# K. 183-19. Southern side of western pillar of northern pillarzone of
western gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-19

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-19.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [1+]nre tai kaṁprvat· tai puṇ(ya) tai kanluc· tai ka⟨2⟩nAyāk· tai
kanlac· soc· tai dharmma tai kaṁprvat· so⟨3⟩t· (tai) [2+] tai (bhā)jana
tai tir(tha) tai chmyat· tai kan·hya⟨4⟩ṅ· tai (pā)n· tai kaṁva sot· tai
kaṁprvat· sot· tai ⟨5⟩ [ka]n·hyaṅ· sot· tai [2+] tai kaṁvrau tai khñuṁ
sot· ⟨6⟩ tai [3+] sot· tai kan[1+] tai kan(da)n· tai 1 si rat· 1 ⟨7⟩ tai
rat· 1 tai kandep· tai khñuṁ vraḥ si rat· 1 tai ⟨8⟩ rat· 1 ⭘ piṇda gho
40 10 2 gvāl· 10 tai ⟨9⟩ 60 2 si rat (2) tai rat (3) phsaṁ 100 20 9 ⟨10⟩
qnak· Ugrapura sot· gho (śiva)putra gho ⟨11⟩ kaṁbhāp· gho kaṁpur· gho
kaṁvai gho bhāvala⟨12⟩kṣmi gho bhāva(ma)ya gho kansā gho kansāṅ· ⟨13⟩
(gho) kaṁvat· gho kan·Aṁ gho kaṁpañ· gho ⟨14⟩ jīva gho (th)leṁ gho kr̥s·
gho kandeṅ· gho (ka) ⟨15⟩ [3+] gho kanhey· gvāl· (chk)e tai [2+] ⟨16⟩
[2+] kvan· 1 tai saṁAp· kvan· 1 tai (Aṁvau) ⟨17⟩ tai khñuṁ (kule)
vidyābhāva tai ka(ñ)jāṅ· k(va)n· ⟨18⟩ [4+] tai jvik· kvan· 4 tai [3+]
(pi) ⟨19⟩ [2+] k(v)an· (2) tai [4+] tai saṁ(Ap·) […] ⟨20⟩ […] kandeṅ·
kvan· 4 […] ⟨21⟩ […] ⟨22⟩ […] ⟨23⟩ […] ⟨24⟩ […] ⟨25⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [1+]nre ⬦ kaṁvrau CJ. — ⟨1⟩ puṇ(ya) ⬦ paṇḍana CJ.

⟨2⟩ nAyāk· ⬦ n sāk CJ. — ⟨2⟩ kanlac· soc· ⬦ kanluc loc CJ.

⟨3⟩ (tai) [2+] ⬦ (tai kaṅle) CJ. — ⟨3⟩ (bhā)jana ⬦ kaṁ jana CJ.

⟨4⟩ kaṁva ⬦ kaṁ var CJ.

⟨5⟩ [2+] ⬦ sraṅe CJ.

⟨6⟩ [3+] ⬦ kaṁ (vai) CJ. — ⟨6⟩ kan[1+] ⬦ kaṁ s(th)[i]rā CJ. — ⟨6⟩
kan(da)n· ⬦ ka(na)nta CJ.

⟨9⟩ 60 2 ⬦ 40 2 CJ.

⟨11⟩ kaṁbhāp· ⬦ kaṁ bhopa CJ.

⟨14⟩ jīva ⬦ jiva CJ. — ⟨14⟩ kr̥s· ⬦ kūs KC; kr̥s CJ. — ⟨14⟩ (ka) ⬦ kr̥ CJ.

⟨15⟩ [3+] ⬦ ṣṇagarbha CJ. — ⟨15⟩ kanhey· ⬦ kanpoy KC; kanhey CJ.

⟨16⟩ [2+] ⬦ [1+]yaṅ CJ. — ⟨16⟩ (Aṁvau) ⬦ Asau CJ.

⟨17⟩ ka(ñ)jāṅ· ⬦ kañjaṅ CJ.

⟨18⟩ [4+] ⬦ I ke I CJ. — ⟨18⟩ [3+] (pi) ⬦ karṇṇa (tai ha) CJ.

⟨19⟩ [2+] k(v)an· (2) ⬦ [ri] (tai kan) (I) kvan I CJ. — ⟨19⟩ [4+] ⬦
(Ī)[śāna] […]tra CJ. — ⟨19⟩ […] ⬦ tai (kan) CJ.

⟨20⟩ […] kandeṅ· ⬦ […] [tai] kaṁ khlā (tai) kandeṅ CJ. — ⟨20⟩ 4 […] ⬦ 1
CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–9⟩ […], Tai Kaṁprvat, Tai Puṇya, Tai Kanluc, Tai Kan-ayāk, Tai Kanlac
Soc, Tai Dharmma, another Tai Kaṁprvat, Tai […], Tai Bhājana, Tai
Tirtha, Tai Chmyat, Tai Kan-hyaṅ, Tai Pān, another Tai Kaṁva, another
Tai Kaṁprvat, another Tai Kan-hyaṅ, Tai […], Tai Kaṁvrau, another Tai
Khñuṁ, another Tai […], Tai […], Tai Kandan, a female slave (tai)
accompanied by a son (si rat) and daughter (tai rat), Tai Kaṁndep, Tai
Khñuṁ Vraḥ accompanied by a son (si rat) and a daughter (tai rat).
Total: 52 male slaves (gho), 10 animal keepers (gvāl), 62 female slaves
(tai), 2 boys (si rat) and 3 girls (tai rat); grand total 129.

⟨10–20⟩ People ⟨from the village⟩ of Ugrapura B: Gho Śivaputra, Gho
Kaṁbhāp, Gho Kaṁpur, Gho Kaṁvai, Gho Bhāvalakṣmi, Gho Bhāvamaya, Gho
Kansā, Gho Kansāṅ, Gho Kaṁvat, Gho Kan-aṁ, Gho Kaṁpañ, Gho Jīva, Gho
Thleṁ, Gho Kūs, Gho Kandeṅ, Gho […], Gho Kanpoy, Gvāl Chke, Tai […]
accompanied by a child, Tai Saṁ-ap accompanied by a child, Tai Aṁvau,
Tai Khñuṁ ⟨kule⟩ Vidyābhāva, Tai Kañjāṅ accompanied by a child, […], Tai
Jvik accompanied by 4 children, Tai […] accompanied by 2 children, Tai
[…], Tai Saṁ-ap, […] Kandeṅ accompanied by 4 children […]

⟨21–25⟩ […]

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 150–151) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 168). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 826-S.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 150–151.

[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 168.

### 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.