# K. 712. Stela of Bel, 6th-7th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00712

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00712.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

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

The lettering is characteristic of the seventh century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ […] ⟨3⟩ […] ⟨4⟩ […] ⟨5⟩ […] ⟨6⟩ […] ⟨7⟩ […] ⟨8⟩ (Aṁ)no(y·)
[tā]ñ· Īśvarakumāra Āy· ta vraḥ kamra⟨9⟩tāṅ· Añ· śrī Acaleśvara kñuṁ
(ta) si vā [1×](vau) I vā saṅ·hvāṅ· ⟨10⟩ [2+] I vā kañ·cā(pa) I vā
dra[1+] I (ge ta) kantai ku kan(d)os· I ⟨11⟩ [2+] I ku [2+] I ko(n ku)
ku (suci)kā I ku (cañ·)j(u)k(·) I (ge) ta ⟨12⟩ [10+] (śrī) [2+] poñ·
kumā(rā)bhinanda ⟨13⟩ (Āy·) [8+] (gui kñuṁ) (I) canlek· praṁpi yau […]
⟨14⟩ sre [5+] poñ· [2+] (poñ·) [2+] (k)rauhv· kloñ· gosa ⟨15⟩ [4+]
(travaṅ·) pa[3+] sre ka[6+] j(i)hv· ⟨16⟩ [1+] li(ṅ)· […] k[l]oñ· [2+]
Añ· ⟨17⟩ […] (vra)ḥ […] ⟨18⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨8⟩ (Aṁ)no(y·) [tā]ñ· ⬦ [1+]ñ· GC.

⟨9⟩ Acaleśvara • The letter A looks like vi. — ⟨9⟩ kñuṁ (ta) si ⬦ kñuṁ
si GC. — ⟨9⟩ vā [1×](vau) I vā saṅ·hvāṅ· ⬦ vā [3+] GC.

⟨10⟩ [2+] I vā kañ·cā(pa) I vā dra[1+] I (ge ta) ⬦ [12+] GC. — ⟨10⟩ ku
kan(d)os· I ⬦ ku [4+] GC.

⟨13⟩ (Āy·) [8+] (gui kñuṁ) (I) ⬦ […] GC.

## Commentary

George Cœdès records only up to line 13.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 6, p. 50) without
translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the estampage EFEO
n. 908.

### 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 50.