# K. 183.8. South face of western pillar of northern pillarzone east of
east peristyle of west gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-8

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-8.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[·] viṣṇupura si pandan[·] gho 10 1 gvāl(·) 4 tai ⟨2⟩ 10 5 si
rat(·) 3 tai rat 1 si pau 2 tai pau (3) ph(saṁ) ⟨3⟩ 20 ⭘ sruk(·) […] ⟨4⟩
lap· 2 si rat· 3 si pau 1 phsaṁ 20 ⭘ lvan· gvāl(·) (1) ⟨5⟩ tai 2 phsaṁ 3
⦿ sruk· viṣṇupura sot· si […] si ⟨6⟩ candrodaya gho 10 6 gvāl· 2 tai 10
4 lap· 1 ⟨7⟩ si rat(·) (5) tai rat(·) 2 si pau 1 tai pau 1 tai A 2 ⟨8⟩
phsaṁ 40 4 ⭘ lvan(·) gho 1 tai 1 phsaṁ 2 ⦿ sruk· stuk· ⟨9⟩ phlyāṅ· si
mr̥(d)ulakṣmi si dharmmeśvara gho 10 1 gvāl· ⟨10⟩ 9 tai 10 lap· (5) si
rat· 3 tai rat· 3 tai pau ⟨11⟩ 3 tai A 2 phsaṁ 40 8 ⭘ lvan· gho 1 gvāl·
2 tai 1 ⟨12⟩ phsaṁ 4 ⦿ sruk⟨·⟩ vrai diṅ⟨·⟩ si kan(·)As· gho to⟨13⟩yada
gho qmara gho kan·loñ· gho panlas· ⟨14⟩ gho padmaruci gho [2+] gho
th(ga)p(·) gho (vā)ma⟨15⟩śiva gho dhi[3+] (gho jīva) gho
(vrahma)ru⟨16⟩ci gho kavirāja gho [2+] gho saṁ(Ap·) [3+] ⟨17⟩
[ca]ndrabhāva gho kan·As· gho [4+] ⟨18⟩ [4+] tai kaṁvraḥ si pau I tai
[2+] si pau I tai ⟨19⟩ […] tai (pa)nso tai kan(·)⟨20⟩[…]ñcān· tai
kaṁp[i]t[·] tai kaṁpit· so⟨21⟩[t·] […] tai kaṁvraḥ sot· si pau I tai
rat· ⟨22⟩ […] phsaṁ 20 10 6 ⭘ lvan· gho dharmmasoma ⟨23⟩ […] [dha]rmma
tai kaṁpit(·) si pau I phsaṁ 4 ⦿ sruk· ⟨24⟩ [3+] si hr̥dayaśiva gho
pandan· gho kaṁpi⟨25⟩[t·] […] khñuṁ gho kaṁvrau gho kaṁpit· sot· gvāl·
⟨26⟩ […] [gv]āl⟨·⟩ saṁAp· gvāl· Aṅkāṁ gvāl· kañcān· tai ⟨27⟩ […]teṅ· tai
khnāṅ· tai jvik· tai thleṁ tai kan·⟨28⟩[…] tai phnos· tai kan·tr̥p· tai
snaṁ tai saṁA⟨29⟩[p·] […] tai pau I gho 5 gvāl· 4 tai 9 tai pau 1 ⟨30⟩
[phsaṁ] 20 ⦿ sruk· mahāloha si vrahma gho ⟨31⟩ […] (gh)o kansi(p·) gho
krau gho kan·Ā- ⟨32⟩ […] gho kan·In· tai kanso ⟨33⟩ […] tai A kan·In·
tai A (pht)al· tai A saṁAp·

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ 4 ⬦ 5 J.

⟨2⟩ 10 5 ⬦ 10 4 J. — ⟨2⟩ pau 2 ⬦ po 3 J.

⟨3⟩ 20 ⬦ (40) J. — ⟨3⟩ sruk(·) […] ⬦ sruk sarā […] J.

⟨7⟩ (5) ⬦ 4 J. — ⟨7⟩ rat(·) 2 ⬦ rat 3 J.

⟨9⟩ mr̥(d)ulakṣmi ⬦ mr̥(d)ulakṣmī J.

⟨14⟩ gho [2+] gho th(ga)p(·) ⬦ gho kanti gho ksar J.

⟨15⟩ dhi[3+] (gho jīva) ⬦ vindumaya gho jiva J.

⟨16⟩ gho [2+] gho saṁ(Ap·) [3+] ⬦ J.

⟨17⟩ [ca]ndrabhāva ⬦ [ca]ndrabhāra C; ndrabhāva J. — ⟨17⟩ [4+] ⬦ (rā)jya
[…] J.

⟨18⟩ si pau I ⬦ (si ni) rā J.

⟨20⟩ ñcān· tai kaṁp[i]t[·] ⬦ ñcana tai ka[ṁ] rat tai kaṁpit J.

⟨26⟩ kañcān· ⬦ kañcāna J.

⟨27⟩ […]teṅ· ⬦ [ka]n teṅ J.

⟨28⟩ kan·tr̥p· ⬦ gan tr̥p J. — ⟨28⟩ snaṁ ⬦ snuṁ J.

⟨32⟩ kanso ⬦ kanhe[ṁ] J.

⟨33⟩ (pht)al· ⬦ phkal J.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–3⟩ Sruk Viṣṇupura (A): Si Pandan, 11 male slaves (gho), 4 animal
keepers (gvāl), 15 female slaves (tai), 3 boys at the age of running (si
rat), a girl at the age of running (tai rat), 2 baby boys (si pau), 3
baby girls (tai pau); total 20.

⟨3–5⟩ Sruk […], 2 male slaves (lap), 3 boys at the age or running (si
rat), a baby boy (si pau); total 20. Among the lvan, there are a male
slave (gvāl) and 2 female slaves (tai); total 3.

⟨5–8⟩ Sruk Viṣṇupura (B): Si […], Si Candrodaya, 16 male slaves (gho), 2
male slaves (gvāl), 14 female slaves (tai), a male slave (lap), 5 boys
at the age of running (si rat), 2 girls at the age of running (tai rat),
a baby boy (si pau), a baby girl (tai pau), 2 tai a; total 44. Among the
lvan, there are a male slave (gho) and a female slave (tai); total 2.

⟨8–12⟩ Sruk Stuk Phlyāṅ: Si Mr̥dulakṣmi, Si Dharmmeśvara, 11 male slaves
(gho), 9 animal keepers (gvāl), 10 female slaves (tai), 5 male slaves
(lap), 3 boys at the age of running (si rat), 3 girls at the age of
running (tai rat), 3 baby girls (tai pau), 2 tai a; total 48. Among the
lvan, there are a male slave (gho), 2 animal keepers (gvāl), a female
slave (tai); total 4.

⟨12–23⟩ Sruk Vrai Diṅ: Si Kan-as, Gho Toyada, Gho Amara, Gho Kanloñ, Gho
Panlas, Gho Padmaruci, Gho […], Gho Thgap, Gho Vāmaśiva, Gho Dhi[…], Gho
Jīva, Gho Vrahmaruci, Gho Kavirāja, Gho […], Gho Saṁ-ap, […]
Candrabhāra, Gho Kan-as, Gho […], […], Tai Kaṁ Vraḥ, acommpanied by a
baby boy (si pau), Tai […], Tai Panso, tai […], Tai Kaṁpit, another Tai
Kaṁpit, […], another Tai Kaṁ Vraḥ accompanied by a baby boy (si pau) and
[…] girl(s) at the age of running (tai rat), […]; total 36. Among the
lvan, there are Gho Dharmmasoma […], Tai Kaṁpit accompanied by a baby
boy (si pau); total 4.

⟨23–30⟩ Sruk […]: Si Hr̥dayaśiva, Gho Pandan, Gho Kaṁpit, […] Khñuṁ, Gho
Kaṁvrau, another Gho Kaṁpit, Gvāl […], Gvāl Saṁ-ap, Gvāl Aṅkāṁ, Gval
Kañcān, Tai […], Tai Khnāṅ, Tai Jvik, Tai Thleṅ, Tai […], Tai Phnos, Tai
Kantr̥p, Tai Snaṁ, Tai Saṁ-ap, […], a baby girl (tai pau), 5 male slaves
(gho), 4 animal keepers (gvāl), 9 female slaves (tai), a baby girl (tai
pau); total 20.

⟨30–33⟩ Sruk Mahāloha: Si Vrahma, Gho […], Gho Kansip, Gho Krau, Gho
[…], Gho Kan-in, Tai Kanso, […], Tai A Kan-in, Tai A Phtal, Tai A Saṁ-ap

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 106–108) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 200). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 838-S.

### Primary

[C] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest: Hungarian
Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 106–108.

[J] 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 200.

### 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.