# K. 183.23. Western face of southwestern pillar of western peristyle
pillarzone of western gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-23

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-23.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· At· dhvājaya si Īśvara[ma]ya gho kaṁpit(·) ⟨2⟩ gho [3+] [gho]
[2+] gho kaṁpañ· gho ca- ⟨3⟩ [ndra] [2+] gho […] gho saṁAp· gvāl· lAu
tai ⟨4⟩ saṁ(Ap·) tai [3+] [tai] kañ·yān· tai [3+] ⟨5⟩ tai kañjaṅ· tai
saṁAp(·) tai kaṁpit· tai kaṁprvat(·) lap· ⟨6⟩ (thg)au si rat· 1 si pau 1
pinda gho 8 gvāl· 1 tai 8 ⟨7⟩ lap· 1 si (rat·) 1 si [pau] 1 phsaṁ 20 ⦿
sru[k·] ⟨8⟩ […] ⟨9⟩ […] ⟨10⟩ […] ⟨11⟩ […] sot(·) gho […] ⟨12⟩ […] (gho)
Oṅkāra (gho) […] ⟨13⟩ […] gho (saṁAp·) […] ⟨14⟩ […] (gho) kaṁ(vrau) gho
vidyā […] ⟨15⟩ […] (gho) [2+] gho kr̥s(·) […] ⟨16⟩ […] gho nala gho […]
⟨17⟩ […] tai kaṁ(prva)t· […] ⟨18⟩ […] tai kan·U tai kaṁpit· (tai) […]
⟨19⟩ (sot· tai kan·hyaṅ·) sot· tai […] ⟨20⟩ […] tai kaṁpit· (so)t· […]
⟨21⟩ […] gho mukti […] ⟨22⟩ […] pinda gho 20 10 (6) tai […] ⟨23⟩ […] (⦿
ta) lvan· gho kan·Ī gho […] ⟨24⟩ […] ⟨25⟩ […] ⟨26⟩ […] ⟨27⟩ […] ⟨28⟩ […]
⟨29⟩ […] ⟨30⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kaṁpit(·) ⬦ ka[ṁ] pat CJ.

⟨2⟩ ca ⬦ pu CJ.

⟨3⟩ lAu ⬦ laqo CJ.

⟨4⟩ [3+] ⬦ kath[…]en CJ. — ⟨4⟩ [3+] ⬦ paroṅ CJ.

⟨8⟩ […] ⬦ (gho ka) […] (trac) […] (tai) CJ.

⟨9⟩ […] ⬦ yadya […] (gho) […] CJ.

⟨10⟩ […] ⬦ (gho) […] (tai mā) [.](iva) […] CJ.

⟨15⟩ gho kr̥s(·) […] ⬦ gho kūs(·) […] KC; gho kr̥s gho [2+] CJ.

⟨17⟩ […] tai ⬦ [tai] kan (hyaṅ) tai (vara) tai CJ.

⟨20⟩ […] tai ⬦ [1+](tai) kanteṅ tai CJ.

⟨21⟩ […] gho mukti […] ⬦ (gho kaṁ) [2+] (rāṅ gho) [2+] (gho) mukti (sot)
[2+] CJ.

⟨22⟩ 20 10 (6) tai […] ⬦ (20) [1+] 6 tai (10 3) CJ.

⟨23⟩ […] (⦿ ta) ⬦ (phsaṁ) [1+] 9 ⦿ (ta) CJ. — ⟨23⟩ kan·Ī gho […] ⬦
kan(s)ān gho so CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–7⟩ Village of At Dhvājaya: Si Īśvaramaya, Gho Kaṁpit, Gho […], Gho
Kaṁpañ, Gho Candra[…], Gho […], Gho Saṁ-ap, Gvāl La-au, Tai Saṁ-ap, Tai
[…], Tai Kañ-yān, Tai […], Tai Kañjaṅ, Tai Saṁ-ap, Tai Kaṁpit, Tai
Kaṁprvat, Lap Thgau accompanied by two sons (a boy at the age of running
and a baby). Total: 8 male slaves (gho), an animal keeper (gvāl), 8
female slaves (tai), a male slave (lap), a boy (si rat) and a baby boy
(si pau); grand total 20.

⟨7–10⟩ Village of […].

⟨11–23⟩ […], another […], Gho […], Gho Oṅkāra, Gho […], Gho Saṁ-ap, […],
Gho Kaṁvrau, Gho Vidyā, […], Gho […], Gho Kūs, […], Gho Nala, Gho […],
Tai Kaṁprvat, […], Tai Kan-u, Tai Kaṁpit, another Tai […], another Tai
Kan-hyaṅ, Tai […], another Tai Kaṁpit, […], Gho Mukti, […]. Total: 39
male slaves (gho), […]. Among the lvan people, there are: Gho Kan-ī, Gho
[…],

⟨24–30⟩ […]

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 167–168) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 178). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 829-O.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 167–168.

[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 178.

### 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.