# K. 183.38. Western side of eastern pillar of northern pillarzone of
western peristyle of eastern gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-38

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-38.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⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ […] (gho) śri gho ⟨3⟩ […] tai […] ⟨4⟩ […] tai ka(nd)ai […]
⟨5⟩ […] kañjaṅ(·) […] ⟨6⟩ […] tai kaṁvā […] ⟨7⟩ […] (tai) panda(n·) tai
[…] tai khmau ⟨8⟩ […] tai […] tai ⟨9⟩ […] tai khñuṁ ⟨10⟩ […] (tai)
pandan· [s]o[t·] […] (ka)nteṅ· ⟨11⟩ […] [.]jāj· ⟨12⟩ piṇda […] tai […]
phsaṁ 20 ⟨13⟩ 10 [1+] (◦) s[ruk·] […] gho ⟨14⟩ dharmma […] ⟨15⟩ gho [2+]
gho […] ⟨16⟩ gho [2+] gho […] ⟨17⟩ gho […] (gho) śri gho ⟨18⟩ kh(ñuṁ)
[…] ⟨19⟩ […] ⟨20⟩ […] ⟨21⟩ […] ⟨22⟩ […] ⟨23⟩ […] ⟨24⟩ […] ⟨25⟩ […] ⟨26⟩
[…] ⟨27⟩ […] ⟨28⟩ […] ⟨29⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ […] ⬦ (gho) […] (tā) CJ.

⟨2⟩ śri ⬦ śrī CJ.

⟨5⟩ […] kañjaṅ(·) […] ⬦ (tai) [ka]ñcaṅ […] (t)ai ka CJ.

⟨6⟩ […] tai kaṁvā […] ⬦ nrai (tai) kaṁ varaḥ (tai) […] (tai) sa [1+] CJ.

⟨9⟩ […] ⬦ ka […] tai […] CJ.

⟨10⟩ pandan· ⬦ (pa)ndaṅ CJ.

⟨11⟩ […] [.]jāj· ⬦ (tai) [2+] (tai Amr̥ta) […] ñjaṅ· CJ.

⟨12⟩ piṇda […] tai […] ⬦ (piṇḍa gho) [1+] tai (10) […] CJ.

⟨13⟩ s[ruk·] […] gho ⬦ (s)[ruk] [2+] vyaṅ […] gho CJ.

⟨14⟩ […] ⬦ [gho ka]ñcān (gho) […] (khni sā) CJ.

⟨15⟩ […] ⬦ dha[rmma sot] […] s[.]a ya CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–13⟩ […]. Gho Śri, Gho […], Tai […], Tai Kandai, […], ⟨Tai⟩ Kanjaṅ,
[…], Tai Kaṁvā[…], […], Tai Pandan, Tai […], Tai Khmau, […], Tai […],
Tai […], Tai Khñuṁ, […], another Tai Pandan, […], ⟨Tai⟩ Kanteṅ, […].
Total […]; grand total 30.

⟨13–29⟩ Sruk […], Gho Dharmma, […], Gho […], Gho […], Gho […], Gho […],
Gho […], Gho Śri, Gho Khñuṁ […].

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 226–227) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 240). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 822.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 226–227.

[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 240.

### 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.