# K. 293.3. Doorjamb of the outer gallery west (structure BY 64) of
Bayon Temple, 12th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom and Bernard-Philippe Groslier

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00293-3

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00293-3.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⟩ vraḥ kuṭi U[ttaravāya]vyadakṣiṇa ◦ kamrateṅ· jagat· śrī
jaya[ma]⟨2⟩hānātha nagara śrī jayarājapurī ◦ kamrateṅ· jagat· śrī
tribhuvanade[va ◦] ⟨3⟩ kamrateṅ· jagat· śrī
bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryyaprabharāja Anle noḥ ◦ kamra⟨4⟩teṅ· jagat· śrī
sūryyagiri ◦ kamrateṅ· jagat· śrī sūryyaśakti dmaḥ ◦ kamra⟨5⟩teṅ· jagat·
śrī bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryyaprabharāja dmaḥ ◦ kamrateṅ·

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ vraḥ ⬦ ⦿ vraḥ BPG. — ⟨1⟩ śrī jaya[ma] ⬦ śrījaya[ma] GC; śrījaya[ma]
BPG.

⟨3⟩ ◦ kamra ⬦ ⦿ kamra GC; ◦ ka[mra] BPG.

⟨4⟩ ◦ kamra ⬦ ◦ ka[mra] BPG.

## Translation

⟨1–5⟩ The holy chapels in the north-northwest-south: Kamrateṅ Jagat Śrī
Jayamahānātha ⟨at⟩ the city Śrī Jayarājapurī; Kamrateṅ Jagat Śrī
Tribhuvanadeva; Kamrateṅ Jagat Śrī Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryyaprabharāja ⟨at⟩
that place; Kamrateṅ Jagat Śrī Sūryyagiri; Kamrateṅ Jagat Śrī
Sūryyaśakti Dmaḥ; Kamrateṅ Jagat Śrī Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryyaprabharājya
Dmaḥ; Kamrateṅ

## Commentary

The inscription is incomplete.

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 3, p. 194) without any
translation; reedited by Bernard-Philippe Groslier (1973, p. 86);
reedited by Kunthea Chhom (2020, p. 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]. Page
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 194.

### Secondary

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