# K. 186.2. Inner face of the north wall of west gopura I of Prasat
Thom, 852 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00186-2

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00186-2.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-10-21 14:39
(860f25a)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ..... 3 ........ si ...................... 4 si lvan .... tai lvan 3
⟨2⟩ .... tai ..... si .... tai ⟨3⟩ ... sru(k) .......... si 10 7
............... 2 ..... pau {1} si ......... 3 si ⟨4⟩ lvan ..... (si)
pau {1} tai (pau) ......... 6 tai ⟨5⟩ ... sruk rā .......... tai rat 10
s(i) pau 10 tai ⟨6⟩ ... (tai) lvan ......... sruk ............ (si ra)t
3 tai rat 2 si pau 3 tai ⟨7⟩ ... (tai) lvan ................... tai
..... (si) pau 4 (t)ai ....... tai ⟨8⟩ ... tai ra(t)
...................... (lva)n 2 {1} 60 10 9 ⟨9⟩ ... vra(ḥ) pā(da)
........ vra(ḥ kam)ra(teṅ) .................... gi sruk ⟨10⟩ ....
(Amo)ghapura pa........... (ka)mrateṅ ........... jagat ta r(ājya) ⟨11⟩
.... 4 tai 2 ⟨12⟩ .... bhāva ................ tai
........................... tayya ⟨13⟩ ... sruk lavi
............................................ nāc ⟨14⟩ .... śvara
.................................... (lva)n I ⟨15⟩ ..... sot (ci)tta
....... ⟨16⟩ ..... khm[au] I sī khmau ........... I si .......... tai
..... ⟨17⟩ .... s(i) chpoṅ .......... I si .............. (sru)k ......
⟨18⟩ ...... (ka)ndin I si kansa[ṁ] ... si .......... sr(u)k ........ I
si .... ⟨19⟩ ....... vrahma .......... si ........................... I
si I ⟨20⟩ .... (sr)uk ..... si kaṁbhū I si ....... I si ........ ⟨21⟩
........... k I si thma ... ⟨22⟩ .......... si ..... ⟨23⟩ .... (t)ai
.... ⟨24⟩ ..... tai {1} Au I tai .... I tai jv(i)k I tai ⟨25⟩ ...... tai
(kaṁ)pet sot I tai pan ...

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1⟩ -------, Si _ , --------------------------- 4 _, _ si lvan, 3 tai
lvan

⟨2⟩ --------- llai , ------, Si ..., ... Tai ...

⟨3⟩ ---- village --------------, 17 si, ----------- 2 ------ (si/ tai)
pau ..., 3 ... , ... si

⟨4⟩ lvan, ------------------------------------------------, ... (si)
pau, ... tai (pau), 6 ... , tai

⟨5⟩ ----------- village of Rā..., ..., 10 tai rat, 10 si pau, 10 tai

⟨6⟩ .... (tai) lvan, ---------, village _ , -------, 3 (si ra)t, 2 tai
rat, 3 si pau, tai

⟨7⟩ (tai) lvan, ---------------------, ... tai ..., 4 si pau, tai ...,
... tai

⟨8⟩ ------- tai ra(t), -------------------------- (si/tai) lvan. 79.

⟨9⟩ ------- His Majesty ---------------------------------- the village

⟨10⟩ ----- Amoghapura -------, ---------------- the god of the kingdom

⟨11⟩ ----------- 4 ..., 2 tai

⟨12⟩ ------ Bhava ------------------------------------ 2 children ------

⟨13⟩ ------- village of -----------

⟨14⟩ -------------- 1 (si/tai) lvan

⟨15⟩ ...

⟨16⟩ -------- another Si Khmau ----------

⟨17⟩ ------ Si Chpoṅ ------------------ 1 ..., ... si ... , ------- tai
-------

⟨18⟩ ------ (Si) Kandin 1 Si Kansaṁ --- Si ----- village ------- 1 ... ,
Si ------

⟨19⟩ ------ Vrahma -------------------- Si ------------------------, 1
..., si 1

⟨20⟩ --------- village ---------------------- Si Kaṁbhū 1 Si ... 1 Si
-------

⟨21⟩ -------- 1 Si Thma ----

⟨22⟩ ... Si ...

⟨23⟩ ... Tai ...

⟨24⟩ .... 1 Tai ... 1 Tai ... 1 Tai Jvik 1 Tai

⟨25⟩ ... another Tai Kaṁpet, Tai ...

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 239–240) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, pp. 96–97). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 758.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 239–240.

[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.
Pages 96–97.

### 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. Page 49.