Stela of Neak Ta Svay Dambar (K. 903), 6th-7th century śaka
Editors: Kunthea Chhom, George Cœdès.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00903.
Hand description:
The lettering is characteristic of the seventh century CE.
Language: Old Khmer.
Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).
Version: (c183482), last modified (e71eaed).
Edition
⟨Face A⟩
⟨A1⟩ […] ku […] ⟨A2⟩ […] moy· […] ⟨A3⟩ […] [v]raḥ mukhaliṅga […] ⟨A4⟩ […] ta vera phoṅ· gui ne […] ⟨A5⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨A6⟩ […] pre gui loca ta ca[…]
⟨Face B⟩⟨B1⟩ […] Añ· Oy· ka [1+] ta vraḥ cara[…] ⟨B2⟩ […]ru mañ· [4+] vadyā […] ⟨B3⟩ […] dnem· ver· Asohv· vraḥ raṅko tlo[ṅ·] […] ⟨B4⟩ […] I slā plon· II pan·re […] ⟨B5⟩ […] ta [g]i roḥ cāturjā[ta] […] ⟨B6⟩ […] Aṁnoy· poñ· […] ⟨B7⟩ […] [cāt]urjāta vā ver· vā poñ· ta Oy· […]
Apparatus
⟨A3⟩ mukhaliṅga […] ⬦ mukhaliṅga ne[…] GC.
⟨A5⟩ [1 lost line] • This line is not mentioned by GC.
⟨A6⟩ loca ta ca ⬦ so ca ta ca GC.
⟨B4⟩ I slā • There seems to be a visarga after the I. — ⟨B4⟩ pan·re ⬦ pan· ne GC.
⟨B5⟩ [g]i • On the estampage, we see clearly the initial vowel I but the supply by GC as gi sounds plausible in this context.
Bibliography
First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 6, p. 70) without translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from estampage EFEO n. 1174.
Primary
[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937–1966. Inscriptions du Cambodge I-VIII. Collection de textes et documents sur l'Indochine 3. Hanoi; Paris: Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient. Volume 6, page 70.
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Commentary
GC draws our attention to the rare mention of a mukhaliṅga in the face A of the inscription and of the Khmer term plon (forty) in the face B.