# K. 422. Hammered Doorjamb of Vat Pothivong Leu, 6th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00422

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00422.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-09-29 15:16 (cb76c64), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the seventh century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Aṁnoy· (kñuṁ) [7+] ta vraḥ [ka]mratāṅ· Añ· (śrī vijayeśvara) k(ñ)uṁ
[4+] va sleṅ I va knana I (va va)ll[1+] I dharmmadāsa I mānudharmma I
panlas I [6+] ⟨2⟩ [17+] kon· ku II ku [3+] I kon· ku II ku [1+](n·) I ku
[2+] [I] ku (ka)ndos· I k(u) [3+] I k(ñuṁ Aras·) I [8+] ko(n·) ku (I) ku
[2+] karmma I ku vnot· I ⟨3⟩ [41+] gi tpal· kñuṁ [1+] ta gi [1+] 10 qnak
[2+] tmur· [1+] (man)⟨·⟩ [2+] kamratāṅ· ⟨4⟩ Añ śrī [3+][1×]īśvara [23+]
(ko)n· IIII ku [3+] (kon·) ku II (ku) [4+] I kon· ku (II) ku (pa)nlā I
kon· (ku) II [3+] ⟨5⟩ [20+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Aṁnoy· (kñuṁ) [7+] ⬦ Aṁnoy· [5+] GC. — ⟨1⟩ va knana ⬦ va knah GC.

⟨2⟩ ku [1+](n·) I ku [2+] [I] ku (ka)ndos· I k(u) [3+] I k(ñuṁ Aras·) I
[8+] ko(n·) ku (I) ku [2+] karmma I ku vnot· ⬦ ku [28+] ku vnot· GC.

⟨4⟩ [1×]īśvara [23+] (ko)n· IIII ku [3+] (kon·) ku II (ku) [4+] I kon·
ku (II) ku (pa)nlā I kon· (ku) II [3+] ⬦ [1×]īśvara [52+] kon· GC.

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1937–1966

⟨1–2⟩ Don […] au seigneur Śrī Vijayeśvara. (Liste d’esclaves: va
(homme), ku (femme), kon (enfants)).

⟨3–4⟩ […] troupeau, esclaves ici […] 10 personnes, boeufs que le
seigneur Śrī […] Īśvara […] enfant.

## Commentary

The text has been carefully hammered and is almost illegible.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 2, p. 9) without a French
translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n.
390.

### 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 2, page 9.