Stela from Si Thep (K. 978), 6th century Śaka

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom (kuch), Arlo Griffiths (argr).

Palaeographic description: The lettering is characteristic of the seventh century CE.

Language: Sanskrit (san).

Version: 2025-09-09 15:14 (b859265), last modified 2024-06-27 07:12 (25c6f3e).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [––––⏑––⏑⏑] śakapatisaṁva[tsare] [–⏑––]
⟨2⟩ [––] śubhrāṣṭamo [***]
⟨3⟩ [–] [di]kṣūrvy advayā na pra [***]
⟨4⟩ [–] ler abhyastabhūri [***]
⟨5⟩ […] nanda [**]
⟨6⟩ vidito dikṣu vikhyāta [––]
⟨7⟩ [–] kāṭā vai(ri)bhūtyaiṣa [⏑⏑⏑⏑]
⟨8⟩ śilās sthāpayet so ’pi rā[jā]
⟨9⟩ śrī-cakra-vartti-naptā śrī[mān]
⟨10⟩ prathivīndravarmma-tanayo ya[ḥ]
⟨11⟩ śrī-bhavavarmmendra-samas tasya
⟨12⟩ ca rājyodbhave kāle || ◯ ||

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ dikṣu • Je ne vois pas de différence entre kṣū et kṣu (AG).

⟨8⟩ śilās ⬦ śivāṁs GC.

⟨9⟩ śrī[mān] ⬦ śrī GC.

Translation into French by Cœdès 1937–1966

1–2.

En l’année du roi des śaka […] le huitiéme jour de la lune croissante […] dans les orients la terre non divisée en deux […] célèbre dans les orients […] (des images de) Śiva furent érigées par ce roi, petit-fils de. Śrī Cakravartin, fils de Śrī Prathivīndravarman (nommé) Śrī Bhavavarman, semblable à Indra, au moment où il accédait à la royauté.

Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 7, p. 158) with a French translation; reedited by Arlo Griffiths.

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 7, page 158.

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