# K. 981. Sīmā stone from Vat Si That Pramancha, 8th/9th c. CE

Chloé Chollet

Author of digital edition: Chloé Chollet

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00981

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00981.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–] māyo
yatir vviprādi-pūjitaḥ
śilām imām asau saimīṁ
sthāpayām āsa bhikṣubhiḥ

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––]ne
śuci-saṁvatsare śake
daśame caitra-śukle ⟨’⟩bhūt
sīmeyaṁ saṅgha-sammatā

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1937–1966

1.

[…] cet ascète honoré par les brahmanes a érigé cette pierre tenant
l’office de borne, avec les bhikṣu.

2.

En śaka […] dans l’année Śuśi dixième jour de la lune croissante de
Caitra, cette borne a été fixée par l’Assemblée.

## Commentary

The word saima, saimī, does not appear in the lexicons, but its
derivation from sīmā, and hence its meaning, are both certain
(1937–1966, vol. 7, p. 160, n. 1).

śuci is possibly a synonym of śukla, name of the 3rd year of the
sexagenarian cycle. In this case, we would have a choice between the
years 611, 671, 731... (1937–1966, vol. 7, p. 160, n. 2).

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès with a French translation (1937–1966, vol.
7, pp. 159–160). Re-edited here by Chloé Chollet based on EFEO estampage
n. 1382.

### 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, pages 159–160.