# K. 437. Doorjamb of the tower N14 of Sambor Prei Kuk site, 7th century
CE

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00437

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00437.xml

Languages: Old Khmer [Khmer], Sanskrit [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. Āryā

⟨Item S: Southern doorjamb⟩ ⟨S1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [.]i[…]viditās tāni ⟨Column
b⟩ […]mahā-vīryya
⟨Column c⟩ […] ⟨Column d⟩ […]

2. Āryā

⟨S2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ […]li[…]m agraṁ ⟨Column b⟩ saubhāgya[…]-karpaṇa[1+]
⟨Column c⟩ […] ⟨Column d⟩ […]

3. Āryā

⟨S3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vi[…]sasya ⟨Column b⟩ jvalatā dagdheṣv arāti-viṣayeṣu
⟨Column c⟩ […] ⟨Column d⟩ […]

4. Āryā

⟨S4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ haimnā dāna-payobhi⟨Column b⟩s sadā sravadbhir
mmataṅga-jānāñ ca
⟨Column c⟩ siktā yat-kīrtti[2+] ⟨Column d⟩ […]

5. Āryā

⟨S5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīśānavarmmanāmna⟨Column b⟩s tasya nr̥pendrasya yā priyā
patnī
⟨Column c⟩ sākāramañjarī[1+] ⟨Column d⟩ […]

6. Āryā

⟨S6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sā bhartr̥-bhakti-rāgā⟨Column b⟩t prayātukāmā salokatāṁ
patyuḥ
⟨Column c⟩ sthāpitavatī bhagavata ⟨Column d⟩ […]

7. Āryā

⟨S7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tasyāḫ pūjāsthitaye ⟨Column b⟩ dāsādi-dhanan tayārppitam
aśeṣam·
⟨Column c⟩ Abhivāñchati yo ha[rtum] ⟨Column d⟩ […]

⟨Item N: Northern doorjamb⟩ ⟨N1⟩ […] ⟨N2⟩ […] ⟨N3⟩ […] ⟨N4⟩ […] ⟨N5⟩ […]
⟨N6⟩ […] ⟨N7⟩ […] ⟨N8⟩ […] ⟨N9⟩ […] ⟨N10⟩ […] ⟨N11⟩ […] ⟨N12⟩ […] ⟨N13⟩
[…] ⟨N14⟩ […] ⟨N15⟩ […] ⟨N16⟩ […] ⟨N17⟩ […] ⟨N18⟩ […] ⟨N19⟩ […] ⟨N20⟩
[…] ⟨N21⟩ […] ⟨N22⟩ […] ⟨N23⟩ […] ⟨N24⟩ […] ⟨N25⟩ […] ⟨N26⟩ […] ⟨N27⟩
[…] ⟨N28⟩ […] ⟨N29⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨S3⟩ dagdheṣv ⬦ daghneṣv GC.

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1937–1966

1.

[…]

2.

[…]

3.

Dans les pays ennemis brûlés par sa brillante ⟨ardeur⟩ […].

4.

Sa renommée dorée continuellement arrosée par la liqueur coulant du
front des éléphants […].

5.

Sākāramañjarī, épouse chérie de ce roi nommé Śrī Īśānavarman, […].

6.

Par dévotion passionnée envers son époux, et par désir d’être réunie
avec lui dans l’autre monde, elle a érigé le bienheureux […].

7.

Celui qui désir ⟨s’approprier⟩ tous les biens, esclaves et autres,
offerts par elle pour perpétuer le culte de cette […].

⟨N1–N29⟩ […]

## Commentary

⟨S1⟩ The line S1 is too damaged for reediting; the column setting is
hypothetical.

Few ligible letters on the northern doorjamb suggest that it was a list
of servants and various cult objects , written in Old Khmer language,
which are mentioned in the last stanza of the Sanskrit portion on the
southern doorjamb.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 4, pp. 24–25) with a
French translation, reedited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage
EFEO n. 282.

### 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 4, pages 24–25.