# K. 183.18. Eastern side of western pillar of northern pillarzone of
western peristyle of western gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-18

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-18.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⟩ sruk· cralaḥ gho kañj(ā)ṅ· gho kaṁ⟨2⟩vis· gho kandhan· gho kaṁvai
gho bha⟨3⟩vitavya gho kan·hen· gho thgap· gho ka⟨4⟩ñcū gho krau gho
(c)radit· gho [2+] ⟨5⟩ y· gho sajjana gho caṁl[au] gho [kaṁ]vrau ⟨6⟩ gho
qgat· gho jaidāsa gvāl· [3+] gvā[l·] ⟨7⟩ krau tai kandai tai kandhi tai
ka(nte)j· tai ⟨8⟩ thkep· tai malaya tai kapas· (tai) [3+] ⟨9⟩ tai kan·Aṁ
tai kand(u)c· tai ka(ñjaṅ·) ⟨10⟩ tai śaṅkā tai kañ·cyas· tai […] ⟨11⟩
tai kanso tai kaṁvi lap· ph[t]al· la⟨12⟩p· kaṁpit· lap· khnap· piṇda
(gho) (10) ⟨13⟩ 6 gvāl· 2 tai 10 5 lap· (3) phsaṁ 20 ⟨14⟩ 10 6 ⭘ sruk·
mahānasa gho kan·s(i)p· ⟨15⟩ gho kan·As· gho kaṁvi gho bhā(va) ⟨16⟩
gvāl· kañcū gho kandhi tai [2+] Añ· ⟨17⟩ tai pandan· tai kañcan· si pau
I tai ⟨18⟩ gandha lap· kaṁput· pinda gho 5 gvāl· [I] ⟨19⟩ tai 4 lap· I
si pau I phsaṁ 10 2 ⭘ sru⟨20⟩k· stuk· srek· gho […] ⟨21⟩ kaṁpañ· gho
taṁpar· tai […] ⟨22⟩ nara tai (pāṇa) tai ch[k]e […] ⟨23⟩ tai na(gha)
pi[ṇda] […] ⟨24⟩ pau I phsaṁ […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ cralaḥ ⬦ craluḥ CJ.

⟨4⟩ (c)radit· gho [2+] ⬦ kradit gho (dralā) CJ.

⟨5⟩ caṁl[au] gho [kaṁ]vrau ⬦ caṁ (sau gho) [v]rau CJ.

⟨6⟩ [3+] ⬦ ka[ṁ v](ai) CJ.

⟨7⟩ ka(nte)j· ⬦ ka(nte)ṅ CJ.

⟨8⟩ kapas· ⬦ kaṁ ras CJ.

⟨9⟩ kand(u)c· ⬦ kandan CJ. — ⟨9⟩ ka(ñjaṅ·) ⬦ ka(nde)ṅ CJ.

⟨10⟩ […] ⬦ na(nda)na CJ.

⟨12⟩ khnap· ⬦ khnar CJ.

⟨14⟩ kan·s(i)p· ⬦ kan sap CJ.

⟨15⟩ kaṁvi ⬦ kaṁpi CJ.

⟨16⟩ [2+] Añ· ⬦ padisañ CJ.

⟨17⟩ pandan· ⬦ pandana CJ.

⟨18⟩ kaṁput· ⬦ kaṁsūta CJ.

⟨21⟩ taṁpar· ⬦ kaṁpar CJ.

⟨22⟩ (pāṇa) ⬦ rāṇa CJ. — ⟨22⟩ ch[k]e ⬦ leḥ CJ. — ⟨22⟩ […] ⬦ (tai) [3+]
CJ.

⟨23⟩ na(gha) ⬦ naṁ gha CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–14⟩ Village of Cralaḥ : Gho Kañjāṅ, Gho Kaṁvis, Gho Kandhan, Gho
Kaṁvai, Gho Bhavitavya, Gho Kanhen, Gho Thgap, Gho Kañcū, Gho Krau, Gho
Cradit, Gho […], Gho Sajjana, Gho Caṁlau, Gho Kaṁvrau, Gho Agat, Gho
Jaidasa, Gvāl […], Gvāl Krau, Tai Kandai, Tai Kandhi, Tai Kantej, Tai
Thkep, Tai Malaya, Tai Kapas, […], Tai Kan-aṁ, Tai Kanduc, Tai Kañjaṅ,
Tai Śaṅkā, Tai Kañcyas, Tai […], Tai Kanso, Tai Kaṁvi, Lap Phtal, Lap
Kaṁpit, Lap Khnap. Total: 16 male slaves (gho), 2 animal keepers (gvāl),
15 female slaves (tai), 3 male slaves (lap); grand total 36.

⟨14–19⟩ Village of Mahanasa: Gho Kansip, Gho Kan-as, Gho Kaṁvi, Gho
Bhāva, Gvāl Kañcū, Gho Kandhi, Tai […], Tai Pandan, Tai Kañcan
accompanied by a baby boy (si pau), Tai Gandha, Lap Kaṁput. Total: 5
male slaves (gho), an animal keeper, 4 female slaves (tai), a male slave
(lap) and a baby boy; grand total 12.

⟨19–24⟩ Village of Stuk Srek: Gho […] Kaṁpañ, Gho Taṁpar, Tai […], Tai
Pāṇa, Tai Chke, […] Tai Nagha. Total […] a baby; grand total […]

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 146–147) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 166). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 826-E.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 146–147.

[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 166.

### 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.