# K. 803. Sema stela, 2420 and 2443 of Buddhist Era

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00803

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00803.xml

Language: Modern Khmer [Khmer]

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

### Face

⟨1⟩ sāsnā 2420 ⟨2⟩ chnāma chlūva ⟨3⟩ nubbhasakkha ⟨4⟩ braḥ srīsugāmunī
⟨5⟩ braḥ pāḷāta ⟨6⟩ munīsīḷācā ⟨7⟩ sāṅa braḥ vihā

### Face

⟨1⟩ sāsnā 2443 ⟨2⟩ chnāṁma jūta ⟨3⟩ dosakkha ⟨4⟩ braḥ srīsu⟨5⟩gāmunī ⟨6⟩
braḥ pāḷāta ⟨7⟩ munīsīḷācā ⟨8⟩ sāṅa braḥ ⟨9⟩ buddharūpa

## Apparatus

### Face

⟨2⟩ chnāma • There is a cross sign above the letter cha.

⟨3⟩ nubbhasakkha • It may be understood as nabasaka.

⟨7⟩ sāṅa • The letter ṅa is in the form of a subscript and written below
the letter sa. — ⟨7⟩ vihā • It may be understood as vihāra.

### Face

⟨3⟩ dosakkha • It may be understood as dosaka.

## Translation into French by Pou 1989

### Face

⟨1–3⟩ 2420è année de l’ère ⟨du Buddha⟩, année du Bœuf, neuvième du cycle
décimal.

⟨4–7⟩ Le Vénérable Srīsugāmaṇī, le Vénérable adjoint Munisīlācāry ont
édifié le sanctuaire.

### Face

⟨1–3⟩ 2443è année de l’ère ⟨du Buddha⟩, année du Rat, deuxième du cycle
décimal.

⟨4–9⟩ Le Vénérable Srīsugāmaṇī, le Vénérable adjoint Munisīlācāry ont
édifié la statue du Buddha.

## Commentary

2420 and 2443 of Buddhist era = 1877 and 1900 CE respectively.

## Bibliography

First edited by Saveros Pou (1989, pp. 104–105) with a French
translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the estampage EFEO
n. 1032.

### Primary

[SP] Pou, Saveros. 1989. Nouvelles inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I.
Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 104–105.