# K. 299.18. Eastern section of southern gallery of Angkor Wat (the hell
and heaven gallery), 12th century

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00299-18

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00299-18.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-10-22 14:47
(e1137ca)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the twelfth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⦿medohrada ꩜ qnak· ta lobha ꩜ taṁnāṁ ta lobha ꩜ qnak· ta (mān·)
svabhāvavikāra .

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1911

⟨1⟩ Medohrada. Les cupides…, ceux qui ont…

## Translation into French by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Etang rempli de graisse". Les gens qui convoitent les plantations,
qui abusent des personnes infirmes de naissance.

## Translation by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Pond of fat". Those who covet plantations, who take advantage of
people who are bodily sick from birth.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1911, p. 206) with a French translation;
re-edited by Saveros Pou (2001, pp. 157, 159) with French and English
translation. Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO estampage n.
689.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1911. “Les bas-reliefs d’Angkor-Vat.” BCAI, pp.
170–220. [URL]. Page 206.

[SP] Pou, Saveros. 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Cambodge, volumes II
et III. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 157, 159.

### Secondary

[EA] Aymonier, Étienne. 1883. “Quelques notions sur les inscriptions en
vieux khmêr.” JA 8 (1), pp. 441–505. [URL]. Pages 441–505.