# K. 183.22. Eastern side of western pillar of southern pillarzone of
western peristyle of western gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-22

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-22.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· ca[.]sak· si kaṁpat· si kañcū gho ⟨2⟩ kanras· gho kan(·)[1+]n·
gho krau gho ⟨3⟩ [1+] gho Aṁvil(·) gvāl(·) (ch)poṅ· gvāl· pan(·)⟨4⟩U
gvāl· […] vraḥ prasāda tai ⟨5⟩ kan[t]eṅ· tai kaṁpit(·) […] [r̥]ddhi tai A
kapa ⟨6⟩ [1+] tai dharmma tai […] tai pau ⟨7⟩ [2+] triya tai [2+] tai
sraṅe tai ⟨8⟩ panlas· tai kaṁpit(·) […] tai rat· pa [2+] ⟨9⟩ [1+] kanso
[…] (gho) 5 gvāl(·) ⟨10⟩ (4) tai 10 […] tai pau I tai ⟨11⟩ […] [ph]sa[ṁ]
(40?) 5 […] vandha gho ⟨12⟩ [.]au gho hari […] mati kvan(·) ⟨13⟩ [2+]
can·cān· […] tai saṁA⟨14⟩p(· tai) laṅgāy· […] ta si rat· ⟨15⟩ […] tai
pau […] [pi]ṇda gho ⟨16⟩ (4) tai 4 si rat(·) 2 tai (pau) (I) phsaṁ ⟨17⟩
[…] gho phno ⟨18⟩ […] si ⟨19⟩ […] tai kaṁ ⟨20⟩ […] (gvāl·) […] ⟨21⟩ […]
⦿ sruk(·) ⟨22⟩ […] gho […] ⟨23⟩ […] (gvāl·) krau ⟨24⟩ gvā[l·] […] ⟨25⟩
[…] kaṁvrau si ⟨26⟩ […] (tai) thle[ṁ] tai kaṁ [2+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ca[.]sak· ⬦ (va)ṅ vluk CJ. — ⟨1⟩ kaṁpat· ⬦ kaṁ rat CJ.

⟨2⟩ kan(·)[1+]n· ⬦ kan trān CJ.

⟨3⟩ (ch)poṅ· ⬦ (spo)ṅ CJ.

⟨4⟩ U ⬦ ṅ CJ. — ⟨4⟩ […] vraḥ ⬦ kaṁ(bha gvāl) [2+] [tai] CJ.

⟨5⟩ kan[t]eṅ· ⬦ kan(d)eṅ CJ. — ⟨5⟩ […] ⬦ (tai) CJ.

⟨6⟩ [1+] ⬦ (śa) CJ. — ⟨6⟩ […] ⬦ tai (rmma) [1+] (tai ka)ñca CJ. — ⟨6⟩
pau ⬦ po CJ.

⟨7⟩ [2+] triya ⬦ savetriya CJ. — ⟨7⟩ tai [2+] ⬦ (tai) [rat I] CJ.

⟨8⟩ […] ⬦ (sot) CJ.

⟨9⟩ [1+] ⬦ [tai] CJ. — ⟨9⟩ […] ⬦ (tai) [rat 1 phsaṁ] CJ.

⟨10⟩ […] ⬦ [tai rat 4] CJ.

⟨11⟩ […] [ph]sa[ṁ] (40?) 5 ⬦ (A) [I] (phsaṁ) (20 5) CJ. — ⟨11⟩ […]
vandha ⬦ . [sruk] (ha)[ri]vandha CJ.

⟨12⟩ […] mati kvan(·) ⬦ [gho] pa(n)[.](aṅ) go mahitva CJ.

⟨13⟩ [2+] ⬦ (tai) CJ.

⟨15⟩ […] tai ⬦ (Ajra) tai CJ.

⟨17⟩ […] gho phno ⬦ [10 I] . (sruk candālaṁ) [1+] gho (phno) CJ.

⟨18⟩ […] si ⬦ s [2+] gho kandeṅ [gvā]l kañcū si CJ.

⟨19⟩ […] ⬦ […] (tai ka)ṅso(n) CJ.

⟨20⟩ […] (gvāl·) […] ⬦ [2+] (pinda) gho gvāl [1+] tai [1+] tai (ra) CJ.

⟨21⟩ […] ⬦ [t] […] (phsaṁ 10) CJ.

⟨23⟩ krau ⬦ (srā) CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–17⟩ Village of […]: Si Kaṁpat, Si Kañcū, Gho Kanras, Gho […], Gho
Krau, Gho […], Gho Aṁvil, Gvāl Chpoṅ, Gvāl Pan-u, Gvāl […] Vraḥ Prasāda,
Tai Kanteṅ, Tai Kaṁpit […] R̥ddhi, Tai A Kapa[…], Tai Dharmma, Tai […]
accompanied by daughter(s) (tai pau) […], Tai […], Tai Sraṅe, Tai
Panlas, Tai Kaṁpit, […] accompanied by a daughter (tai rat) called […]
Kanso, […], 5 male slaves (gho), 4 animal keepers (gvāl), 10 female
slaves (tai) […], a baby girl, […]; grand total […] Vandha, Gho […], Gho
Hari, […] accompanied by a child (or children), […] Cancān, […] Tai
Saṁ-ap, Tai Laṅgāy, […] accompanied by a son (or sons) (si rat) […]
accompanied by a daughter (or dallghters) (tai pau) […]. Total: 4 male
slaves (gho), 4 female slaves (tai), 2 boys (si rat), a baby girl (tai
pau); grand total […].

⟨17–20⟩ […], Gho […], Si […], Tai […].

⟨20–25⟩ Village of […], Gho […], Gvāl Krau, Gvāl […] Kaṁvrau, Si […],
Tai Thleṁ, Tai […]

## Commentary

Chhom 2011 does not include the line 20.

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 163–164) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 176). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 828.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 163–164.

[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 176.

### 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.