# K. 499. Pillar from Si T’ep, 4th-5th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom and Arlo Griffiths

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00499

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00499.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

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

⟨1⟩ [6+] mat taṁ dharmmāś coktā ye [5+] ⟨2⟩ [6+]ṅ kānīnarṣes tasya kr̥ta
[7+] ⟨3⟩ [6+] vetty akhilaṁ sa codyam· [7+] ⟨4⟩ [6+]ś śiṣṭaga(ṇa)sya yaś
ca ∥ ve ⟨5⟩ [gr̥]hītan nr̥pasiṅhena kurvvatā puṇyasa[ñcayaṁ?] ⟨6⟩
[praj]āpālane śūrau satyadayānvitau [5+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ mat taṁ • Chhabra note "(or mantaṁ)". Le ma n’est pas claire sur
l’estampage.

⟨2⟩ kānīnarṣes ⬦ kānīnarṣis BC.

⟨4⟩ ve • Chhabra note "(la)", mais la lecture n’est certainemement pas
la.

⟨6⟩ śūrau • Chhabra donne śurau, la note de bas de page concernant ce
mot montre que la lecture qu’il avait l’intention de donner était
(correctement) śūrau.

## Bibliography

Edited by Bahadur Chand Chhabra (1935, p. 54) without translation ;
reedited here by Arlo Griffiths.

### Primary

[BC] Chhabra, Bahadur Chand. 1935. “Expansion of Indo-Aryan culture
during Pallava rule as evidenced by inscriptions.” JASB (Lett.) 1 (1),
pp. 1–64. Page 54.