# K. 183.11. Southern doorpost of eastern gate of western gopura of
Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-11

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-11.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⟩ kan·Āt· gho th(g)a(ṇ)· tai [kaṁ] vra(ḥ) tai [2+] tai ⟨2⟩ phtal· tai
saṁAp· (tai) vraḥ śr(ī)ya t(ai) [2+] ⟨3⟩ n· si pau pa(ṁ)naṅ· [4+] gho 4
tai (6) si ⟨4⟩ pau I phsaṁ 10 2 ◦ […]t· tai ka⟨5⟩n·hyaṅ· tai [.]au si
rat(·) [1+] si rat· (kan)sip· si ⟨6⟩ rat· kansa[.]· si rat(·) […] ⟨7⟩
qdan· gho sra[…] gho […] ⟨8⟩ kanteṅ(·) gho […] ⟨9⟩ ñ· gho […] gho […]
⟨10⟩ gho […] ⟨11⟩ (khā)śiva […] ⟨12⟩ khānta […] ⟨13⟩ t(·) gho […] ⟨14⟩
kansi[p·] sot(·) [gho] [2+] gho […] ⟨15⟩ [.]ai va gho [3+] sot(·) gho
śa(śī)n(dra) […] ⟨16⟩ [2+] gho kansip· sot· gho kanteṅ· [gho] ⟨17⟩
śūnyavyāpi gho chke gho kamalaruci [2+] ⟨18⟩ ndra gho kansip· sot· gho
[…] ⟨19⟩ [1+] (gho kaṁ)pañ· sot· […] ⟨20⟩ [3+] sot· gho kaṁpañ· […] ⟨21⟩
[2+] gho vaktraśiva gho […] ⟨22⟩ [3+] gho paṇdan· […] ⟨23⟩ pañ· sot· gho
[…] ⟨24⟩ […]ndroka[1+] gho […] ⟨25⟩ […] śiva gho […] ⟨26⟩ […]
(kaṁpa)ñ(·) sot(·) ⟨27⟩ […] ⟨28⟩ […] ⟨29⟩ […] ⟨30⟩ […] ⟨31⟩ […] ⟨32⟩ […]
5 ⟨33⟩ […]nsā ⟨34⟩ […] kvan·

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kan·Āt· gho th(g)a(ṇ)· ⬦ kanqat gho thgalā KC; kan Āt gho thguṇ CJ.
— ⟨1⟩ tai [2+] ⬦ tai (kto) [1+] CJ.

⟨2⟩ śr(ī)ya ⬦ śriya CJ.

⟨3⟩ pau ⬦ po CJ.

⟨4⟩ […]t· tai ⬦ (Anak) [4+] (si kaṁ kat) tai CJ.

⟨5⟩ [.]au ⬦ (po) [I] CJ. — ⟨5⟩ rat(·) [1+] ⬦ (rat Iśa) CJ.

⟨6⟩ kansa[.]· ⬦ kansa(t) CJ. — ⟨6⟩ […] ⬦ (rājāśi) lap kanteṅ si si CJ.

⟨7⟩ sra[…] ⬦ (svakrīya tai) CJ.

⟨8⟩ gho […] ⬦ (gho kansan gho śānti) [gho kaṁ pa] CJ.

⟨10⟩ gho […] ⬦ gho raṁ(qā) […] gho […] CJ.

⟨13⟩ t(·) ⬦ (kra) CJ.

⟨15⟩ [.]ai va gho [3+] sot(·) ⬦ tai dha(rmmāśraya) [2+] ka CJ. — ⟨15⟩
śa(śī)n(dra) ⬦ śaśinanda[na] CJ.

⟨16⟩ [2+] ⬦ jayā CJ.

⟨17⟩ [2+] ⬦ (tai) [ca] CJ.

⟨18⟩ […] ⬦ (ka) [2+] [gho kaṁ] CJ.

⟨19⟩ [1+] (gho kaṁ)pañ· ⬦ (vai gho) kaṁpañ CJ. — ⟨19⟩ […] ⬦ (gho) [kan]
CJ.

⟨20⟩ [3+] ⬦ teṅ CJ.

⟨22⟩ [3+] ⬦ (harivaṁśa) CJ.

⟨23⟩ pañ· ⬦ [kaṁ] (pa)ñ CJ.

⟨24⟩ […]ndroka[1+] gho […] ⬦ (gho) mahendr(au)kanātha gho […] CJ.

⟨25⟩ […] śiva gho […] ⬦ [gho] (mantra)śiva gho pa[…] CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–4⟩ Kan-at, Gho Thgalā, Tai Kaṁ Vraḥ, Tai […], Tai Phtal, Tai Saṁ-ap,
Tai Vraḥ Śrīya, Tai […] accompanied by a baby boy (si pau) called
Paṁnaṅ, […], 4 male slaves (gho), 6 female slaves (tai), a baby boy;
grand total 12.

⟨4–34⟩ […], Tai Kanhyaṅ, Tai […] accompanied by her sons (si rat) named
Kansip, Kan[…], […], […] Adan, Gho […], Gho […] Kanteṅ, Gho […], Gho
[…], Gho […], Gho […], ⟨Gho⟩ […]khasiva, […], […] khānta, […], Gho […],
another ⟨Gho⟩ Kansip, Gho […],Gho […], another Gho […],Gho Śaśīndra,
[…], another Gho Kansip, Gho Kanteṅ, Gho Śūnyavyāpi, Gho Chke, Gho
Kamalaruci, […], another Gho Kansip, Gho […], another Gho Kaṁpañ, […],
Gho Kaṁpañ, […], Gho Vaktraśiva, Gho […], Gho Paṇdan, […], Gho […], Gho
[…], ⟨Gho⟩ […]śiva, Gho […], another ⟨Gho⟩ Kaṁpañ, […] 5 […], […]
children.

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 119–120) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 150). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 836-S.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 119–120.

[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.
Page 150.

### 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 52–54.