# K. 183.17. Northern side of central southern pillar of western
pillarzone of western peristyle of western gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850
Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-17

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-17.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⟩ […] gho ⟨2⟩ […] vrau sot· ⟨3⟩ […]nlāk· gho thga ⟨4⟩ […]rmma gho 7
naya ⟨5⟩ […] gho śrī so⟨6⟩[t·] […] gho kaṁpit· gho kaṁ ⟨7⟩ […] [gvāl·]
dhavala gvāl· chke gvāl· (da) ⟨8⟩ […] gvāl· kaṁvāñ· gvāl· (qga)t· gvāl·
⟨9⟩ […] gvāl· sarāc· gho kansip· gho pavītra so⟨10⟩[t·] gvāl· valadeva
gvāl· kaṁpit· gvāl· thgot· gvā⟨11⟩l· kañcas· gvāl· snaṁ tai kanteṅ· si
pau kaṁvi(s·) tai ⟨12⟩ jiva tai kaṁvai tai rat· khnap· si pau Ājya tai
kan·A⟨13⟩ñ· tai kan·An· tai pau 1 tai panheṁ tai sahakā⟨14⟩ra tai chpoṅ·
tai kañcīn· tai laṅgāy· tai dharmma tai ⟨15⟩ kan·thun· tai caṁhek· si
rat· saṁAp· tai panlās· la⟨16⟩p· taṁUs· (s)i […] y(v)an· tai subhāśrīya
tai ra⟨17⟩t· […] tai pau kanlāt· tai ga⟨18⟩ndha tai […]n[r]ās· tai
kaṁv[i]⟨19⟩(ra) tai phn[os·] […] tai kaṁ[…] ⟨20⟩ [1+] lap· […]

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ […]rmma ⬦ [p] […] [gho dha]rmma CJ. — ⟨4⟩ 7 naya ⬦ CJ.

⟨7⟩ gvāl· (da) ⬦ gvāl daṁ CJ.

⟨11⟩ snaṁ ⬦ snuṁ CJ.

⟨12⟩ khnap· ⬦ khnar CJ.

⟨13⟩ panheṁ ⬦ panpo KC; panheṁ CJ.

⟨14⟩ chpoṅ· ⬦ lheṅ CJ.

⟨16⟩ y(v)an· ⬦ yun CJ. — ⟨16⟩ taṁUs· ⬦ kaṁ qus CJ.

⟨17⟩ kanlāt· ⬦ tanlāk CJ.

⟨18⟩ kaṁv[i] ⬦ kaṁ va CJ. — ⟨18⟩ […]n[r]ās· ⬦ [pa]nlās CJ.

⟨19⟩ (ra) ⬦ s CJ. — ⟨19⟩ phn[os·] ⬦ (po) CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–20⟩ […], Gho […], another […] Gho […], 7 male slaves (gho) […],
another Gho Śrī, […], Gho Kaṁpit, Gho […], Gvāl Dhavala, Gvāl Chke, Gvāl
[…], Gvā Kaṁvāñ, Gvāl Agat, Gvāl […], Gvāl Sarac, Gho Kansip, another
Gho Pavītra, Gvāl Valadeva, Gvāl Kaṁpit, Gvāl Thgot, Gvāl Kañcas, Gvāl
Snaṁ, Tai Kanteṅ accompanied by a baby boy (si pau) called Kaṁvis, Tai
Jiva, Tai Kaṁvai accompanied by a daughter (tai rat) called Khnap and a
baby boy (si pau) called Ājya, Tai Kan-añ, Tai Kan-an accompanied by a
baby girl (tai pau), Tai Panpo, Tai Sahakāra, Tai Chpoṅ, Tai Kañcīn, Tai
Laṅgāy, Tai Dharmma, Tai Kanthun, Tai Caṁhek accompanied by a son (si
rat) called Saṁ-ap, Tai Panlās, Lap Taṁ-us […], Tai Subhāśrīya
accompanied by a daughter (tai rat) […] accompanied by a baby girl (tai
pau) called Kanlāt, Tai Gandha, Tai […], Tai Kaṁ-vira, Tai Phnos […],
Tai […]

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 143–144) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 164). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 825-N.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 143–144.

[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 164.

### 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.