# K. 299.21. 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_INSCIK00299-21

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00299-21.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-10-22 15:05
(1c80a70)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the twelfth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⦿Amvarīṣa ꩜ bhrūṇahā ꩜ katni ta paradāra dau ta bhāryyā suhr̥t· .

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1911

⟨1⟩ Ambarīṣa. Ceux qui font avorter… la femme d’autrui, et s’approche de
la femme d’un ami.

## Translation into French by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Poêle à frire". Ceux qui tuent les fœtus en les enlevant du sein
des femmes d’autrui, qui touchent aux femmes de leurs amis.

## Translation by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Frying pan". Those who kill embryos, taking them off from [the
womb] of other people’s wives, who touch the wives of their best
friends.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1911, p. 206) with a French translation;
re-edited by Saveros Pou (2001, pp. 157, 159–160) with French and
English translation. Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 692.

### 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,
159–160.

### Secondary

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