# K. 939. Doorjamb (reused as Yoni) of Angkor Borei, 6th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00939

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00939.xml

Language: Old Khmer [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 sixth-seventh century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [12+] [ke](t·) jyeṣ[ṭha] jyeṣ(ṭhanakṣatra) [ca]ndradivasavāra [12+]
⟨2⟩ [14+] mratā[ñ· klo]ñ· bhavapura sme [1+] vvaṁ pi [12+] ⟨3⟩ [12+] va
nu (man·) vraḥ kamratāṅ· Añ· dik kñuṁ ley· ge [12+] ⟨4⟩ [12+] tel· ge
kamratāṅ· Añ· śrīsvāmicāturvvidya [12+] ⟨5⟩ [2+] Aṁvi [2+] vraḥ
kamratāṅ· Añ· śrītribhuvana[ṁ]jaya ple ge pre roḥ […] ⟨6⟩ (ge) mā[1+] gi
roḥ doṣa ge ta tok· vraḥ kamratāṅ· Añ· puruṣottama doṅ· vraḥ kamratā[ṅ·]
Añ· […] ⟨7⟩ Añ· śrīsvāmicāturvvidya pre vrau maleṅ· ksok· toy· gi
ghoṣaṇā Aṣṭadiśa ta gi sruk· bhavapura […] ⟨8⟩ [1+]y(·) ge smāṅ· ple
jnaṅ· soṁ doṅ· cmaṁ dikka doṅ· cmaṁ sñakk· vraḥ kamratāṅ· [Añ·]
śrītribhuvana[ṁ]jaya ge [3+] gi neḥ [3+] ma […] ⟨9⟩ [1+]ṅ· saṁrat·
pañcabhāga tloṅ· I moy(·) tṅai ge gi ta daṅ· coṅ· gi neḥ kanloṅ· It· ta
pon· [2+] ta [v]raḥ kamratāṅ· Añ· śrī […]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ va nu (man·) ⬦ va nuv kñuṁ GC.

⟨6⟩ (ge) mā[1+] ⬦ [1+] mā[1+] GC. — ⟨6⟩ ge ta tok· ⬦ ge [1+] dok· GC.

⟨7⟩ ghoṣaṇā ⬦ poṣaṇā GC.

⟨9⟩ daṅ· ⬦ doṅ· GC. — ⟨9⟩ pon· [2+] ta ⬦ pon· ta GC.

## Translation

⟨1–9⟩ […] of the waxing moon of ⟨the month⟩ of Jyeṣṭha, Jyeṣṭhanakṣatra,
Monday. […] Mratāñ Kloñ of Bhavapura […] not to […] Vraḥ Kamratāṅ Añ […]
which Kamratāṅ Añ Śrī Svāmicāturvvidya […] from […] Vraḥ Kamratān Añ Śrī
Tribhuvanaṁjaya […] being used according to […] as the crime of those
who remove Vraḥ Kamratāṅ Añ Puruṣottama and Vraḥ Kamratāṅ Añ […] Śrī
Svāmicāturvvidya ordered the Vrau ⟨Brou ethnic⟩, the Maleṅ ⟨people⟩ […]
by the propaganda of the eigth directions at the village of Bhavapura
[…] the people […] request both the water keepers and the leaf keepers
of Vraḥ Kamratāṅ Añ Śrī Tribhuvanaṁjaya […] 1 tloṅ of five-part […]
daily. They were the ones who have undertaken to build these four brick
pavilions […] of Vraḥ Kamratāṅ Añ […].

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 5, p. 56) without
translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the photographs of the
inscription.

### 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 5, page 56.