# K. 1197. Stela from Phon Sao E, 7th-8th centuries CE

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01197

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01197.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-09 14:46 (16691b9), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the seventh-eighth centuries CE.

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## Edition

⟨Face A⟩ ⟨A1⟩ […] [ka]mrateṅ· jagat· yajña tmoy· vraḥ śivayajña […] ⟨A2⟩
[…](oṣṭha) I ṅanna jyaṅ· I nū garoppa jyaṅ· I klas· ⟨A3⟩ [jya]ṅ[·] II
tanlap· ti duk· vraḥ gandha prak· I man· hir· I ya mok· yajña II
mahānasa I ⟨A4⟩ qnak[·] man· jvan ta vraḥ [kamrate]ṅ· Añ· śrī
vr̥ddheśvara gi ta tve vraḥ yajña nā bhaga ⟨A5⟩ kanakadanda I yajña man·
[2+] yajña mratāñ· kloñ· śrī vallabhasanda ⟨A6⟩ […]

⟨01⟩ rājā śrī jaya ⟨02⟩ rājā śrī jayavarmma

⟨Face B⟩ ⟨B1⟩ […] qnak[·] vraḥ kamrateṅ[·] (Añ· śrī) […] ⟨B2⟩ Āy· kanlaḥ
vnaṁ neḥ(h·) ti jvan[·] ta vraḥ […] ⟨B3⟩ [ni]ranaiy ge ta nu sakka neḥ
sre ta roḥha neḥha man· Añ· kalpa ta vraḥ […] ⟨B4⟩ [1+] gi
traitriṁśanarakka nuhva ku(le) [1+] ta d(au vaṅ·veṅ·) […] ⟨B5⟩ tai mās·
I tai kaṁdāva I gvāl(·) ca[…]

⟨Face c⟩ ⟨c1⟩ ta vraḥ kamrateṅ· Añ[·] śrī vr̥ddhe[śvara] […] ⟨c2⟩ neḥ
qnak· vraḥ kamrateṅ· Añ(·) […]

## Apparatus

⟨A2⟩ nū ⬦ n[u] SP.

⟨A3⟩ man· hir· I ⬦ van· hirā SP. — ⟨A3⟩ mahānasa I ⬦ mahānasa […] SP.

⟨A4⟩ bhaga ⬦ bhaga […] SP.

⟨A5⟩ [2+] ⬦ […] SP. — ⟨A5⟩ vallabhasanda ⬦ vallabhasanda […] SP.

⟨B4⟩ ku(le) [1+] ⬦ kule […] SP.

## Translation into French by Pou 2001

⟨A1–A3⟩ […] au dieu, du tmoy en sacrifice ; sacrifice à Śiva […] ; 1 […]
pesant 1 jyaṅ, 1 nū à couvercle d’1 jyaṅ, […] klas de 2 jyaṅ, 1 tanlap
d’argent pour les parfums sacrés, 2 coupes en hira […] ; cuisinier […].

⟨A4–A5⟩ Gens offerts à V.K.A. Śrī Vr̥ddheśvara, qui accomplissent le
sacrifice […] 1 […] à manche d’or […]. Sacrifice que le Mratāñ Khloñ
Vallabhasanda […].

⟨B1–B2⟩ […] gens de V.K.A. Śrī […] à Kanlaḥ Vnaṁ, sont offerts au dieu
[…].

⟨B3–B4⟩ sentence. Ceux qui déroberont ces rizières que j’ai offertes au
dieu […] aux Trente-trois enfers avec les leurs […], ils s’égareront
[…].

⟨B5⟩ Tai Mās, Tai Kaṁdāv, Gvāl […]

⟨c1–c2⟩ à V.K.A. Śrī Vr̥ddheśvara. Voici les gens de V.K.A. […].

## Commentary

According to Saveros Pou, the inscription should be dated in the
beginning of the ninth century CE, under the reign of King Jayavarman
II.

## Bibliography

First edited by Saveros Pou (2001, pp. 65–67) with a French translation;
re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n. 1494.

### Primary

[SP] Pou, Saveros. 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Cambodge, volumes II
et III. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 65–67.