# K. 427. Doorjamb of Vat Preah Theat, 7th century CE

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00427

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00427.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), 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⟩ pi roc· vaiśākha po(ñ)[·] […]⟨2⟩t pari nu ta vraḥ kaṁratāṅ· A[ñ·]
[…] ⟨3⟩ mratāñ· bhagavan· poñ· kumāramat[i] […] ⟨4⟩ ta qnau ta noḥ velā
poñ· kularakṣa pari […] ⟨5⟩ poñ· bhā puṣpa I mratāñ· candravīra I kan⟨·⟩
Eta I […]⟨6⟩la ta Ai Ukka krāntasāra I poñ· śrava I vrauhv· E[ta] […]
⟨7⟩ vaṅ si dat· I si dat· I kanses· I vā kmau I vā rat(na) […] ⟨8⟩ nu
man⟨·⟩ poñ· kumāramati pradāna gui sre ta vra(ḥ) […] ⟨9⟩ canlek⟨·⟩
yugalla vraḥ kaṁmratāṅ· Añ· yohv· II […] ⟨10⟩ (s)thāna pañcola ge vari
ple canlek· vraḥ tnaḥ […]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ bhagavan· ⬦ bhagavaṇ· GC.

⟨5⟩ kan⟨·⟩ Eta ⬦ kanaceta GC.

⟨6⟩ vrauhv· E[ta] ⬦ vrauhv· GC.

⟨8⟩ vra(ḥ) ⬦ vra GC.

## Translation

⟨1–7⟩ The 3rd day of wanning moon ⟨of the month of⟩ Vaiśākha (April-May)
[…] to V.K.A. […] Mratāñ Bhagavat, Poñ Kumāramati […] who were at that
(or those) place (or places) when Poñ Kularakṣa […] Poñ Bhā Puṣpa,
Mratāñ Candravīra, Kan-Et, […] Poñ śrava, Vrau Et, […] Si Dat, Kanses,
Vā Kmau, Vā Ratna, […].

⟨8–10⟩ Then Poñ Kumāramati gave the paddy-field to the god […] 2 yau of
doubled cloth for the lower garment for V.K.A. […] the cloth for the
lower garment of the superior god […].

## Commentary

⟨1⟩ The p of pari does not have a curl at the bottom unlike that of
puṣpa in line 5.

⟨1⟩ The u of nu does not have a hook like that of nu in line 8.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 6, p. 43) with a French
translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO
n.1011.

### 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, page 43.