# K. 1170. Stela from Khon Kaen (inscription of hospital of King Jayavarman VII), 1108 Śaka Kunthea Chhom Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01170 Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy) File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01170.xml Language: Sanskrit [Khmer] Commit: 2026-11-09 14:46 (16691b9), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54 (2c24a58) ## Palaeographic description The akṣaras are of square form which is characteristic of the script belonging to the reign of Jayavarman VII. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition 1. Anuṣṭubh ⟨A1⟩ ⟨Face A⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⫽⦿ namo vuddhāya nirmmāṇa- ⟨Column b⟩ -dharmma-sāmbhoga-mūrttaye ⟨A2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhāvābhāva-dvayātīto ⟨Column b⟩ dvayātmā yo nirātmakaḥ 2. Anuṣṭubh ⟨A3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ bhaiṣajyaguru-vaidūryya- ⟨Column b⟩ -prabharāja-jinan name ⟨A4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kṣemārogyāṇi janyante ⟨Column b⟩ yena nāmāpi śr̥ṇvatām· 3. Upajāti ⟨A5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ śrīsūryyavairocanaca¡nd!⟨ṇḍ⟩arociḥ ⟨Column b⟩ śrīcandravairocanarohiṇīśaḥ ⟨A6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ rujāndhakārāpaharau prajānāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ munīndra-meror jayatām upānte 4. Upajāti ⟨A7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ Āsīn nr̥paś śrīdharaṇīndravarmma- ⟨Column b⟩ -devātmajaś śrījayavarmmadevaḥ ⟨A8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ jāto jayāditya-pureśvarāyāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ vedāmvaraikendubhir āptarājyaḥ 5. Upajāti ⟨A9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ niśśeṣarājanya-ś(i)rovataṁsa- ⟨Column b⟩ -pādāmvujas saṁyati saṁhr̥tāriḥ ⟨A10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ paryyagrahīt sad-guṇa-ratna-bhūṣāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ yat-kīrtti-hārāṁ vasudhāṅganāṁ yaḥ 6. Upajāti ⟨A11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ sadāmudā varddhita-dāna-vāri⟨Column b⟩s sadāna-varddhi-priya-saṁpadāḍhy[aḥ] ⟨A12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Iṣṭyāhavaiḥ kliṣṭa-surārikānto ⟨Column b⟩ yaḥ kr̥ṣṇa-kalpo ’py avadātavarṇ(aḥ) 7. Upajāti ⟨A13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ yo ’bhyarthitāṁ bhūpatibhir durāpāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ lakṣmīm upekṣya svayam abhyupetām· ⟨A14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [dikṣu drutāṁ hlādayat](i) [sma] [k]īr[tt]i⟨Column b⟩[m] [aho v]i[c]i[trā ruc]i[r] i[ndr]i[yāṇām·] 8. Upajāti ⟨A15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ yaṁ vīkṣya dhāmnā vijite ’pi nāthe] ⟨Column b⟩ [vuddhveva kāntyā vijitañ ca kāmam·] ⟨A16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [śucan tyajantyo nijanāma sārthaṁ] ⟨Column b⟩ [vandhīkr̥tāri-pramadāḥ pracakruḥ] 9. Upajāti ⟨A17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ puṇyāyuṣaḥ kṣīṇatayā yuge ’ntye] ⟨Column b⟩ [kṣayaṅ gatāyāṁ kṣayavat prajāyām·] ⟨A18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [prajāpatiḥ prāg-yugavad vitene] ⟨Column b⟩ [yo ’bhyutthitiṁ pūrṇavr̥ṣāṁ samr̥ddhām·] 10. Anuṣṭubh ⟨A19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ R̥ddhyā svarggikr̥tāṁ pr̥thvīṁ] ⟨Column b⟩ [matvā maraṇa-dūṣitām·] ⟨A20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [martyānām amaratvāya] ⟨Column b⟩ [yo ’diśad bheṣajāmr̥tam·] 11. Anuṣṭubh ⟨A21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ puṣyaṅ kr̥tī kr̥tīkr̥tya] ⟨Column b⟩ [pūrṇāṅgaṁ yo ’karod vr̥ṣam·] ⟨A22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [rāja-vaidyā-cikitsyāṅghri]- ⟨Column b⟩ -[bhaṅgan triyugadoṣataḥ] 12. Anuṣṭubh ⟨A23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ jitvānyagopativr̥ṣaṁ] ⟨Column b⟩ [svairan tribhuvanāṅgane] ⟨A24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [jr̥mbhate ninadan dhīraṁ] ⟨Column b⟩ [vr̥ṣo yat-puṣkalīkr̥taḥ] 13. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B1⟩ ⟨Face B⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ dehinān deha-rogo ya⟨Column b⟩n manorogo rujattarām· ⟨B2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (rā)ṣṭra-duḥkhaṁ hi bhart(r̥̄)ṇā⟨Column b⟩n duḥkhan duḥkhan t(u) nātmanaḥ 14. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ Ā(yu)rvvedāstra-vedeṣu ⟨Column b⟩ vaidya-vīrair vviśāradaiḥ ⟨B4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yo ’ghātayad rāṣṭra-rujo ⟨Column b⟩ rujārīn bheṣajāyudhaiḥ 15. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ sarvveṣām aparādhān ya⟨Column b⟩s sarvvataḥ pariśodhayan· ⟨B6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yugāparādhe na rujā⟨Column b⟩m aparādhān vyaśodhayat· 16. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ sārogya-śālaṁ parito ⟨Column b⟩ bhaiṣajya-sugataṁ vyadhāt· ⟨B8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sārddhañ jinaurasābhyāṁ ya⟨Column b⟩s sadā-śāntyai prajā-rujām· 17. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ sa vyadhād idam ārogya- ⟨Column b⟩ -śālaṁ sasugatālayam· ⟨B10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhaiṣajya-sugatañ ceha ⟨Column b⟩ dehāmvara-hr̥d-indunā 18. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ so ’tiṣṭhipad imau cātra ⟨Column b⟩ rogiṇāṁ roga-ghātinau ⟨B12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīmantau sūryya-candrādi- ⟨Column b⟩ vairocana-jinātmajau 19. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿] cikitsyā Atra catvāro ⟨Column b⟩ varṇā dvau bhiṣajau tayoḥ ⟨B14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [pumā](n) ekaḥ striyau ca dve ⟨Column b⟩ Ekaśaḥ sthitidāyinaḥ 20. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ nidhi-pālau pumāṅsau dvau] ⟨Column b⟩ [bheṣajā](n)āṁ vibhājakau ⟨B16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [grāhakau vrīhi-kāṣṭhānā⟨Column b⟩n] [tad-dāyibhyaḥ pratiṣṭhitau] 21. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ pācakau tu pumāṅsau dvau] ⟨Column b⟩ [pākaidhodaka-dāyinau] ⟨B18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [puṣpa-darbha-harau deva]- ⟨Column b⟩ -[vasateś ca viśodhakau] 22. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ dvau yajña-hāriṇau pattra]- ⟨Column b⟩ -[kārau pattra-śalākayoḥ] ⟨B20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [dātārāv atha bhaiṣajya]- ⟨Column b⟩ [pākendhana-harāv ubhau] 23. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ narāś caturdaśārogya]- ⟨Column b⟩ [śālā-saṁrakṣiṇaḥ punaḥ] ⟨B22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [dātāro bheṣajānāñ ca] ⟨Column b⟩ [miśrā dvāviṁśatis tu te] 24. Anuṣṭubh ⟨B23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ teṣām eko naro nārī] ⟨Column b⟩ [caikaśaḥ sthitidāyinaḥ] ⟨B24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [vāri-santāpa-bhaiṣajya]- ⟨Column b⟩ [peṣakāryyas tu ṣaṭ striyaḥ] 25. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C1⟩ ⟨Face B⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ dve tu vrīhy-avaghātinyau ⟨Column b⟩ tā Aṣṭau pi¡nd!⟨ṇḍ⟩itāḥ striyaḥ ⟨C2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tāsān tu sthiti-dāyinyaḥ ⟨Column b⟩ pratyekaṁ yoṣitāv ubhe 26. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ punaḥ pi¡nd!⟨ṇḍ⟩īkr̥tās te tu ⟨Column b⟩ dvā-triṁśat paricār⟨i⟩kāḥ ⟨C4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhūyo ’ṣṭānavatis sarvve ⟨Column b⟩ pi¡nd!⟨ṇḍ⟩itās sthitidais saha 27. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ ta¡nd!⟨ṇḍ⟩ulā deva-pūjāṅ(ś)ā ⟨Column b⟩ Eka-droṇā dine dine ⟨C6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śeṣā yajñāḥ pradātavyā ⟨Column b⟩ rogibhyaḥ prati-vāsaram· 28. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ prati-varṣan tv idaṁ grāhyaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ triṣ-kr̥tvo bhūpater nidheḥ ⟨C8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ pratyekañ caitra-pūrṇamyāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ śrāddhe cāpy uttarāyaṇe 29. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ raktāntajāla-vasana ⟨Column b⟩ m ekaṁ dhautāmvarāṇi ṣaṭ· ⟨C10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dve gobhikṣe pañcapalaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ takkaṁ kr̥ṣṇā ca tāvatī 30. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ Ekaḥ pañca-palas siktha- ⟨Column b⟩ -dīpa Eka-palāḥ punaḥ ⟨C12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ catvāro madhunaḥ prasthā⟨Column b⟩s trayaḥ prasthās tilasya ca 31. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ ghr̥taṁ prastho ’tha bhaiṣajyaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ pippalī-reṇu-dīpyakam· ⟨C14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ punnā(gañ cai)kaśaḥ pāda- ⟨Column b⟩ dvayañ jātī-phala-trayam· 32. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿] hiṅ[gu]-k(ṣ)āraṁ kot[tha]-jīrṇa⟨Column b⟩m ekaika(ñ c)ai[ka]-(pā)daka(m·) ⟨C16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [pañca-vimvan tu karpūraṁ] ⟨Column b⟩ [śarkkarāyāḥ pala-dvayam·] 33. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ daṅdaṅsākhyā jala-carāḥ] ⟨Column b⟩ [pañcākhyātā Athaikaśaḥ] ⟨C18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [śrīvāsañ candanan dhānyaṁ] ⟨Column b⟩ [śatapuṣpaṁ palaṁ smr̥tam·] 34. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ Elānāgara-karkolaṁ] ⟨Column b⟩ [marican tu pala-dvayam·] ⟨C20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [praty-ekam ekaśaḥ prasthau] ⟨Column b⟩ [dvau pracīvala-sarṣṣapau] 35. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ tvak-sārddhamuṣṭiḥ pathyās tu] ⟨Column b⟩ [catvāriṅśat prakalpitāḥ] ⟨C22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [dārvīchidā-dvayañ cātha] ⟨Column b⟩ [sārddhaika-palam ekaśaḥ] 36. Anuṣṭubh ⟨C23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ kandaṅ-harlāy-jansyaṅ-deva]- ⟨Column b⟩ -[dārucchavyaṁ prakalpitam·] ⟨C24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Eka-pādaika-palako] ⟨Column b⟩ [mittradevaḥ prakalpitaḥ] 37. Anuṣṭubh ⟨D1⟩ ⟨Face D⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ Athaikaśo madhu-guddau ⟨Column b⟩ ku¡d!⟨ḍ⟩uva-trayamānitau ⟨D2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Ekaḥ prasthas tu sauvīra- ⟨Column b⟩ (nī)rasya parikalpitaḥ 38. Anuṣṭubh ⟨D3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ dvau yājakau tad-gaṇaka⟨Column b⟩ś caikas te dharmma-dhāriṇaḥ ⟨D4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ trayo niyojyāś śrīrāja- ⟨Column b⟩ -vihārādhyāpakena ca 39. Anuṣṭubh ⟨D5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ varṣe varṣe tv idan teṣu ⟨Column b⟩ praty-ekaṁ parikalpitam· ⟨D6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tisro vr̥hatyo dvādaśa- ⟨Column b⟩ yugā daśakarāḥ paṭāḥ 40. Anuṣṭubh ⟨D7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ yugmāni nava hastānāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ vāsasān daśa pañca ca ⟨D8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ d(v)i-kaṭṭikaṁ punaḥ pātra- ⟨Column b⟩ -tritayan trāpuṣaṁ smr̥tam· 41. Anuṣṭubh ⟨D9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ deyā dvādaśa khāryyaś ca ⟨Column b⟩ ta¡nd!⟨ṇḍ⟩ulānām athaikaśaḥ ⟨D10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sikthatakke tripalake ⟨Column b⟩ deye kr̥ṣṇā tu ṣaṭpalā 42. Upajāti ⟨D11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ vadanya-vr̥ṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩āgrasaro ’pi rājā ⟨Column b⟩ prajārtha-cintā-janitārthi-bhāvaḥ ⟨D12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhūyo ’py asau yācata Ity ajasraṁ ⟨Column b⟩ praditsataḥ kamvuja-rājasiṁhān· 43. Upajāti ⟨D13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ kr̥taṁ mayaitat sukr̥taṁ bhavadbhi⟨Column b⟩s sa(ṁ)rakṣaṇīyaṁ bhavadīyam etat· ⟨D14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ puṇyasya kartuḥ phala-bhāk prakr̥ṣṭaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ saṁrakṣitety uktam idaṁ hi vr̥ddhaiḥ 44. Upajāti ⟨D15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ yo rājadhānyān nihitaḥ prabhutve ⟨Column b⟩ mantrī sa Evātra niyojanīyaḥ ⟨D16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ na preṣitavyā Iha karmma-kārāḥ ⟨Column b⟩ karādi-[dāneṣu na cānya-cāryye] 45. Upajāti ⟨D17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ (p)[ra]t[y-agradoṣā Api dehinas te] ⟨Column b⟩ [na daṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩anīyā Iha ¡ṇ!⟨y⟩e praviṣṭāḥ] ⟨D18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [te daṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩anīyās tu na marṣaṇīyā] ⟨Column b⟩ [ye prāṇi-hiṁsāniratā Ihasthāḥ] 46. Upajāti ⟨D19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ jagad-dhitātyartha-tr̥ṣas sa rājā] ⟨Column b⟩ [punar vabhāṣe praṇidhānam etat·] ⟨D20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [bhavābdhi-magnāñ janatāṁ samastā⟨Column b⟩m] ⟨Column b⟩ [uttārayeyaṁ sukr̥tena tena] 47. Upajāti ⟨D21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⦿ ye kamvujendrāḥ kuśalānuraktā] ⟨Column b⟩ [Imāṁ pratiṣṭhāṁ mama rakṣitāraḥ] ⟨D22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [te sānvayāntaḥ-pura-mantri-mittrā] ⟨Column b⟩ [nirāmayaṁ mokṣa-puraṁ labheran·] 48. Sragdharā ⟨D23⟩ [⦿ nānā-divyāṅganābhir viracita-ratibhir bhūri-divyopabhogai⟨D24⟩r] [divyeyur divyadehā divi ditidanujāṁs tejasā tejayantaḥ] ⟨D25⟩ [dārḍhyan nītvā samantād acalitam aniśaṁ rakṣayā svaḥprayāṇe] ⟨D26⟩ [ye niśrenīkariṣyanty akuśaladalanaṁ puṇyam etan madīyam·] ## Commentary Only the first 14 lines of Face A remain. The restitution from lines A15 to A24 is based on the almost identical inscriptions K. 368, K. 435 and K. 1115. Only the first 15 lines of Face B remain. The restitution from lines B16 to B24 is based on the almost identical inscriptions K. 368, K. 435 and K. 1115. Only the first 15 lines of Face C remain. The restitution from lines C16 to C24 is based on the almost identical inscriptions K. 368, K. 435 and K. 1115. Only the first 17 lines of Face D remain. The restitution from lines D18 to D26 is based on the almost identical inscriptions K. 368, K. 435 and K. 1115. ⟨A12⟩ There is no space between the pādas c and d. ⟨A13⟩ There is no space between the pādas a and b. ⟨B11⟩ There is no space between the pādas a and b. ⟨C5⟩ The term deva-pūjāṅ(ś)ā can also be read devapūjāṅgā. ⟨C8⟩ There is no space between the pādas c and d. ⟨C10⟩ There is no space between the pādas c and d. ⟨C13⟩ There is no space between the pādas a and b. ⟨D15⟩ There is no space between the pādas a and b. ## Bibliography Preliminary edition by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n. 1484.