# K. 290.2. Khmer text of Tep Pranam stela, 927 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00290-2

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00290-2.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 eleventh century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Face A⟩ ↜ ⫽ 927 śaka vyar· ket· vaiśākha sanaiścaravāra saṅkrānta
nu kaṁmrateṅ· kaṁtva⟨Face B⟩(n·) Añ· śrī sūryyavarmmadeva pre thve vraḥ
vīrāśrama duk· starā kāśikā jinendra ⟨Face C⟩ [2+] kalpa[nā] [7+]dana
khñuṁ 20 ta paripāla nu sre jeṅ· I Āy[·] ⟨Face D⟩ saugat¿a?⟨ā⟩śrama ti
vroḥ thlvaṅ· 5 sre bhavapalli vroḥ 20 sre Ugrāvāsa vroḥ 20 ⟨2⟩ ⟨Face A⟩
neḥ vraḥ vīrāśrama nu caṁnāṁ ta roḥha neḥha ti vraḥ pāda kaṁmrateṅ·
kaṁtvan· Añ· śrī ⟨Face B⟩ sūryyavarmmadeva kalpanā ta vraḥ
saugat¿a?⟨ā⟩śrama gho kaṁpit· gho thkān· gho kansuk· gho ⟨Face C⟩ [3+]
(kaṁphsi)k· gho ha[.]· tai paroṅ· kvan· II tai vrahma kvan II tai jvik·
kvan· I tai [3+] ⟨Face D⟩ [7+] lāy· c(ok· ran)si vraḥ [1+]c· trai[…] ⟨3⟩
⟨Face C⟩ [5+] tai kaṁvit tai [5+] ∥ ⦿ ∥

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ↜ ⫽ 927 ⬦ 927 GC. — ⟨1⟩ saugat¿a?⟨ā⟩śrama ⬦ saugatāśrama GC. — ⟨1⟩
Ugrāvāsa ⬦ Ugravāsa GC.

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1951

⟨1–3⟩ 927 śaka, deuxième jour de la lune croissante de Vaiśākha, samedi,
jour du nouvel an, S.M. Śrī Sūryavarmadeva ordonne de faire le saint
Vīrāśrama, […] fixation ⟨des fournitures⟩ […] 20 esclaves de garde, 1
pied de rizière au Saugatāśrama ⟨produisant⟩ 1 vroḥ, 5 thlvaṅ ; la
rizière Bhavapalli, 20 vroḥ, la rizière Ugravāsa, 20 vroḥ. Ce saint
Vīrāśrama et toutes ces fournitures, S.M. Sūryavarmandeva les assigne au
saint saugatāśrama. (suit une liste de gho et de tai).

## Commentary

The date in line 1 may also be read 937.

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1951, pp. 230–233) with French translation;
re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n. 556 through
559.

### 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 230–233.