# K. 1185. Stela from Prasat Ta Muean Thom, 800 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom, Gerdi Gerschheimer, Arlo Griffiths and Dominique Soutif

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Gerdi Gerschheimer, Arlo
Griffiths, Dominique Soutif

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01185

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01185.xml

Languages: Old Khmer [Khmer], Sanskrit [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 15:38
(051bc6a)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the ninth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨A0⟩ Oṁ

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Face A: Face A⟩ ⟨A1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ trayamva(ka)[pu]raṁ lavdhvā
⟨Column b⟩ candra(rā) - nagaiś śakaiḥ
⟨A2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ rājaśrījayavarmme(ha)
⟨Column b⟩ śivapā(d)e da(dau) (mahīm·) (⫽)

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sa (da)dau vidhivat (sad)ā
⟨Column b⟩ (CVśśa/māṅga)Caivajayāpaḥ -
⟨A4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tatākaṁ saśaraiś citraṁ
⟨Column b⟩ dhanuś caikaṁ triśūl(ine) (⫽)

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śri(bha) r̥ṣya(ṇḍā/ñcā)maśri(mā)
⟨Column b⟩ CCVtyayo vijāyo - -
⟨A6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dadatāṁ (bho)gasaṁyogāc
⟨Column b⟩ chivapāde dadau mahīm· (⫽)

4. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ pūrvve bhūd ā giriśvete
⟨Column b⟩ dakṣiṇe tu vināyake
⟨A8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ paścime tīryyagyā nadyaḥ
⟨Column b⟩ prapātaś co[tta]re nadī ⫽

5. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ samr̥ddhipurabhūmy agne
⟨Column b⟩ nair̥tyāṁ surabhis tathā
⟨A10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vāyavyām āmalakādyaḥ
⟨Column b⟩ Iśānyāṁ gahvarā gajaiḥ ⫽

⟨A11⟩ [.] 800 śaka nu steṅ Añ· Ācāryya ta grāma paṅgaṁ thpvaṅ· jvan· CV
⟨A12⟩ CV n(na) gi bhūmi vraḥ kaṁsteṅ· Añ· śivapāda paścima ti CVk·
je(ṅ·) ⟨A13⟩ ... Ciṅ· CV tadva pra CVy· mān· ⟨A14⟩ ... Coñ· śrisatya
⟨A15⟩ […] ⟨A16⟩ […] ⟨A17⟩ […] ⟨A18⟩ […] ⟨A19⟩ […] ⟨A20⟩ {8} bhū ...
⟨A21⟩ {3} sre [Ā]y· (ta kaṁmrateṅ· jagat· śivapā)[da pa](ści)[ma] ⟨A22⟩
{1} (yū)ktV bhūmi {4} man· vraḥ (kaṁsteṅ·) [Añ·] (jvan=ta vraḥ)

⟨Face B: Face B⟩ ⟨B1⟩ Ajñā viṣṇuloka Oy(·) pi Oy· viṅ· nu khnara sruk·
soṅ· kā {1/2} ⟨B2⟩ gi (ka)ntāla bhūmi vraḥ kaṁmrateṅ· Añ· toy· pū(r)vva
roṅ· C(e/o)ṅa ⟨B3⟩ (v)n(aṁ) so toy· Iśāna prasap· (ca)kradaiḥ toy·
Uttara lvaḥ jala ⟨B4⟩ vivāda toy· vāyavya lva(ḥ) jnau (gh/jh)āma toy·
paścima lvaḥ ta- ⟨B5⟩ k· (v)laika toy· naiqr̥tīya lvaḥ surabhiya toy·
dakṣiṇa ⟨B6⟩ lvaḥ vraḥ vināya toy· Agneya saṁmr̥ddhipura ⫽

## Bibliography

Edited by Cha-em Kaeokhlai ([2542 BE] 1999, pp. 70–92), re-edited here
by G. Gerschheimer, A. Griffiths and D. Soutif from the estampage EFEO
n. 1682 and n. 1683.

### Primary

[CK] Cha-em Kaeokhlai [ชะเอม แก้วคล้าย]. [2542 BE] 1999. “Charuek prasat
ta muean thom [Inscription of Prasat Ta Muean Thom].” SJ 42 (2), pp.
70–92. [URL]. Pages 70–92.