# K. 903. Stela of Neak Ta Svay Dambar, 6th-7th century śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00903

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00903.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the seventh century CE.

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## 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.

## 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.

## 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.