# K. 859. Fragment of a stela from Phnom Bayang, 9th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00859

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00859.xml

Language: Sanskrit [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 tenth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] [śrī]mad-utpannakeśānaṁ _ namat[.][.] […] ⟨2⟩ […]
[.]ānamrarājasya _ […] ⟨3⟩ […] [śrīya]śovarm[m]anāmeti _ […]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ [.]ānamrarājasya ⬦ nanamrarājasya GC.

## Commentary

The script of this inscription is comparable to that of K. 854 and K.
863.

The space dividing the text in two columns indicates that the text is
composed in verse, probably in Anuṣṭubh metre.

Utpannakeśāna mentioned in line 1 is the name of the main deity of Phnom
Bayang and Yaśovarmman in line 3 is that of the king ruling in Angkor in
the late 9th century CE.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937, p. 259) without translation;
re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the estampage EFEO n. 1111.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I. Collection
de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi: École française
d’Extrême-Orient. Page 259.