# K. 183.15. Southern side of central north pillar of pillarzone west of
western peristyle of west gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-15

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-15.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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] phsaṁ 20 10 9 ⦿ sruk· dharmmapa⟨2⟩[…] si hr̥dayalakṣm[ī] gho ⟨3⟩
[…] kandeṅ· gho [1+]pike[1+] ⟨4⟩ […] jeṅ· gvāl· [ka]ñcañ· tai ⟨5⟩ […]
tai (khna)p· tai kañcū si rat· ⟨6⟩ […] thkap· tai kandās· si rat· thkap·
⟨7⟩ […] kañ·yen· tai kaṁp[i]t· tai [3+] ⟨8⟩ [pinda] gho 6 [gv]āl· 1 tai
8 si rat· (2) ⟨9⟩ phsaṁ (10) 7 ⦿ sruk· pra[1+] (le caṁ canar·) ⟨10⟩ […]
⟨11⟩ […] ⟨12⟩ […] ⟨13⟩ […] ⟨14⟩ […] ⟨15⟩ […] ⟨16⟩ […] ⟨17⟩ […] ⟨18⟩ […]
⟨19⟩ […] ⟨20⟩ […] ⟨21⟩ […] śr(ī) ⟨22⟩ […] ⟨23⟩ […] [ka](n·)In(·) (t)ai
⟨24⟩ […] (kan·)As(·) tai ⟨25⟩ […](tai) bhāva (t)ai kanteṅ· tai
saṁ⟨26⟩[…] krau piṇda ⟨27⟩ […] 2 tai 10 1 lap I si [rat·] I phsaṁ 20 (⭘)

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ […] ⬦ [tai A I] CJ. — ⟨1⟩ dharmmapa ⬦ dharmmapu CJ.

⟨3⟩ [1+]pike[1+] ⬦ [1+]mi (keri) CJ.

⟨4⟩ […] jeṅ· gvāl· ⬦ CJ.

⟨5⟩ (khna)p· ⬦ [1+]p KC; (gap) CJ.

⟨6⟩ […] thkap· ⬦ [1+] [tai] thkep CJ. — ⟨6⟩ rat· thkap· ⬦ rat thgap CJ.

⟨7⟩ […] kañ·yen· ⬦ (tai) kañ yeṅ CJ. — ⟨7⟩ [3+] ⬦ (Aja)ṅ (tai) CJ.

⟨9⟩ (10) 7 ⬦ (20) 1 CJ. — ⟨9⟩ sruk· pra[1+] (le caṁ canar·) ⬦ (sruk vraḥ
dāṁ le caṁ) caṁnat CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–9⟩ […]; grand total 39. Village of Dharmmapa[…]: Si Hr̥dayalakṣmī, Gho
[…] Kandeṅ, Gho […], Gvāl Kañcañ, Tai […], Tai […], Tai Kañcū
accompanied by a son (si rat) […] Thkap, Tai Kandās accompanied by a son
(si rat) called Thkap, […] Kañyen tai kaṁpit tai […]. Total: 6 male
slaves (gho), an animal keeper (gvāl), 8 female slaves (tai) and 2 boys
at the age of running (si rat); grand total 17. Village of […] above the
[…]

⟨10–20⟩ […]

⟨21–27⟩ […] Śrī, […] Kan-in, Tai […] Kan-as, Tai […], Tai Bhāva, Tai
Kanteṅ, Tai […] Krau. Total […] 2 […], 11 female slaves (tai), a male
slave (lap) and a boy at the age of running (si rat); grand total 20.

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 136–137) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 158). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 824-S.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 136–137.

[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 158.

### 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.