# K. 240.1. Southern doorjamb of southern tower of Prasat Ta An, 901
Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00240-1

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00240-1.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-10-21 14:39
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ↜ 89X śaka nu mratāñ(·) [3+]n [1+]nd [2+] sthāpanā vraḥ ⟨2⟩
kamrateṅ· Añ· śrī trailokyavijaya jvan· thniṁ khlvān· gra⟨3⟩p· jvan·
khñuṁ tai thkā tai kandeṅ· tai kaṁpañ· tai panheṁ tai dha⟨4⟩rmma tai
pāṇa • Amraḥ gho kan·Ā s¡ī!⟨i⟩ kanrau s¡ī!⟨i⟩ Amr̥ta s¡ī!⟨i⟩ ma⟨5⟩gha
s¡ī!⟨i⟩ pavitra s¡ī!⟨i⟩ svāsti s¡ī!⟨i⟩ kaṁpit· ⫽ ⟨6⟩ ↜ ⫽ 901 śaka
pañcami ket(·) mārggaśira candravāra nu loñ· pit nu ⟨7⟩ teṅ· prvātta
jvan· khñuṁ ta vraḥ kamrateṅ· Añ· lokeśvara ◦ gho kapur· ⟨8⟩ tai qgat⟨·⟩
• tai kañ·yas· ◦ si paleka ◦ can·cyān· I svok· I vaudi I ⟨9⟩ padigaḥ I ◦
valvyal· I ◦ krapi dnyaṁ I • Āśrama • daṁriṅ· ⦿ jaṁnvan· loñ· ⟨10⟩
sem(·) padigaḥ I ⭘ khñuṁ jaṁnvan· teṅ· mādhavī ◦ tai kañjā ⫽ ⭘ ⫽

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ s¡ī!⟨i⟩ ⬦ si GC.

⟨5⟩ s¡ī!⟨i⟩ ⬦ si GC.

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1951

⟨1–5⟩ […] Śaka, Mratāñ […] érige V. K. A. Śrī Trailokyavijaya, ⟨lui⟩
offre toutes les parures corporelles et des esclaves (suit une liste de
6 tai, 1 go et 6 si).

⟨6–9⟩ 901 Śaka, cinquième jour de la lune croissante de Mārgaśira,
lundi, Loñ Pit et Teṅ Prvāt offrent des esclaves à V. K. A. Lokeśvara (1
gho, 2 tai, 1 si), une bague, 1 plateau, 1 vaudi, 1 crachoir, 1 valvyal,
1 paire de buffles, un āśrama et un potager (daṁriṅ).

⟨9–10⟩ Présent de Loñ Sem : 1 crachoir, esclaves offerts (2 tai).

## Commentary

The date 89X in line 1 was read 889 in Aymonier (1901, p. 367).

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1951, pp. 76–77) with a French translation;
re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n. 324.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1951. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume III.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3.3. Hanoi, Paris:
École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 76–77.

### Secondary

[EA] Aymonier, Étienne. 1901. Le Cambodge : Les provinces siamoises.
Paris: Ernest Leroux. [URL]. Page 367.