# K. 503. Fragmentary inscription of Chanthaburi, 6th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00503

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00503.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ Āṣā(ḍha)[⏓⏑––⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨2⟩ yā dattiḥ pr̥thivīndrasya _
śr[ī][⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨3⟩ śrīcāndrāyaṇanāthasya _
yat kiñc[it] [⏓⏑–⏑⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

4. Anuṣṭubh

⟨4⟩ yo nyathā kurute mohā_[t]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

5. Anuṣṭubh

⟨5⟩ [⏓⏓⏓]ī[⏓⏑––⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓] [_]
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1924

1.

Āṣāḍha […]

2.

Cette donation du roi Śrī […]

3.

Tout ce qui, de Śrī Cāndrāyaṇanātha […]

4.

Quiconque, par folie, agit autrement […]

5.

[…]

## Commentary

The last stanza is not taken into account by George Cœdès.

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1924, p. 353) with a French translation;
re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the estampage EFEO n. 375.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1924. “Études cambodgiennes, XVII: L’épigraphie du
temple de Phimai; XVIII: L’extension du Cambodge vers le Sud-Ouest au
VII^(e) siècle (Nouvelles inscriptions de Chantaboun).” BEFEO 24 (3-4),
pp. 345–358. DOI: 10.3406/befeo.1924.3009. [URL]. Page 353.