K. 859. Fragment of a stela from Phnom Bayang, 9th century Śaka author of digital edition Kunthea Chhom intellectual authorship of edition Kunthea Chhom European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Siem Reap DHARMA_INSCIK00859.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

Encoded in TEI/EpiDoc according to the DHARMA Encoding Guide for Documentary Editions, version 2

 Adding paleographical remark Initial encoding of the inscription

śrīmad-utpannakeśānaṁ namat ānamrarājasya śrīyaśovarmmanāmeti

ānamrarājasya nanamrarājasya

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.

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

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