# K. 293.2. Doorjamb of the west gopura of the outer gallery west
(structure BY 63) of Bayon Temple, 12th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom and Bernard-Philippe Groslier

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Bernard-Philippe Groslier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00293-2

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00293-2.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 akṣaras are of square form which is characteristic of the script
belonging to the reign of Jayavarman VII.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [◦ kamrateṅ· ja]gat· sakavrāhmaṇa ◦ kamrateṅ· jagat· ta rāja [◦] ⟨2⟩
[◦ kamrateṅ·] jagat· kaṁdvat· dika ◦ kamrateṅ· jagat· se⟨3⟩[nāpati]
laṁvāṅ· kaṁdvat· dika ◦ kamrateṅ· jagat· Ubha⟨4⟩[3+] ◦ kamrateṅ· jagat·
saralāyattana teṁ ◦ kamra⟨5⟩[teṅ· ja]gat· chok· gar·gyara ◦ kamrateṅ·
jagat· sambhupura ⟨6⟩ [◦ ka]mrateṅ· jagat· saralāyattana cuṅ· ◦
kamrateṅ· jaga⟨7⟩[t·] nāgas¡ṭ!⟨t⟩hāna ◦

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [◦ kamrateṅ· ja] ⬦ [⦿ kamrateṅ· ja] GC; [kamrateṅ· ja] BPG. — ⟨1⟩ ta
rāja [◦] ⬦ ta rāja GC.

⟨2⟩ [◦ kamrateṅ·] ⬦ […] BPG.

⟨3⟩ [nāpati] ⬦ nāpati GC.

⟨4⟩ [3+] ⬦ […] BPG.

⟨6⟩ jaga ⬦ jagat· BPG.

⟨7⟩ [t·] nāgas¡ṭ!⟨t⟩hāna ⬦ [t·] nāgasthāna GC; nāgasthāna BPG.

## Translation

⟨1–7⟩ Kamrateṅ Jagat Sakavrāhmaṇa; Kamrateṅ Jagat Ta Rāja; Kamrateṅ
Jagat Kaṁdvat Dika; Kamrateṅ Jagat Senapati Laṁvāṅ Kaṁdvat Dika;
Kamrateṅ Jagat […]; Kamrateṅ Jagat Saralāyattana, the first; Kamrateṅ
Jagat Chok Gargyara; Kamrateṅ Jagat Sambhupura; Kamrateṅ Jagat
Saralāyattana, the last; Kamrateṅ Jagat Nāgasṭhāna.

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 3, p. 195) without translation;
reedited by Bernard-Philippe Groslier (1973, p. 86); reedited by Kunthea
Chhom (2020, pp. 43–44) in Khmer language.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2020. សិលាចារឹកលើមេទ្វារតាមប្រាសាទក្នុងរាជ្យព្រះបាទជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៧
[silācarịka loe me dvāra tāma prāsāda knuṅ rājya braḥ pāda jayavarman dī
7 (Inscriptions on doorjambs in the temples belonging to the reign of
King Jayavarman VII)]. Siem Reap: APSARA National Authority. [URL].
Pages 43–44.

[BPG] Groslier, Bernard Philippe. 1973. “Inscriptions du Bayon.” In: Le
Bayon. Paris: Publ. de l’École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp. 83–322.
Page 86.

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937–1966. Inscriptions du Cambodge I-VIII.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi; Paris:
Imprimerie d’Extrême-Orient. Volume 3, page 195.

### Secondary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1913. “Les inscriptions du Bayon.” BCAI, pp.
226–252. [URL]. Pages 83–84.

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1928. “Études cambodgiennes, XIX: La date du Bàyon;
XX: Les capitales de Jayavarman II; XXI: La tradition généalogique des
premiers rois d’Angkor d’après les inscriptions de Yaçovarman et de
Rājendravarman; Appendice: L’inscription de Tùol Koṁnâp Tà Kiṅ.” BEFEO
28 (1-2), pp. 81–146. DOI: 10.3406/befeo.1928.3117. [URL]. Page 105.