# K. 869. Stela in the gopura II of Prasat Banteay Srei, 890 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00869

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00869.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-19 07:30
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Item A: Face⟩ ⟨A1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⫽ ✤ ⫽ namaś śavdaguṇāyāstu
⟨Column b⟩ vyatītendriyavartmane
⟨A2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ viśvato vyaśnuvānāya
⟨Column b⟩ vyomarūpāya śambhave ⫽

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Unmanā yā satī kāntā
⟨Column b⟩ nitāntaśivasaṅgatā
⟨A4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ jagaddhitāya śāśaktu
⟨Column b⟩ sā śaktir acalātmajā ⫽

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīkamvujendrasantāna-
⟨Column b⟩ -santānakamahīruhaḥ
⟨A6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sutaś śrījayavarmmeti
⟨Column b⟩ yaś śrīrājendravarmmaṇaḥ ⫽

4. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kāladoṣāmvudhau magnā
⟨Column b⟩ durgge gambhīrabhīṣaṇe
⟨A8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prāpya pāram ivottuṅgaṁ
⟨Column b⟩ yaṁ samāśvasiṣuḥ prajāḥ ⫽

5. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ praṇayāvanate (k r̥tsne)
⟨Column b⟩ campādhīśādirājake
⟨A10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kevalaṁ guṇavatprītyā
⟨Column b⟩ nojjhāñ cāpañ cakāra yaḥ ⫽

6. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ smarayat smarasaundaryyaṁ
⟨Column b⟩ saundaryyaṁ yasya nirmmalam·
⟨A12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ nūtanām akaron nūna⟨Column b⟩m
anūnām aratiṁ rateḥ ḥ ⫽

7. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dakṣiṇāpathavinyasta-
⟨Column b⟩ -sāras siddhiprado ⟨’⟩rthinām·
⟨A14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yuktaṁ yo yuktinipu¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ai⟨Column b⟩ś
śrīparvvata Itīritaḥ ⫽

8. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dūre yeṣāṁ manāṁsīmā⟨Column b⟩m
asp r̥kṣan kṣmāṁ mahībhr̥tām·
⟨A16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Ā darśanapathāt teṣāṁ
⟨Column b⟩ yaṁ saṁprāpya śirāṁsi tu ⫽

9. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prāyaśo durvvidagdhānāṁ
⟨Column b⟩ pārthivānāṁ layan dadhat·
⟨A18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Adbhis tulyam ajany ugraṁ
⟨Column b⟩ tejo yasyāpi dussaham· ⫽

10. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ jāgrataḥ prativarṣāntaṁ
⟨Column b⟩ śaureś śrīr anurāgiṇī
⟨A20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yasya nityapravuddhasya
⟨Column b⟩ kathābhir mmā sma katthyata ⫽

11. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vr̥ddho ⟨’⟩pi pādahīno ⟨’⟩pi
⟨Column b⟩ rājadharmmaḥ kalau yuge
⟨A22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yaddaṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩anītim ālamvya
⟨Column b⟩ pravr̥tto skhalitaṁ pathi ⫽

12. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tasya rājādhirājasya
⟨Column b⟩ surarājasamadyuteḥ ḥ
⟨A24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yaś śaivadīkṣāvidhinā
⟨Column b⟩ śāstānugrāhako guruḥ ⫽

13. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A25⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīyaśovarmmaputrasya
⟨Column b⟩ pautrasya śrīndravarmmaṇaḥ
⟨A26⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīharṣavarmmaṇo rājño
⟨Column b⟩ dauhitro yo ⟨’⟩graṇīs satām· ⟨⫽⟩

14. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A27⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dhiyā gotreṇa tulyasya
⟨Column b⟩ puruhūtapurodhasā
⟨A28⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dāmodarākhyaviprasya
⟨Column b⟩ vahvr̥casyātmajaś ca yaḥ ⫽

15. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A29⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prakāśarūpās saṁprāpya
⟨Column b⟩ suprasannan nisarggataḥ
⟨A30⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Arkatviṣa Ivādarśaṁ
⟨Column b⟩ yaṁ vidyā vyadyutan bhr̥śam· ⫽

16. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A31⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhaktyāṣṭapuṣpikāṁ śaivīṁ
⟨Column b⟩ havīṁṣi ca havirbhuji
⟨A32⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yogañ ca pratyahaṁ yogya⟨Column b⟩s
svapoṣam iva yo ⟨’⟩puṣat· ⫽

17. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A33⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ hiraṇyāni ca vāsāṁsi
⟨Column b⟩ kuṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩odhnīr ggāś ca parvvasu
⟨A34⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yaḥ pratigrāhayām āsa
⟨Column b⟩ māsi māsi dvijanmanaḥ ⫽

18. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A35⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sadā yaś cā(ntikasa)[dā]
⟨Column b⟩ rājñā śrījayavarmmaṇā
⟨A36⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ māyūraccha(trasauvarṇ)¡n!⟨ṇ⟩a-
⟨Column b⟩ -dolādyais satkr̥taḥ kr̥tī ⫽

19. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Item B: Face⟩ ⟨B1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (ye vr̥ṁhayanty alpadhiyāṁ)
⟨Column b⟩ kula[vidyādayo madam·]
⟨B2⟩ ⟨Column c⟩ [vyanīnaśat tair yugapat·]
⟨Column d⟩ [pareṣām ātmanaś ca yaḥ ⫽]

20. Anuṣṭubh

⟨B3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [pātañjalīye kā¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āde]
⟨Column b⟩ [kṣapādakapilāgame]
⟨B4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [bauddhe vaidye ⟨’⟩tha gāndharvve]
⟨Column b⟩ [jyautiṣe nayate sma yaḥ ⫽]

21. Anuṣṭubh

⟨B5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Ākhyāyikākr̥tir abhūt·]
⟨Column b⟩ [svadeśe yadupakramam·]
⟨B6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [nānābhāṣālipijñaś ca]
⟨Column b⟩ [prayoktā nāṭakasya yaḥ] ⫽

22. Anuṣṭubh

⟨B7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [śivaliṅgāny anekāni]
⟨Column b⟩ [sārccāny āśayam ambhasām·]
⟨B8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [sthāpayām āśramāṁś cāsa]
⟨Column b⟩ [yaś ca liṅgapurādiṣu] ⫽

23. Anuṣṭubh

⟨B9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [tasya yajñavarāhasya]
⟨Column b⟩ [vidyānāṁ pāradr̥śvanaḥ]
⟨B10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [khyāto viṣṇukumārākhya]⟨Column b⟩[s]
[sodaryyo yo jaghanyajaḥ] ⫽

24. Anuṣṭubh

⟨B11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yasyā(mr̥)[tamayīṁ vidyā]-
⟨Column b⟩ -(jyo)[tsnāṁ vaktrakumudvatī]
⟨B12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (nirggatāṁ guruvaktre)ndoḥ
⟨Column b⟩ [pāyaṁ pāyam a](jr̥mbhata) ⫽

25. Anuṣṭubh

⟨B13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kr̥tsnāni (śavdavidyādi)-
⟨Column b⟩ -(śā)[strāṇi] (sa)kalāḥ ka(lāḥ)
⟨B14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śaivañ ca gaura(vaṁ) yogaṁ
⟨Column b⟩ bhrā(tu)r jyeṣṭhā(d avāpa yaḥ) ⫽

26. Anuṣṭubh

⟨B15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vidyā(sa)ntatyavicchittyai
⟨Column b⟩ (kr̥tsnāṁ vr̥)[ttiñ ca kā](śikām·)
⟨B16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ pā(ra)meśvarapūrvvāñ ca
⟨Column b⟩ yo ⟨’⟩(li)khac chiva(saṁ)hitām· ⫽

27. Anuṣṭubh

⟨B17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ mahāguṇair anekair yyo
⟨Column b⟩ guruṇā prāg vibhūṣita[ḥ]
⟨B18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ hemadolādivibhavai⟨Column b⟩r
bhūyaḥ kamvujabhūbh r̥tā ⫽

28. Anuṣṭubh

⟨B19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tābhyām ācāryyavaryyābhyāṁ
⟨Column b⟩ vyāptāśābhyāṁ yaśoṅśubhiḥ
⟨B20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhrātr̥bhyāṁ sthāpitaṁ liṅga⟨Column b⟩m
idaṁ śaivaṁ yathāvidhi ⫽

## Commentary

The 18 ślokas on face A correspond to the stanzas I-XVIII of the
foundation stela of Banteay Srei K. 842. The 10 ślokas on face B
correspond to the stanzas XIX-XXI and XXVI-XXXII of K. 842.

## Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1937, pp. 156–157).

### 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. Pages 156–157.