# K. 682.2. North pillar of the West side of the East Gopura II of
Prasat Thom, 843 Śaka

Salomé Pichon

Author of digital edition: Salomé Pichon

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00682-2

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00682-2.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-10-27 09:32
(dadd069)

## Palaeographic description

Systematic use of the double ra. The hand of this inscription is
different from K. 682-1. It seems less rounded and more cursive.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ↜ 843 śaka nu mratāñ· śrīvīrendrārimathana [2+] ⟨2⟩ [2+]n d(v)āc·
paṅgaṁ thpvaṅ· nīvedana pi duk· caṁnāṁ ta [v]r[aḥ kamra]⟨3⟩t[e]ṅ· Añ·
jagat ta rājya◦ sre canhvar· Aṁ [5+]⟨4⟩ñcāñ· Oy yajña saṅ⟨·⟩krānta je
mvāy [7+] ⟨5⟩ kaṁvai ke lāsa◦ sī dharmma sī Aṁ [7+] ⟨6⟩ kaṁpur· tai
kan·Īn· mahā [8+]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ [2+]n d(v)āc· ⬦ […]n dāc C; […]n d(v)āc J. — ⟨2⟩ nīvedana ⬦ nivedana
C; nivedana J • In their unpublished edition, Bourdonneau et al have
read nīvedana as well. — ⟨2⟩ caṁnāṁ ⬦ camnāṁ C; caṁnāṁ J • In their
unpublished edition, Bourdonneau et al have read caṁnāṁ as well.

⟨3⟩ canhvar· ⬦ canpār C; canhvar J • In their unpublished edition,
Bourdonneau et al have read canpvār.

⟨5⟩ ke lāsa ⬦ […] lāsa C; kelāsa J • In their unpublished edition,
Bourdonneau et al have read ke lāsa as well.

⟨6⟩ kaṁpur· ⬦ kaṁpūr C; kaṁpur J. — ⟨6⟩ kan·Īn· ⬦ kan In C; kan Īn J.

## Translation

⟨1–6⟩ En 843 śaka, le mratāñ Śrī Vīrendrārimathana […] informe le
⟨souverain⟩ avec déférence qu’il a installé des fondations pour le vraḥ
kamrateṅ añ jagat ta rājya (le Devarāja, "l’auguste seigneur des mondes
du royaume") : la rizière Canhvar Aṁ[…]. ⟨Il⟩ donne pour le sacrifice de
saṅkrānta (cérémonies de la nouvelle année) un je[1] ⟨de riz blanc⟩ […]
Kaṁvai Ke Lāsa ; sī Dharmma ; sī Aṁ[…] ; […] Kaṁpur ; tai Kanīn Mahā
[…].

## Commentary

This inscription is broken vertically on the right, and to a lesser
extent fragments are missing on the left. As a result, some characters
are missing.

Although the scribe systematically engraved sī with long -ī, George
Cœdès has transcribed it as si, with short vowel.

## Bibliography

First edited in French by George Cœdès with a partial translation (1931,
p. 15). Then re-edited in French by Claude Jacques with translation
(2014, pp. 114–115). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et
al, although the re-edition wasn’t published. Re-edited here by Salomé
Pichon with fresh translation in French based on EFEO estampage n. 817.

### Primary

[C] Cœdès, George. 1931. “Études cambodgiennes, XXV: Deux inscriptions
sanskrites du Fou-nan; XXVI: La date de Kòḥ Ker; XXVII: La date du
Bàphûon.” BEFEO 31 (1-2), pp. 1–23. DOI: 10.3406/befeo.1931.4415. [URL].
Page 15.

[J] 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 114–115.

[1] Un je correspond à la contenance d’un panier, cf. kañje.