap
th[k]ep lap panlas sot @ gho kañca[ñ] ⟨44⟩ […] krau gh[o] kanhey gho
bhāvaruci gho thgot […] ⟨45⟩ […]As tai ph[g]au tai kantvan tai thmās tai
kaṁprvāt si pau […] ⟨46⟩ […] [kaṁ](v)ai [gho] śrī gh[o] thgo gho kaṁvi
gho kaṁ[…] ⟨47⟩ […] sot [gho] panla(s) gho [kre]p gho […] ⟨48⟩ […]jvan
gvā[l] kansaṁ […] ⟨49⟩ […] tai […] ⟨50⟩ […] gho […] ⟨51⟩ […] kr[au] tai
A […] ⟨52⟩ […] tai […] ⟨53⟩ [gho] kan[A](s) […] ⟨54⟩ […] sot gho […]
⟨55⟩ […] ⟨56⟩ […] kaṁ[pas] t[ai] […] ⟨57⟩ […] ⟨58⟩ […] kaṁ[v]r[au] t[ai]
kan[…] ⟨59⟩ […] [gh]o […] [gho] […] ⟨60⟩ […] [t]ai […] ⦿ phsa[ṁ] […]
⟨61⟩ […] si pau […] 5 […] ⟨62⟩ […] [gho] k[r]au gho […] ⟨63⟩ […] gho […]
gho A […] ⟨64⟩ […] gho […] gho vara […] ⟨65⟩ […] s[ot] gho kaṁvā(s) […]
⟨66⟩ […] (gho) khñuṁ [gho] kañcū gho khñuṁ sot […] ⟨67⟩ […] s[o]t gho
kaṁvai sot gho […] ⟨68⟩ […] sot gho kaṁpa[t] […] ⟨69⟩ […] gho subhā
canda gh[o] […] ⟨70⟩ […] [g]vāl pandan gvā(l) […] ⟨71⟩ […] tai kpata tai
[…] ⟨72⟩ […] thgot […] panlas si rat […] ⟨73⟩ […] pansoṁ […] tai A ka[…]
⟨74⟩ […] tai […] panda(n) […] ⟨75⟩ […]s tai ka[n]deṅ tai la[ṅgā](y)
(tai) th[m]ās sot […] ⟨76⟩ […] (la)p kañca[n] tai pan[p]oṁ […] tai An[…]
⟨77⟩ […] pau I tai panpoṁ sot tai thga[n] […] ⟨78⟩ […] tai kaṁvai tai
paṁnaṅ tai laṅgāy […] ⟨79⟩ […] g(v)āl kanĪ tai panpoṅ tai thṅe tai […]
⟨80⟩ […] kaṁpas tai laṅgāy tai kañci tai […] ⟨81⟩ […] 5 tai A 4 si rat 4
si pau […]

### Fragment 2

⟨1⟩ […] t[ai] […] ⟨2⟩ […] tai kanda[…] ⟨3⟩ […] tai kaṁvai (tai) […] ⟨4⟩
[…] [t]ai […] tai […] ⟨5⟩ […] ⟨6⟩ […] lap […] ⟨7⟩ […] kantvan tai […]
⟨8⟩ […] [pa]nlas lap kanrau […] ⟨9⟩ […] si kansip […] ⟨10⟩ […]Cai ⦿ […]
⟨11⟩ […] si pau […] (ra)t I tai […] ⟨12⟩ […] gho […] gho ka[…] ⟨13⟩ […]
[gh]o […] ⟨14⟩ […] bhāva [gho] ⟨15⟩ […] [gho] pandan sot [gho] […] ⟨16⟩
[…] [gho panla]s sot [gho] […] ⟨17⟩ […] sot […] ⟨18⟩ […] ⟨19⟩ […] ⟨20⟩
[…] ⟨21⟩ […] [t]ai […] tai […] ⟨22⟩ […] [tai] dha(rmma) […] si [p]au
⟨23⟩ […] ⟨24⟩ […] ⟨25⟩ […] ⟨26⟩ […] ⟨27⟩ […] ⟨28⟩ […] tai […] ⟨29⟩ ....
tai ka[n]rau ⟨30⟩ […] ⟨31⟩ […] tai kan[…] ⟨32⟩ […] I gvā(l) […] ⟨33⟩ […]
gh(o) th[l]e(ṁ) ⟨34⟩ […] [g]vāl […] ⟨35⟩ […]

### Fragment 3

⟨1⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ […] gho ⟨3⟩ […] tai kansr̥ṇ ⟨4⟩ […] tai kan{1} tai […] ⟨5⟩
[…] tai [thm]au […] ⟨6⟩ […] gho [sa]ṁAp [so]t […] ⟨7⟩ […] tai [kanso
tai] […] ⟨8⟩ […] [gho] […] ⟨9⟩ […] ⟨10⟩ […] ⟨11⟩ […] ⟨12⟩ […] ⟨13⟩ […]
⟨14⟩ […] Ī […] ⟨15⟩ […] [gho] […] ⟨16⟩ […] [t]ai […] [la]p ⟨17⟩ […] ⟨18⟩
[…] ⟨19⟩ […] [la]p ⟨20⟩ […] (ra)t ⟨21⟩ […] pau ⟨22⟩ […] l[va](n) ⟨23⟩
[…] gho […] gho ⟨24⟩ […] ka[n]so […] [gho] […] ⟨25⟩ […] s[o]t […] kaṁ-
⟨26⟩ […] g[v]āl […] [g]vāl [Ā]jya ⟨27⟩ […] ⟨28⟩ […] ⟨29⟩ […] (t)[ai
ch]po(ṅ) ⟨30⟩ […] [s]ot tai […] ⟨31⟩ […] s[o]t tai kaṁvrau ⟨32⟩ tai {1}
[kh]mau sot (tai) [kan]dvac tai kanteṅ ⟨33⟩ […] gvāl kaṁpit tai taṁqū
tai kaṁ{1} ⟨34⟩ tai […] tai tirtha sot si rat I […] ⟨35⟩ s tai jnau gvāl
kaṁvai tai kandeṅ [tai] […] ⟨36⟩ I gvāl 10 tai […]

## Translation by Chhom 2011

### Fragment 1

⟨1–81⟩ (List of workers from three villages (gvāl, tai and gho).)

### Fragment 2

⟨1–35⟩ (List of workers from two villages (tai, gho and gvāl).)

### Fragment 3

⟨1–36⟩ (List of workers (tai, gho and gvāl). They may come from a
village.)

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 55–59) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, pp. 300–302). 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 55–59.

[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 300–302.

### 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.