# K. 744. Doorjamb from Prasat Barmei, 10th-11th century

Kunthea Chhom and Gerdi Gerschheimer

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Gerdi Gerschheimer

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00744

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00744.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

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## Edition

1. Upajāti

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [dugdhāvdhi-tulye viśadānvavāye]
⟨Column b⟩ [jāto vadāto na] yathā [śaśāṅkaḥ]
⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [R̥ddhān dadhad veda-yama-grahair yyo]
⟨Column b⟩ v[i]śvambharām ājaladher vvabhāra

2. Upajāti

⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [vijātim āśritya hariḥ khage]ndr[aṁ]
⟨Column b⟩ rāmaḥ kapīndrañ ca ripūn mamardda
⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [svavāhum ājau viṣame] sujāti⟨Column b⟩m
ajataroṣās tu ya Ekavīra[ḥ]

3. Upajāti

⟨5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [dr̥ṣṭi-pradā]nena varāṅgaṇānā⟨Column b⟩m
āptis sthiteḥ kevala-durla[bhāsyāḥ]
⟨6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Ananya-pū]rvve⟨va⟩ mukhe tu yasya
⟨Column b⟩ kenāpy anāyāsam uvāsa vi[dyā]

4. Upajāti

⟨7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [yadāna]norvvīdhara-rājaśr̥ṅgād
⟨Column b⟩ vinissr̥tā mr̥ṣṭa-jagat-kalaṅk[ā]
⟨8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [purāṇa]-rāmāyana-bhāratādi-
⟨Column b⟩ -kathāvivakṣāmaradhāma-sindh[uḥ]

5. Upajāti

⟨9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [vāhyopa]mānāsya vilāsa-kānti-
⟨Column b⟩ -samānaśobhā kanakāndajā[ṇḍe]
⟨10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Itīva kā]ntās svamanāṅsi ninyu⟨Column b⟩s
samānayantyo yam anaṅga-[kāntyā]

6. Upajāti

⟨11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [yasyāṅga]-lāvanyam ananya-lavdhañ
⟨Column b⟩ ced vīkṣya kāmāpadi kāma[kāntā]
⟨12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [svāṅgan didha]kṣuḥ kim u jātaharṣā
⟨Column b⟩ muñcet kathañ cin na nu vāṣpam[ātram·]

7. Upajāti

⟨13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [svānte ma]dīye vidadhātu nityaṁ
⟨Column b⟩ sthāsnusthitiṁ sthānur itīva samya[k·]
⟨14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [śubhra-vr̥ṣaṁ] sūkṣma-gati-pratītaṁ
⟨Column b⟩ yas sthāpayā[m] āsa manasy aja[s]ra[m·]

8. Upajāti

⟨15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [tathā pra]dānocita-mānasena-
⟨Column b⟩ -dattāni yenānudinan dhanāni
⟨16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [yathārthi]bhiḥ kr̥tsnaparigrahe ⟨’⟩py a-
⟨Column b⟩ -samarthatāgr̥hyata śatru-[gr̥hyā]

9. Upajāti

⟨17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [sāmānya]vr̥tter api nur mr̥gākṣī
⟨Column b⟩ kṣudrātma-dhāmnaś capalā [na yuktā]
⟨18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [rājādhirā]jasya tu yasya kīrtti[ḥ]
⟨Column b⟩ priyā satī sarvva-[gatātra citram·]

10. Upajāti

⟨19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [nirantarākl]iṣṭanisr̥ṣṭayajñai⟨Column b⟩ś
śatakrator yo bhuv[i tulya-vr̥ttiḥ]
⟨20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [kṣiti]ñ cakārāmaraviprakīrṇṇā⟨Column b⟩m
adhyāsitāṁ punya-[janair iva dyām·]

11. Upajāti

⟨21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Utpatti]-nāśāmvu-ni[dhau jaganti]
⟨Column b⟩ [ma]jjanty ajasraṁ ka[ruṇārdracetāḥ]
⟨22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [samīkṣya śāstrārtha-vidhikriyāṁ ya]⟨Column b⟩ś
śivsy pūjā[jananīñ cakāra]

12. Upajāti

⟨23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [yasyonnatiṁ rāja-guṇe ca dharmme]
⟨Column b⟩ kalir vvalī cā[layitun na śaktaḥ]
⟨24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Utpātabhūtā Api ratnaraśmiṁ]
⟨Column b⟩ [vātū]la saṅ[ghā na hi kampayanti]

## Commentary

The restitutions of this inscription are based on the stanzas VIII-XIX
of the southern doorjamb of Prasat Sankhah K. 218.

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1954) without translation; re-edited here by
Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n. 941.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1954. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume VI.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3.6. Hanoi, Paris:
École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 216–217.