# K. 183.26. Northern side of pillar 1 of northern portico of western
gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-26

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-26.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⟩ qnak· vyau karo[ṁ] […] (tai) pau 3 ⟨2⟩ phsaṁ 20 10 4 […] (ha)ri gho
⟨3⟩ thgap· gho […] [.]yāk· tai ⟨4⟩ bhāva tai […] sruk(·) vyau ⟨5⟩ le
si[2+] gho [4+] gho pa⟨6⟩ndan· gho [3+] [gho] panlās· gho ⟨7⟩ śri gho
[…] gho kaṁpala ⟨8⟩ gho [1+] ja [gho] [2+] [gho] kanteṅ· gho śa⟨9⟩kti
gho pa [2+] [gho ca]ndra bhāva gvāl· ⟨10⟩ [de]vadāsa gvāl(·)
[Ī]śvaradāsa gvāl· kaṁ⟨11⟩pit· gvāl· [3+] [gvā]l(·) kanrak· gvā⟨12⟩l·
kr̥s· gvā[l·] […] kañcū tai ka⟨13⟩(ñcan·) tai […] jnau tai kan·⟨14⟩rau
tai kaṁ […] tai saṁAp· ⟨15⟩ tai th(q)yat· […] kanteṅ· tai ⟨16⟩ […] pau 1
tai ⟨17⟩ kaṁpit· (tai) […] (tai) [la]ṅgāy· tai ⟨18⟩ […] gho ⟨19⟩ […] gho
[…] si rat(·) [sa]⟨20⟩rasvati […] pinda gho 10 ⟨21⟩ 8 gvāl· […] (tai)
⟨22⟩ pau 2 phsaṁ […] ⟨23⟩ kṣetra […] ⟨24⟩ khñuṁ gho […] ⟨25⟩ n· gho […]
⟨26⟩ t· gho […]. ⟨27⟩ gho […] ⟨28⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ […] (ha)ri ⬦ [. lvan gho ha]ri CJ.

⟨3⟩ […] [.]yāk· ⬦ (pa) [2+] (gho) [1+] tyāk CJ.

⟨4⟩ […] ⬦ [2+] [phsaṁ 6] . CJ.

⟨5⟩ [2+] gho [4+] ⬦ (ka) [1+] gho [2+](s) CJ.

⟨6⟩ [3+] ⬦ (krau) CJ.

⟨7⟩ […] ⬦ [3+] CJ. — ⟨7⟩ kaṁpala ⬦ kapala CJ.

⟨8⟩ [1+]ja ⬦ rāja CJ. — ⟨8⟩ [2+] ⬦ (thgo) CJ.

⟨9⟩ pa[2+] ⬦ paṅsāṅ CJ.

⟨10⟩ [de]vadāsa ⬦ [śi]vadāsa CJ. — ⟨10⟩ [Ī]śvaradāsa ⬦ (śaṅka)radāsa CJ.

⟨11⟩ kanrak· ⬦ kanrik CJ.

⟨12⟩ l· kr̥s· ⬦ l k(ū)s KC; l ktas CJ.

⟨15⟩ th(q)yat· ⬦ thqayak CJ.

⟨16⟩ […] pau ⬦ kan As [5+] po CJ.

⟨18⟩ […] ⬦ (sraṅ) [1+] [tai] […] I CJ.

⟨21⟩ […] (tai) ⬦ [1+] (tai) [2+] (si) rat 2 tai CJ.

⟨22⟩ […] ⬦ [2+] [<symbol> sruk] […] CJ.

⟨24⟩ […] ⬦ gho dha[rmma] […] CJ.

⟨26⟩ t· ⬦ tra CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–4⟩ People from Vyau Karoṁ […], 3 baby girls (tai pau); grand total 34
[…], ⟨Gho⟩ HarL Gho Thgap, Gho […], Tai Bhāva, Tai […].

⟨4–22⟩ Village of Vyau Le: Si […], Gho […], Gho Pandan, Gho […], Gho
Panlās, Gho Śri, Gho […], Gho Kaṁpala, Gho […], Gho […], Gho Kanteṅ, Gho
Śakti, Gho […], Gho Candrabhāva, Gvāl Devadāsa, Gvāl Īśvaradāsa, Gvāl
Kaṁpit, Gvāl […], Gvāl Kanrak, Gvāl Kūs, Gvāl […], […] Kañcū, Tai
Kañcan, Tai […], […] Jnau, Tai Kanrau, Tai […], Tai Saṁ-ap, Tai
Tha-ayat, […] , […] Kanteṅ, Tai […] ⟨accompanied by⟩ a baby, Tai Kaṁpit,
Tai […], Tai Laṅgāy, Tai […], Gho […], Gho […] ⟨accompanied by⟩ a son
called Sarasvati, […]. Total: 18 male slaves (gho), […] animal keeper(s)
(gvāl), […], 2 babies; grand total […].

⟨22–28⟩ ⟨Village of⟩ […] Kṣetra […], […] Khñuṁ, Gho […], Gho […], Gho
[…], Gho […] Ruined.

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 179–180) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 208). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 830-N.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 179–180.

[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 208.

### 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.