# K. 389. Stela from Ban Hin Khon, 6th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00389

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00389.xml

Languages: Old Khmer [Script (unspecified)], Sanskrit [Script
(unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 01:50
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## Edition

### Face A

⟨A1⟩ […] ⟨A2⟩ […]s sarvvadyā [1+] kanakama[…] ⟨A3⟩ [1+]ntarlloka
[1+]i[1+] praharṣaḥ […] ⟨A4⟩ [1+]ākāravr̥ṇḍapravara[…] ⟨A5⟩ […]
mābhiṣikta[…] ⟨A6⟩ […] siddhi [3+] ⟨A7⟩ […] ⟨A8⟩ […] ⟨A9⟩ […] ⟨A10⟩ [3+]
yārāmikais […] ⟨A11⟩ […] tyakaśaṅkhavādyapa[…] ⟨A12⟩ pānādibhiḥ bhūyas
sarvv[1×][…] ⟨A13⟩ yakr̥vān pañcatrayastobha[1+]

### Face b

⟨b1⟩ [2+]y kantai moy […] ⟨b2⟩ [1+]ra ∥ knoc kantai ko[…] ⟨b3⟩ [1+]
śīlagana neḥ kantai moy […] ⟨b4⟩ [2+]āvi daṅ kaṁpaiy qme ka[…] ⟨b5⟩
[1+]tna dharmmabhakti nu qme ya[…] ⟨b6⟩ [1+] sugatapāla • vidyā [1+]
⟨b7⟩ [1+] dāsa • ñānakī[rtti • vi]⟨b8⟩dyākīrtti • daṁriṅ ver[1+] ⟨b9⟩
[2+]āṅ tal doṅ Ā[y sro] ⟨b10⟩ [vr]āaḥ tmur tap dnem • [1+] ⟨b11⟩ pār nu
slā laṅ te[m] ⟨b12⟩ [2+]tta vodi vrahmarudhira ⟨b13⟩ kalaśa carā dhūpa •
[1+] ⟨b14⟩ pon saṁrukk ñaṅ mo ⟨b15⟩ [1+]kk kaṅsatāla piy samr̥[t] ⟨b16⟩
śaṅkha piy Uden neḥ ⟨b17⟩ Ampall paribhoga [v]ra[ḥ] ⟨b18⟩ kaṁmrateṅ Añ •
[1+]

### Face

⟨c1⟩ neḥ gui [1+] Upāddhyāya ⟨c2⟩ rājavihāra jon ⟨c3⟩ ta vraḥ ∥ mah kaṁ
[2+] ⟨c4⟩ vraḥ kaṁmrateṅ Añ ⟨c5⟩ pi dan tap ha[3+] ⟨c6⟩ nu cāh vraḥ
kaṁmra[teṅ A]⟨c7⟩ñ klaḥ pra[1+]n liṅ sā[1+] ⟨c8⟩ [4+]ṅṅ ∥ gui ta [1+]
⟨c9⟩ [2+] prāp Āy sro ⟨c10⟩ vrāaḥ vipākapuṇya ⟨c11⟩ [U]pāddhyāya
rājavihā[ra] ⟨c12⟩ [2+]ra leha nu Upakā[ra]⟨c13⟩kṣetra ∥ sarvve sattvāḥ
sa [1+] ⟨c14⟩ [1+] vuddhā bhavantu [1+] ⟨c15⟩ sarvvajña tājñāna ∥

## Face A

⟨A1–A13⟩ Texte sanskrit ruiné. A la ligne 10, il est question des
ārāmika "jardiniers" ou "habitants d’un ārāma", et à la ligne 11, il est
fait mention d’instruments de musique, à la ligne 13 de stobha
"interjection chantée".

## Face b

⟨b1–b7⟩ Liste de noms d’esclaves avec leurs femmes.

⟨b7–b11⟩ Deux plantations […] à Sro Vrāaḥ ; dix paires de bœufs […] et
[…] aréquiers laṅ ;

⟨b12–b16⟩ […] vodi, brahmarudhira, flacon, carā à encens […] , 3 gongs
en bronze, 3 conques.

⟨b17–b18⟩ Tout cela est au service du V. K. A.

## Face c

⟨c1–c2⟩ Voici ce que l’upādhyāya du Rājavihāra offre au temple :

⟨c3–c8⟩ […]

⟨c8–c13⟩ Ce qui […] à Sro Vrāaḥ, résultat des mérites de l’upādhyāya du
Rājavihāra […] métal, accessoires, champs.

⟨c13–c15⟩ Que tous les êtres […] deviennent Buddha […] (et obtiennent)
l’omniscience.

## Commentary

The symbols ∥ and • are a presumption based on the similar inscription,
viz. K. 388, because the estampage EFEO 418 is not available to us at
the time of encoding.

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966) with a French translation.

### 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 6, pages 78–79.