# K. 380.4. Second Khmer inscription on the western doorjamb of Gopura
D’s southern door of Prasat Preah Vihear, 971 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00380-4

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00380-4.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-10-22 15:05
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the eleventh century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ 971 śaka pañcamī roc· caitra [3+] [kamratte]ṅ(·) Añ· śrī
gaṇitendrapandita hor· sruk(·) [1+]vī [4+] vraḥ kamra[teṅ·] ⟨2⟩ Añ·
vyāpāra sruk· Avaddhyapura nu [12+] kanmyaṅ nu kaṁsteṅ(·) Añ(·) [10+]
[pā]ñjiy(·) ⟨3⟩ pi jvan(·) khñuṁ ta jmaḥ tai kansa tai thṅe tai [12+] ta
kamrateṅ(·) jagat(·) śrī śikharīśvara [6+] mvāy(·) ⟨4⟩ ri kule ta
paripālana vvaṁ Āc ti cicāy(·) […] mvāy(·)

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1954

⟨1–4⟩ En 971 Śaka, cinquième jour de la lune décroissante de Caitra, […]
K.A. Śrī Gaṇtendrapaṇḍita, astrologue du pays de […] ; V.K.A. Vyāpāra du
pays d’Avaddhyapura, […] , le jeune et Kaṁsteṅ Añ, […] liste, offrir les
esclaves nommées Tai Kansa, Tai Thṅe, Tai […] à K.J. Śrī Śikharīśvara
[…] Les membres de la famille qui gardent ne doivent pas détruire […] un
[…].

## Commentary

The line numbering of the inscription in George Cœdès is W34-W37.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1954, pp. 262–267) with a French
translation.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1954. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume VI.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3.6. Hanoi, Paris:
École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 262–267.

### Secondary

[RM] Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra. 1953. Inscriptions of Kambuja. The
Asiatic Society Monograph Series 8. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society.
[URL]. Pages 348–350.