# K. 674. Doorjamb of Prasat Dan, 888 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00674

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00674.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨0⟩ ↜ śrī siddhi jaya ◦

⟨1⟩ 888 śaka pañcamī ket(·) mārggaśira Aṅgāravāra nu mān· vraḥ
śāsa⟨2⟩[na dhūli] vraḥ pāda dhūli [jeṅ·] vraḥ kamrateṅ· Añ· ta kaṁsteṅ·
A⟨3⟩ñ· rājakulamahāmantri nu mratāñ· śrī vīrendraviṣaya • pi sre vraḥ
⟨4⟩ kamrateṅ(·) Añ· thpvaṅ· kandi[n·] [3+] nu vraḥ kamrateṅ· Añ· jagat·
śiva⟨5⟩pura • nu vraḥ kamrateṅ(·) Añ(·) Āy· thpvaṅ· kandin· man· steṅ·
Añ· Ācāryya ⟨6⟩ [thpvaṅ·] kandin· yok· pi dau [2+] Āy· śivapurāśrama
[3+] gvāl· [3+] ⟨7⟩ gvāl· [3+] gvāl· śrī (gvā)l· (saṁA)p· (gv)āl· [2+]
gvāl· thqyak· (tai) qnāy· (tai) saṁ- ⟨8⟩ [5+] t(ai) tīrtha [3+] (tai
thqyak· tai) k(u)nti tai (kaṁvic)· (tai) chpoṅ· (phsaṁ) ⟨9⟩ […] paṁre ta
vraḥ kamrateṅ(·) Añ(·) ja⟨10⟩gat· [śivapura] ta paṁre ta vraḥ
(kamrate)⟨ṅ· A⟩(ñ·) thpvaṅ· kandin· (gho) śiva(dā)sa I gho ⟨11⟩ [3+]
(gho) khñuṁ gho [1+]n· (gho) pandan· gho kaṁpañ· gvāl· thqyak· gvāl·
(kaṁ)U⟨12⟩(s)· (tai kandeṅ)· tai (kañca)n· (tai kaṁ)[2+] (tai) mā(gha)
tai (bhāva) tai saṁAp· ⟨13⟩ (tai kan·hya)ṅ· (tai kaṁvrau tarāp·) sr(e
Ā)y· vraḥ (snoṅ· gho) ryyū gho khñuṁ ⟨14⟩ (gho kansa) [3+] (tai thqyak·
tai kaṁprvā)t· tai dharmma (tai kanteṅ)· (tai) ⟨15⟩ […] vraḥ rāja
[1+]y(·) Oy· qnak· (II) (ta) ⟨16⟩ (kaṁ)steṅ· Añ· ⟨Ā⟩(cā)ryya (tai) [4+]
(vraḥ kamra)teṅ· Añ· jagat· śiva⟨17⟩pura (danden· • sre vraḥ kamrateṅ·
Añ) s(re thpvaṅ)· kandin· sre ⟨18⟩ [2+] (ph)le […]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ vīrendraviṣaya ⬦ vīrendraviṣaya GC; vīrendravijaya CJ.

⟨4⟩ kandi[n·] [3+] ⬦ kandi[n·] [3+] GC; kandi[n saṁ ga]ṇa CJ.

⟨5⟩ nu ⬦ nu GC; (g)i CJ.

⟨6⟩ [2+] ⬦ [2+] GC; nu [1+] CJ. — ⟨6⟩ [3+] gvāl· [3+] ⬦ […] GC; (gho)
seh gvāl kanso CJ.

⟨7⟩ gvāl· [3+] ⬦ […] GC; gvāl (kantep) CJ. — ⟨7⟩ (gv)āl· [2+] ⬦ […] GC;
gvāl (anāla) CJ.

⟨8⟩ [5+] ⬦ […] GC; [A]p (tai) vau CJ. — ⟨8⟩ k(u)nti ⬦ […] GC; kanti CJ.
— ⟨8⟩ chpoṅ· ⬦ […] GC; spoṅ CJ.

⟨9⟩ […] ⬦ [5+] GC; (10 6) (Ācā)ryya III qras 4 [5+]ḥ CJ.

⟨10⟩ [śivapura] ta paṁre ta vraḥ (kamrate)⟨ṅ· A⟩(ñ·) ⬦ [3+] ta vraḥ [5+]
GC; [śivapura] • ta paṁre ta vraḥ kamrateṅ Añ CJ. — ⟨10⟩ (gho)
śiva(dā)sa I gho ⬦ […] GC; gho śivadāsa I gho CJ.

⟨11⟩ [1+]n· ⬦ […] GC; (phta)n CJ. — ⟨11⟩ (kaṁ)U ⬦ […] GC; taṁra CJ.

⟨12⟩ (kañca)n· ⬦ […] GC; kaṁhen CJ. — ⟨12⟩ (tai kaṁ)[2+] ⬦ […] GC; tai
kaṁ(pas) CJ. — ⟨12⟩ (bhāva) ⬦ […] GC; bhās CJ.

⟨13⟩ (tai kaṁvrau tarāp·) ⬦ […] GC; tai kaṁ (dh)au ta(ṁrep) CJ. — ⟨13⟩
(snoṅ· gho) ryyū ⬦ […] GC; vloṅ gho ryyu CJ.

⟨14⟩ [3+] ⬦ […] GC; (tai sthan) CJ.

⟨15⟩ […] ⬦ […] GC; kaṁ[2+]ḥ ne lā[1+] (po) [4+] CJ.

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1964

⟨0–18⟩ Fortune ! Succès ! Victoire ! 888 Śaka, cinquième jour de la lune
croissante d’Aṅgāravāra, mardi, il y eut un ordre de Sa Majesté à
Kaṁsteṅ Añ Rājakulamahāmantri et à Kaṁsteṅ Śrī Vīrendraviṣaya, au sujet
des rizières de V. K. A. Thpvaṅ Kandin […], de V. K. A. Jagat Śivapura
et de V. K. A. à Thpvaṅ Kandin. Steṅ Añ Ācārya Thpvaṅ Kandin les a
prises pour aller au […] à Śivapurāśrama (suit une liste de sre dont les
noms sont indéchiffrables, sauf celui de sre thpvaṅ kandin).

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1964, pp. 89–90) with a French
translation, re-edited by Claude Jacques (2014, pp. 354–355) with a
French translation, re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage
EFEO n. 809.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1964. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume VII.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3.7. Hanoi, Paris:
École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 89–90.

[CJ] Jacques, Claude. 2014. Koh Ker: Temples et inscriptions, avec une
étude sur le roi Jayavarman IV et un essai sur l’“esclavage” dans
l’ancien pays khmer. Budapest: The Hungarian Southeast Asian Institute.
Pages 354–355.