K. 299-22. Eastern section of southern gallery of Angkor Wat (the hell and heaven gallery), 12th century

Version: (fd6f571), last modified (40acad9).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ⦿kumbhīpāka qnak ti kamrateṅ· phdai karoṁ pre ta kāryya pi kr(ū)ra lvac· dravya guru qras· nu Adhamakarmma lvac· dravya nai qnak ta dīna nai qnak· ta rac· nai śrotriya .

Translation into French by Cœdès 1911

⟨1⟩ Kumbhīpāka. Les gens à qui le roi confie une charge…, qui volent les bien des guru, vivent (?) dans la vilenie, volent les biens des pauvres, des… savants brāhmanes.

Translation into French by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Cuisson de marmites". Les gens auxquels le roi confie les tâches les plus difficiles, qui [alors] volent les biens des guru, se livrent aux actes infâmes pour vivre, volent les biens des pauvres, des miséreux et des savants brahmanes.

Translation by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Pot-baking". People who are entrusted with the most difficult tasks by the king, [then] steal property of the guru, carry out wicked actions, steal belongings of the poor, the destitute and the learned Brahmans.

Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1911, p. 206) with a French translation; re-edited by Saveros Pou (2001, pp. 157, 160) with French and English translation. Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO estampage n. 693.

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, 160.

Secondary

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