# K. 183.21. Southern side of eastern 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_INSCIK00183-21

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-21.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⟩ ndan· tai rat· I tai panlās· si pau I tai qna⟨2⟩ṅga tai kan·In· tai
kandeṅ· tai pau I tai ⟨3⟩ A kasar· tai kan·hyaṅ· tai kanlāṅ· ⟨4⟩ tai
laṅgāy· tai thgot· sot· tai ⟨5⟩ chneṁ tai qme bhadra tai thmās· tai
bhadra ⟨6⟩ tai khnit· tai rat· 2 tai pau I tai chneṁ sot· ⟨7⟩ si rat 1
si pau 1 tai pārvvati tai phgal· tai ⟨8⟩ kaṁvaḥ tai kanteṅ· kvan· 1 tai
kaṁprvat· ⟨9⟩ si rat· 1 gho sarvveśvara gho kaṁpañ· ⟨10⟩ gho kandeṅ·
gvāl· dharmma gvāl· kansip(·) ⟨11⟩ gvāl(·) chpoṅ· gho kandep· tai thmai
tai ⟨12⟩ jnau tai kandvac· tai kantep· tai khmau pi⟨13⟩nda si 4 gho 40 7
gvāl 10 tai 60 7 la⟨14⟩p· 1 si rat· 6 tai rat· 3 si pau 8 tai [pau] ⟨15⟩
1010 tai A 6 phsaṁ 100 60 2 ⦿ ta lvan· gho ⟨16⟩ kaṁvai gho kanso gho
kandhi gho kante⟨17⟩[ṅ·] gho vidyādeha tai kan·Ā tai kaṁpit⟨·⟩ ⟨18⟩ tai
kamprvat· tai kan·As· phsaṁ 9 ⦿ sruk(·) ⟨19⟩ vyau karoṁ si hemaruci si
krau gho thgap· ⟨20⟩ gho śakti gho svasti gho pitrānandana ⟨21⟩ gho
caṁhek· gho panlās· gho kanlo⟨22⟩ñ· gvāl· cak·cok· gvāl· mādhava
gvā⟨23⟩l· kañcan· gvāl· lAu tai chneṁ tai rat· ⟨24⟩ 1 si pau 1 tai
rarassa tai kaṁvrau tai ⟨25⟩ (th)mās· tai marakata tai kaṁpat· tai jvik·
tai ka⟨26⟩n·dai tai surabhi tai phnos· lap· vraḥ ⟨27⟩ sr̥ṣṭha tai kaṁvai
si pau 1 tai kaṁpit· tai ⟨28⟩ kan·hyaṅ· pavitra tai pau kan·In· ⟨29⟩ tai
kan⟨·⟩U kvan· 2 pinda gho 9 gvāl· ⟨30⟩ 4 tai 10 3 lap· 1 tai rat· 1 […]

## Apparatus

⟨7⟩ phgal· ⬦ phtal CJ.

⟨12⟩ kantep· ⬦ kantem CJ.

⟨17⟩ [ṅ·] ⬦ [ṅa] KC; ṅ CJ. — ⟨17⟩ kaṁpit⟨·⟩ ⬦ kaṁpita KC; kaṁ pit CJ.

⟨23⟩ lAu ⬦ laqū CJ.

⟨24⟩ rarassa ⬦ parassa CJ.

⟨25⟩ (th)mās· ⬦ Amās CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–18⟩ ⟨Tai Pa⟩ndan accompanied by a daughter (tai rat), Tai Panlās
accompanied by a baby boy (si pau), Tai Anaṅga, Tai Kan-in, Tai Kandeṅ
accompanied by a baby girl (tai pau), Tai A Kasar, Tai Kanhyaṅ, Tai
Kanlāṅ, Tai Laṅgāy, another Tai Thgot, Tai Chneṁ, Tai Ame Bhadra, Tai
Thmās, Tai Bhadra, Tai Khnit accompanied by 3 daughters (2 tai rat and 1
tai pau), another Tai Chneṁ accompanied by 2 sons (1 si rat and 1 si
pau), Tai Pārvvati, Tai Phgal, Tai Kamvaḥ, Tai Kanteṅ accompanied by a
child, Tai Kaṁprvat accompanied by a son (si rat), Gho Sarvveśvara, Gho
Kaṁpañ, Gho Kandeṅ, Gvāl Dharmma, Gvāl Kansip, Gvāl Chpoṅ, Gho Kandep,
Tai Thmai, Tai Jnau, Tai Kandvac, Tai Kantep, Tai Khmau. Total: 4 male
slaves (si), 47 male slaves (gho), 10 animal keepers (gvāl), 67 female
slaves (tai), a male slave (lap), 6 boys (si rat), 3 girls (tai rat), 8
baby boys (si pau), 10 baby girls (tai pau) and 6 tai a; grand total
162. The lvan people are Gho Kaṁvai, Gho Kanso, Gho Kandhi, Gho Kanteṅa,
Gho Vidyādeha, Tai Kan-ā, Tai Kaṁpita, Tai Kaṁprvat, Tai Kan-as; total
9.

⟨18–30⟩ Village of Vyau Karoṁ: Si Hemaruci, Si Krau, Gho Thgap, Gho
Śakti, Gho Svasti, Gho Pitrānandana, Gho Caṁhek, Gho Panlās, Gho Kanloṅ,
Gvāl Cakcok, Gvāl Mādhava, Gvāl Kañcan, Gvāl La-au, Tai Chneṁ
accompanied by a daughter (tai rat) and a son (si pau), Tai Rarassa, Tai
Kaṁvrau, Tai Thmās, Tai Marakata, Tai Kaṁpat, Tai Jvik, Tai Kandai, Tai
Surabhi, Tai Phnos, Lap Vraḥ Sr̥ṣṭha, Tai Kaṁvai accompanied by a son (si
pau), Tai Kaṁpit, Tai Kanhyaṅ Pavitra accompanied by a daughter (tai
pau) called Kan-in, Tai Kan-u accompanied by 2 children. Total: 9 male
slaves (gho), 4 animal keepers (gvāl), 13 female slaves (tai), a male
slave (lap), a girl (tai rat) […]

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 159–160) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 174). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 827-S.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 159–160.

[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 174.

### 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.