# K. 183.9. East side of western pillar of northern pillarzone of
eastern peristyle of west gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-9

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-9.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⟩ tai (ka)ndaḥ tai [kaṁ]vrau tai krau tai ka⟨2⟩nleṅ[·] lap· kaṁ[pi]t·
si rat 1 si pau 2 ⟨3⟩ gho (7) tai (6) [la]p· 1 si rat 1 si pau ⟨4⟩ 2
phsaṁ 20 ⦿ (lvan·) tai kaṁvis· tai dharmma phsaṁ ⟨5⟩ 2 ⦿ sruk· [2+] moñ·
si pandaṇ· si ⟨6⟩ thkan· gho kaṁ[pi]t· gho khñuṁ gho saṁAp· ⟨7⟩ gho
thgap· gh[o] kaṁvai gho thgap· so⟨8⟩t· gho kan(lo)ṅ· gho kanteṅ· gho
thga⟨9⟩p· so(t·) gho kaṁvai sot· gho panda- ⟨10⟩ n· gho [1+]ndira gho
saṁR̥ddhi gho kan·⟨11⟩sat· gvāl· thleṁ gvāl· phnos· tai khnap· ⟨12⟩ tai
panl[ā]s· tai kañcū tai kaṁvās· tai ⟨13⟩ kan·q[ya]k· tai phnos· tai
dharmma tai ka⟨14⟩n(s)eṁ tai pau 1 tai kanteṅ· tai khñuṁ tai ⟨15⟩
kaṁprāṇ· tai paṁnaṅ· si rat 1 lap· (pa)⟨16⟩(n·)heṁ tai khñuṁ sot· tai
kaṁvrāṁ lap· [1+] ⟨17⟩ si pau I tai khmau si rat· I lap· 1 gho [2+] ⟨18⟩
4 gvāl· 2 tai 10 5 lap· 3 si rat· 2 si ⟨19⟩ pau 1 tai pau 1 phsaṁ 40 ⭘
lvan· gho livī ⟨20⟩ tai saṁAp· tai laṅgāy· phsaṁ 3 [⭘] sruk· ⟨21⟩
kaṁvaṅ· tamrya gho kanso gho kañcāṇ· ⟨22⟩ gho jīva gho khñuṁ gho Amr̥ta
[gvā]l· kande⟨23⟩ṅ· gvāl· kaṁpañ· gvāl· kan[t]eṅ· tai kaṇ·⟨24⟩Añ· tai
kan·Oy· tai [phn]os· tai saṁAp· ⟨25⟩ tai kaṁpur· tai ratnadeva tai
kansa[ṅ]· tai ⟨26⟩ cak·cok· si rat· kaṁ[1+] tai […] ⟨27⟩ n·srai […] tai
kaṁ[…] ⟨28⟩ t· si pau […] tai kaṁ[…] ⟨29⟩ tai panlas· […] ⟨30⟩ 5 gvāl·
[1+] tai […] ⟨31⟩ pau 2 […]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ nleṅ[·] ⬦ nl(o)ṅ CJ.

⟨3⟩ (7) ⬦ (10) CJ.

⟨4⟩ dharmma phsaṁ ⬦ dharmma phsaṁ [20] CJ.

⟨8⟩ kan(lo)ṅ· ⬦ ka(ndo)ṅ CJ.

⟨10⟩ [1+]ndira ⬦ [ma]ndira CJ.

⟨12⟩ panl[ā]s· ⬦ panlas CJ.

⟨13⟩ kan·q[ya]k· ⬦ kan Ak CJ.

⟨14⟩ n(s)eṁ ⬦ nleṅ KC; n(h)eṁ CJ.

⟨15⟩ kaṁprāṇ· ⬦ kaṁ pāṇ CJ. — ⟨15⟩ (pa) ⬦ [1+] KC; (pa) CJ.

⟨16⟩ (n·)heṁ ⬦ [1+]heṅ KC; (n)heṁ CJ.

⟨17⟩ [2+] ⬦ [10] CJ.

⟨19⟩ livī ⬦ laṁvī CJ.

⟨21⟩ kañcāṇ· ⬦ kañcaṇ CJ.

⟨22⟩ jīva ⬦ jiva CJ.

⟨23⟩ kan[t]eṅ· ⬦ kan(d)eṅ CJ.

⟨25⟩ kansa[ṅ]· ⬦ kansa[p] CJ.

⟨26⟩ […] ⬦ s(nap) [tai] (kaṁ) CJ.

⟨27⟩ n·srai […] ⬦ n trai (tai ka)[1+] (tai) [2+] CJ. — ⟨27⟩ kaṁ[…] ⬦
kaṁp(u)r [so] CJ.

⟨28⟩ si ⬦ sī CJ.

⟨29⟩ panlas· […] ⬦ panla[s] […](ddhya) [phsaṁ gho] [1+] CJ.

⟨30⟩ gvāl· [1+] ⬦ gvāl (3) CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–5⟩ Tai Kandaḥ, Tai Kaṁvrau, Tai Krau, Tai Kanleṅ, Lap Kaṁpit, a boy
at the age of running (si rat), 2 baby boys (si pau), 7 male slaves
(gho), 6 female slaves (tai), a male slave (lap), a boy at the age of
running (si rat), 2 baby boys (si pau); total 20. Among the lvan, there
are Tai Kaṁvis and Tai Dharmma; total 2.

⟨5–20⟩ Sruk […]mon: Si Pandaṇ, Si Thkan, Gho Kaṁpit, Gho Khñuṁ, Gho
Saṁ-ap, Gho Thgap, Gho Kaṁvai, another Gho Thgap, Gho Kanloṅ, Gho
Kanteṅ, another Gho Thgap, another Gho Kaṁvai, Gho Pandan, Gho […], Gho
Saṁ-r̥ddhi, Gho Kansat, Gvāl Thleṁ, Gvāl Phnos, Tai Khnap, Tai Panlās,
Tai Kañcū, Tai Kaṁvās, Tai Kan-ayak, Tai Phnos, Tai Dharmma, Tai Kanleṅ
accompanied by a baby girl (tai pau), Tai Kanteṅ, Tai Khñuṁ, Tai
Kaṁprāṇ, Tai Paṁnaṅ accompanied by a boy at the age of running (si rat),
Lap […], another Tai Khñuṁ, Tai Kaṁvrāṁ, Lap […], a baby boy (si pau),
Tai Khmau accompanied by a boy at the age of running (si rat), a male
slave (lap), […] male slave(s) (gho), 4 […], 2 animal keepers (gvāl), 15
female slaves (tai), 3 male slaves (lap), 2 boys at the age of running
(si rat), a baby boy (si pau), a baby girl (tai pau); total 40. Among
the lvan, there are Gho Livī, Tai Saṁ-ap, Tai Laṅgāy; total 3.

⟨20–31⟩ Sruk Kaṁvaṅ Tamrya: Gho Kanso, Gho Kañcāṇ, Gho Jīva, Gho Khñuṁ,
Go Amr̥ta, Gvāl Kandeṅ, Gval Kaṁpañ, Gvāl Kanteṅ, Tai Kaṇ-añ, Tai Kan-oy,
Tai Phnos, Tai Saṁap, Tai Kaṁpur, Tai Ratnadeva, Tai Kansaṅ, Tai Cakcok
accompanied by a boy (si rat) called […], Tai […], Tai […] accompanied
by a baby boy (si pau), […], Tai Panlas, […], 5 […], […] animal keepers
(gvāl), […] female slave(s), […], 2 babies […].

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 111–112) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 202). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 838-E.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 111–112.

[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 202.

### 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.