# K. 377. Stela from Vat Chumphon, Surin (inscription of
Citrasena-Mahendravarman), 6th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom and Gerdi Gerschheimer

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Gerdi Gerschheimer

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00377

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00377.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

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## Palaeographic description

The akṣaras are characteristic of the seventh century.

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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [yaś] c[it]ra[s]e[nanāmā]bhū⟨Column b⟩t
kr̥tarājyābh[i]ṣecanaḥ
⟨Column c⟩ sa [ś]r[īmahendravarmmeti]
⟨Column d⟩ [paścān nāmāntaraṅ gataḥ]

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vijitya nikhilān deśā⟨Column b⟩n
asmin deśe śilāmayaṁ
⟨Column c⟩ vr̥ṣabhaṁ sthāpa[yām āsa]
⟨Column d⟩ [sthitabhaktir vvr̥ṣadhvaje]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [nanāmā] ⬦ [na][––] GC. — ⟨1⟩ [paścān nāmāntaraṅ gataḥ] ⬦ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑–]
GC.

⟨2⟩ śilāmayaṁ ⬦ śilāmayam GC. — ⟨2⟩ [sthitabhaktir vvr̥ṣadhvaje] ⬦
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑–] GC.

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1937–1966

1.

Lui qui, ⟨connu auparavant sous le nom de⟩ Citrasena, fut après son
sacre connu sous le nom de Śrī Mahendravarman […].

2.

Ayant vaincu tous les pays, il a érigé dans ce pays un taureau de pierre
[…].

## Translation

1.

He, namely Citrasena, whose royal enthronement was conducted has
received another name, viz. Śrī Mahendravarman.

2.

Having defeated all the countries, ⟨he⟩, whose firm devotion was in the
god with a bull banner ⟨Śiva⟩, installed in this country a stone bull.

## Commentary

The restitutions in the two stanzas are based on K. 1280 and K. 1341.

There is probably another stanza before the stanza I as in K. 1280 and
K. 1341: naptā śrīsārvvabhaumasya _ putraś śrīvīravarmmaṇaḥ _
śaktyānūnaẖ kaniṣṭho ’pi _ bhrātā śrībhavavarmmaṇaḥ

The estampage BN 328 (36) needs to be checked if there is another stanza
after the stanza II. If there is one, it should be like the last stanza
of K. 1289 which reads: [⏓⏓] [kā]ṣ(ṭha)mayīm edhā_m apa(nī)ya purātanīm·
_ vavandhopalavinyāsai_r ddamakan (d)amano d[v]iṣām·

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 5, pp. 3–4) with a French
translation; re-edited here by Gerdi Gerschheimer from the estampage BN
328 (36).

### Primary

[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 5, pages 3–4.