# K. 183.29. Eastern side of pillar 3 of northern portico of west gopura
of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-29

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-29.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⟩ gho […] vraḥ gh[o] [2+] gho […] ⟨2⟩ […] gho [1+] (g)vāl· candrabhāva
gvā(l·) […] ⟨3⟩ [1+] gvāl(· kaṁ)pit(·) gvā[l·] […] ⟨4⟩ [1+]nanda tai
pin(du) tai […] tai […] ⟨5⟩ [t]ai gandha tai kaṁpit(·) tai kan(t)eṅ(·)
tai […] ⟨6⟩ […] tai […] tai (ka)ñjrai ⟨7⟩ tai [2+] tai gandha tai saṁAp·
tai (kan·)[1+] ⟨8⟩ […] piṇ(da) gho (8) gvāl(·) 6 ⟨9⟩ […] 5 tai rat(·)
[1+] tai pau 1 phsaṁ ⟨10⟩ […] ⦿ sruk(·) ca(ṅ·)ciṅ(·) si (kan·) gho ⟨11⟩
[…] sadāśi[va] […] ⟨12⟩ […] gho kan(·)A[s·] ⟨13⟩ […] gho kan(s)oy(·) gho
kante ⟨14⟩ […] (gho kaṁ)pur· gho [2+] gho kan·I[n·] ⟨15⟩ […] gho
(kaṁpit·) gho śrī gvāl· ⟨16⟩ […] thle[ṁ] gvāl· śa(kt)i si rat· thleṁ si
ra⟨17⟩t(·) […] (si) rat· panlās· si rat· panso ⟨18⟩ […]hyaṅ· tai paras·
tai kaṁpa(ñ·) tai pa⟨19⟩n(· U) tai kaṁvrau tai kh(na)p· tai kañ·cyas·
tai ⟨20⟩ chpoṅ· tai thkyāp· tai krau tai thleṁ tai phtal· ⟨21⟩ tai
kañjaṅ⟨·⟩ tai pandan· tai khmau tai dharmma la⟨22⟩p(·) ka(ṁ)pas· lap·
khnap· lap· kan·Īn· tai rat· ⟨23⟩ […] tai

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ […] gho [1+] (g)vāl· ⬦ [2+] na (tai) kanso (gvāl) CJ.

⟨4⟩ pin(du) ⬦ pinda CJ. — ⟨4⟩ tai […] tai ⬦ tai cān[1+]n tai CJ.

⟨5⟩ gandha ⬦ (kan)dha CJ. — ⟨5⟩ kaṁpit(·) ⬦ kaṁ piṅ CJ.

⟨6⟩ (ka)ñjrai ⬦ kañcai CJ.

⟨7⟩ gandha ⬦ kandhi CJ.

⟨8⟩ (8) ⬦ (10 9) CJ.

⟨9⟩ [1+] ⬦ (1) CJ. — ⟨9⟩ pau ⬦ po CJ.

⟨10⟩ ca(ṅ·)ciṅ(·) ⬦ caṅ cīṅ CJ.

⟨12⟩ kan(·)A[s·] ⬦ (gho kan par) CJ.

⟨14⟩ [2+] ⬦ (karmma) CJ. — ⟨14⟩ kan·I[n·] ⬦ Kan I[1+] CJ.

⟨16⟩ śa(kt)i ⬦ (ga)ti chhom2011_01; śaśi CJ.

⟨18⟩ […]hyaṅ· ⬦ tai (ka)nhyaṅ CJ. — ⟨18⟩ kaṁpa(ñ·) ⬦ kaṁ pan(d)e CJ.

⟨19⟩ n(· U) tai kaṁvrau ⬦ n(las tai) vrau CJ.

⟨22⟩ khnap· ⬦ khnar CJ. — ⟨22⟩ kan·Īn· ⬦ kanqin KC; kanqīn CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–10⟩ Gho […] Vraḥ, Gho […], Gho […], Gho […], Gvāl Candrabhāva, Gvāl
[…], Gvāl Kaṁpit, Gvāl […], Tai Pindu, Tai […], Tai […], Tai Gandha, Tai
Kaṁpit, Tai Kanteṅ, Tai […], Tai […], Tai Kañjrai, Tai […], Tai Gandha,
Tai Saṁ-ap, Tai […]. Tatal: 8 male slaves (gho), 6 animal keepers
(gvāl), […], 5 […], […] girl (tai rat), a baby girl (tai pau); grand
total […].

⟨10–23⟩ Village af Caṅciṅ: Si Kan, Gha […], ⟨⟩ Sadāśiva […], Gha Kan-as,
[…], Gha Kansoy, Gho […], Gho Kaṁpur, Gho […], Gho Kan-in […], Gho
Kaṁpit, Gha Śrī, Gvāl […], ⟨Gvāl⟩ Thleṁ, Gvāl Gati with many bays called
Thleṁ, […], Panlās, Pansa […], Tai Paras, Tai Kaṁpañ, Tai Pan-u, Tai
Kaṁvrau, Tai Khnap, Tai Kañcyas, Tai Chpoṅ, Tai Thkyāp, Tai Krau, Tai
Thleṁ, Tai Phtal, Tai Kañjaṅ, Tai Pandan, Tai Khmau, Tai Dharmma, Lap
Kaṁpas, Lap Khnap, Lap Kan-in with a daughter […], Tai

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 191–192) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 216). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 832-E.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 191–192.

[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 216.

### 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.