# K. 1015 Rock inscription from Kbal Spean river, 10th century Śaka

Chloé Chollet

Author of digital edition: Chloé Chollet

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01015

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01015.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

Cursive angkorian script, typical of the 11th century CE.

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## Edition

1. Upajāti

⟨1⟩ [5+]la-varāṅga-ratna-_
vr̥ndāval¡i!⟨ī⟩-l¡i!⟨ī⟩ḍha-ś¿a?⟨i⟩vā[ṅgh]r[i]-padma(ṁ)
Ahar-¡ṇ!⟨n⟩niśaṁ tad-duri⟨taṁ⟩ vihantum·
⟨2⟩ bhaktyā ra-(vi)-mukta-kara(ṁ) prakāmaM ∥

⟨3⟩ vrahma

2. Anuṣṭubh

[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–] ⟨4⟩ ktaś
śarvva-vaṅśo man(ī)ṣiṇām ∥
⟨5⟩ vraḥ-vilasyādri-śr̥ṅge ’smi⟨n·⟩
[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ -varāṅga-ratna- ⬦ rāṅga-ratna CJ. — ⟨1⟩ -vr̥ndāval¡i!⟨ī⟩- ⬦ vr̥ndāvali
CJ. — ⟨1⟩ -l¡i!⟨ī⟩ḍha-ś¿a?⟨i⟩vā[ṅgh]r[i]-padma(ṁ) ⬦ li ga s sra CJ. —
⟨1⟩ Ahar-¡ṇ!⟨n⟩niśaṁ ⬦ Aharṇṇniśaṁ CJ. — ⟨1⟩ tad-duri⟨taṁ⟩ ⬦ tand CJ. —
⟨1⟩ vihantum· ⬦ vi ha tta CJ; Le m final n’apparaît pas sur l’estampage
EFEO n. 1279 car il n’avait pas été pris en compte. CJ; The final m
doest not appear on the rubbing EFEO n. 1279 since it wasn’t taken into
consideration. CJ.

⟨2⟩ -mukta-kara(ṁ) ⬦ -mukta kara CJ. — ⟨2⟩ prakāmaM ⬦ [4×] CJ.

⟨3⟩ vrahma • Claude Jacques didn’t read this word.

⟨4⟩ śarvva-vaṅśo ⬦ śavda-vaṅśo CJ.

## Translation into French

2.

La lignée de Śiva (śavda-vaṅśo) des sages (manīṣiṇām) se trouve au
sommet du mont de Vraḥ Vila ("La sainte grotte").

## Bibliography

First edited by Claude Jacques (1999, p. 363) without translation.
Re-edited by Chloé Chollet with translations into English and French
from a photogrammetric model created by Adeline Levivier in May 2022.

### Primary

[CJ] Jacques, Claude. 1999. “Les inscriptions du Phnom Kbal Spãn (K
1011, 1012, 1015 et 1016).” BEFEO 86, pp. 357–374. DOI:
10.3406/befeo.1999.3417. [URL]. Page 363.