K. 969. Stone disk of Chong Sa Chaeng (inscription of Citrasena-Mahendravarman), 6th century Śaka author of digital edition Kunthea Chhom intellectual authorship of edition Gerdi Gerschheimer European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Siem Reap DHARMA_INSCIK00969.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata

The akṣaras are characteristic of the seventh century.

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yaś śrīmahendravarmmeti mahendra Iva viśrutaḥ sa śaṅkarataṭākākhyañ cakhānemañ jalāśayam·
mahendra mahendra mahendra varmmeti vammeti varmmeti jalāśayam· jalāśayam· jalāśrayam·

Celui qui a pour nom Śrī Mahendravarman, renommé comme Mahendra, a creusé ce bassin nommé Śaṅkarataṭāka.

He, namely iti Śrī Mahendravarman, who was famous like Mahendra, dug this pond called Śaṅkarataṭāka.

There is no trace of the supscript r; the reading of Cœdès jalāśrayam is a typo.

First Edited by Bahadur Chand Chhabra (109-112); re-edited by George Cœdès (7152) with a French translation; re-edited here by Gerdi Gerschhiemer based on the estampages EFEO n. 1323 and EFEO n.1363 and the photograph in Chhabra's edition as well as the verification on stone on 24 August 2006.

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