# K. 355. Doorjamb of Prasat Khnar, 10th century

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00355

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00355.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
(2c24a58)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ ===-++=
==jala ivāṅśumān
bhedābhedhātmane tasmai
parameśāya no na ⟨2⟩ [maḥ //]

2. Anuṣṭubh

====-++yan
āntarvvāsitañ jagati
kalpānte kālavahnyarccir
vvījadāhabhayād iva //

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨3⟩ ====-++=
====-vā karau
vyañjitau nijayogarddhi-
-jyotiḥ puñjodgamāv iva //

4. Anuṣṭubh

vande vāgī ⟨4⟩ śvarī+=
====-+-jam
namrāmarendramūrddhaṇya-
-māṇikyāsañjanād iva //

5. Anuṣṭubh

śrīmantaḥ kamvujendrā ⟨5⟩ =
====-+-=
tejaḥkāntikalākīrtti-
-gāmbhīryyādivibhūṣaṇāḥ //

6. Anuṣṭubh

rājendraś śrīya ⟨6⟩ [śovarmmā]
[harṣavarmmā maho]jjvalaḥ
śrīśāna[varmmā tata]ś śrī-
-jayavarmmā mahāyaśāḥ //

7. Anuṣṭubh

śrīharṣavarmmānr̥pa ⟨7⟩ [ti]
====-+-thā
rājendra[varmmā]+[su]=
yaśasvī jayināṁ varaḥ //

8. Anuṣṭubh

kriyāvad guṇavad yeṣāṁ
ma ⟨8⟩ ===-+-=
====-++=
==kṣyā=-lakṣaṇam //

9. Anuṣṭubh

ruṣā kāmārinirdagdhāt
kāmāt kānti ⟨9⟩ -+-=
====-++=
yeṣām iva -+mr̥te //

10. Anuṣṭubh

==pādas sukhaṁ suptaḥ
pādapīthe hiraṇmaye
ta ⟨10⟩ ===-++=
=ṣṭham alibhujāma = //

11. Anuṣṭubh

= santaṁ vīkṣya yallakṣmīṁ
saptasv aṅgeṣu vallabhām
tatsparddhinī ⟨11⟩ -++=
====-+-=

12. Anuṣṭubh

na vaktuṁ vākpatir yyamā
ma ===-+ guṇān
śavdarāśīn pratipadaṁ
kesa ⟨12⟩ ==-+-=[//]

13. Anuṣṭubh

not
te jayām āsa dhīnidhiḥ
yo dhaumya=va pāṇdūnāṁ
rāghūṇām iva vāruṇiḥ //

14. Anuṣṭubh

⟨13⟩ ====-++=
===[ava]taṁsakaḥ
vāggaṅgāpāvitajagan
maheśvara Ivāparaḥ //

15. Anuṣṭubh

mūrddhābhiṣekam āpannaṁ
⟨14⟩ ====-+-=
====-+ uktau
yam anvagrāha yadguruḥ //

16. Anuṣṭubh

aṣṭaviṅśatidhā śaivī
pañcadhādhyātmanai ⟨15⟩ -=
====-++=
==sya kamale sthitā //

17. Anuṣṭubh

bhramitvā matimanthādrim
uddhr̥tyārtharasāmr̥tam
ya ⟨16⟩ ===-++=
====- vivudhān //

18. Anuṣṭubh

guṇāntarajñas sumahān
satkāryyārambhabhāsvaraḥ
vivekī yo pi dhī ⟨17⟩ +=
====-++=[//]

19. Anuṣṭubh

====-+neka-
-pravandham amalaṁ yaśaḥ
kṣetrajñatattvavad yasya
bhuvaneṣu prasāri ⟨18⟩ [tam //]

20. Anuṣṭubh

====-++=
====-yeṣu ca
rājājñā munivr̥ṇdeṣu
samaṁ yogeṣu dhāraṇā //

21. Anuṣṭubh

svabhāvo yasya ⟨19⟩ +=
====-+-=
====kṣamālādyaiḥ
paścād rājā tu pūjakaḥ //

22. Anuṣṭubh

hiraṇyarucinā te ⟨20⟩ [na]
====-+-=
====-+jñāna(?)
kr̥to yaṁ pustakāśramaḥ //

23. Anuṣṭubh

Adhyāpakādhyetr̥hitaiḥ
⟨21⟩ ====-+-=
====-[sar]vānāṁ
śastrānāṁ śastavuddhinā //

24. Anuṣṭubh

sarasvatīpadaja ⟨22⟩ =
====-++=
=rur ddeyaś ca tair(?) eva
haraye hārikarmmaṇe //

25. Anuṣṭubh

Idaṁ ⟨23⟩ ==-++=
=viphalaṁ yadānaghāḥ
==varmmitāvagraha-
-śoṣi ⟨24⟩ ==-ānvitam //

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1911, pp. 405–406) without translation,
re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n. 778.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1911. “Études cambodgiennes, I: La légende de la
Nâgî; II: Une inscription du sixième siècle çaka; III: Une nouvelle
inscription du Phnoṃ Bàkheṅ, IK 496; IV: La grotte de Pơṅ Práḥ Thvãr
(Phnoṃ Kulèn); V: Une inscription d’Udayādityavarman I; VI: Des édicules
appelés « bibliothèques ».” BEFEO 11 (3-4), pp. 391–406. [URL]. Pages
405–406.