# K. 657. Stela from Phnom Preah Lan, 7th century CE

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00657

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00657.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the seventh century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ bhavaśānti ku taptep· kon· I ⟨2⟩ vā samudra ku dhan· kon· I vā
hi⟨3⟩tāṅkara ku saṁAp· kon· I ku saṁ⟨4⟩toy· ku kañcop· ge tel· O⟨5⟩y· ta
kuṭi • qnak ta dveṣnad ge saptamā⟨6⟩tāpitā Avīcinaraka nā laṅleṅ·

## Translation

⟨1–6⟩ ⟨Vā⟩ Bhavaśānti ⟨and⟩ Ku Taptep ⟨together with⟩ a child, Vā
Samudra ⟨and⟩ Ku Dhan ⟨together with⟩ a child, Vā Hitāṅkara ⟨and⟩ Ku
Saṁqap ⟨together with⟩ a child, Ku Saṁtoy, Ku Kañcop. They ⟨are the
people⟩ which are given to the shrine. Those who harm ⟨them⟩ will fall
in the hell of Avīci ⟨with their⟩ mothers and fathers to the seventh
generation.

## Commentary

There are traces of letters before line 1 and after line 6.

There is a floral decoration on the top of the stela and a line of
circles above and below the text.

Philip Jenner (2009, p. 263) translates the lines 4-6 as follows:
"Persons who harm ⟨them⟩, they ⟨and⟩ their fathers and mothers to the
seventh generation, - the Avīci hell is the place into which ⟨they⟩
shall fall".

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 6, p. 46) without translation.

### 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 46.