# K. 407. Stela from Wat Maheyong, 6th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom and Arlo Griffiths

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00407

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00407.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-10-23 15:46 (7597515), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Edition

1. Śardūlavikrīḍita

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[–––⏑] h. tāsv . v .. r . dh . y .. u [–⏑–] bhukt(a)yo(ḥ)
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2. Śardūlavikrīḍita

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[–––⏑] ha caṅkramāśana-gr̥haṁ sopoṣadhāg¿a?⟨ā⟩rakam·
bhaktaṁ sāṅghika-paudgalaṁ pratidinaṁ ... r . [⏑––⏑–]
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3. Śardūlavikrīḍita

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⟨3⟩ [––] (p)āramitārccanaṁ sahamaṣīpatrārppaṇaṁ lekhanam·
Ijyāgasti-mahātmano dvija-gaṇasyānnañ c. [––⏑–]
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4. Śardūlavikrīḍita

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(tyā)g(e) nārahitā saddharmma-kathanā dhūpa-pradīpānvitā
mālādāma-vitāna-cāmara-vatī cīnadhv(aj.) [–⏑–]
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5. Śardūlavikrīḍita

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(p)uṇyañ cānyad api pradiṣṭam aniśaṁ dharmmaḥ prajāpālanam·
Iṣṭāniṣṭa-samatvam indriya-jayaḥ khedas su . r̥ .. r̥ [⏑–]
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6. Indravajrā

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[–] ryāpta-bhogena y[⏑–⏑––]
Arnnāyanāmā (g/ś) [⏑⏑–⏑––]
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## Translation by Skilling 2017

1.

(Too damaged to be translated.)

2.

[…] a walkway, a refectory, along with an upoṣadha hall […] meals for
the saṁgha and for individual monks, daily […]

3.

[…] worship of the ⟨Prajñ -⟩p ramit, together with supplies of ink and
palm leaves, the writing […] food for the group of twice-born, who
worship the greatness of Agastya […]

4.

[…] preaching the Saddharma accompanied by incense and lamps […] ower
garlands, festoons, baldaquins, yak-tail fans, and Chinese banners […]

5.

[…] other deeds of merit were indicated, incessantly, the dharma, the
protection of the populace […] equal towards the liked and disliked,
mastery of the senses, weariness well […]

6.

[…]

## Bibliography

Edited by Peter Skilling (2017, pp. 61–62) with an English translation.

### Primary

[LF] Skilling, Peter. 2017. “The Wat Maheyong Inscription (NS 10, K
407): The Thai-Malay Peninsula in the Wide World of Buddhist Material
and Cultural Exchange.” In: Peninsular Siam and Its Neighborhoods:
Essays in Memory of Dr. Preecha Noonsuk. Edited by Wannasarn Noonsuk.
Nakhon Si Thammarat: Cultural Council of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province,
pp. 55–79. Pages 61–62.