# K. 520. Trident slab of Preah Vihear Thom, 6th-7th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom and Gerdi Gerschheimer

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Gerdi Gerschheimer

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00520

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00520.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-09 14:46 (16691b9), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Iha liṅga-pratiṣṭhātu⟨Column b⟩r
bhojasyāśīti-varṣiṇaḥ
⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ triśūla-mūle nihitā
⟨Column b⟩ daṁṣṭrās tā yā mukha-cyutāḥ

## Translation into French by Finot 1920

1.

De l’octogénaire Bhoja, qui érigea ici le liṅga, les dents tombées de sa
bouche ont été déposées à la base de triśūla.

## Translation

1.

Of Bhoja, the eighty-year-old installer of the liṅga here, the canine
teeth which had fallen from his mouth were placed at the base of the
trident.

## Bibliography

Edited by Louis Finot (1920, p. 6) with a French translation; reedited
here by Gerdi Gerschheimer.

### Primary

[LF] Finot, Louis. 1920. “Le triçula inscrit de Práh Vihâr Thom.” BEFEO
20 (4), pp. 6–7. DOI: 10.3406/befeo.1920.5555. [URL]. Page 6.