# K. 1353. Stela of unknown provenance at Battambang Musuem, 893 Śaka Kunthea Chhom and Dominic Goodall Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Dominic Goodall Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01353 Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy) File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01353.xml Language: Sanskrit [Khmer] Commit: 2026-11-09 14:46 (16691b9), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54 (2c24a58) ## Palaeographic description The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨0⟩ ↜ ✤ 893 śaka Oṁ Oṁ namo śivāya ✤ 1. Anuṣṭubh ⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⦿ ⫽ namaś śavdaguṇāyāstu ⟨Column b⟩ vyatītendriyavartmane ⟨Column c⟩ viśvato vyaśnuvānāya ⟨Column d⟩ vyomarūpāya śambhave 2. Anuṣṭubh ⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Unmanā yā satī kāntā ⟨Column b⟩ nitāntaśivasaṅgatā ⟨Column c⟩ jagaddhitāya śāśaktu ⟨Column d⟩ sā śaktir acalātmajā 3. Anuṣṭubh ⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīkamvujendrasantāna- ⟨Column b⟩ -santānakamahīruhaḥ ⟨Column c⟩ sutaś śrījayavarmmeti ⟨Column d⟩ yaś śrīrājendravarmmaṇaḥ 4. Anuṣṭubh ⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kāladoṣāmvudhau magnā ⟨Column b⟩ durgge gambhīrabhīṣaṇe ⟨Column c⟩ prāpya pāram ivottuṅgaṁ ⟨Column d⟩ yaṁ samāśvasiṣuḥ prajāḥ 5. Anuṣṭubh ⟨5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ praṇayāvanate kr̥tsne ⟨Column b⟩ campādhīśādirājake ⟨Column c⟩ kevalaṁ guṇavatprītyā ⟨Column d⟩ nojjhāñ cāpañ cakāra yaḥ 6. Anuṣṭubh ⟨6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ smarayat smarasaundaryyaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ saundaryyaṁ yasya nirmmalam· ⟨Column c⟩ nūtanām akaron nūna⟨Column d⟩m anūnām aratiṁ rateḥ ḥ 7. Anuṣṭubh ⟨7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dakṣiṇāpathavinyasta- ⟨Column b⟩ -sāras siddhiprado ⟨’⟩rthinām· ⟨Column c⟩ yuktaṁ yo yuktinipunai⟨Column d⟩ś śrīparvvata Itīritaḥ 8. Anuṣṭubh ⟨8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dūre yeṣāṁ manāṅsīmā⟨Column b⟩m aspr̥kṣan· kṣmāṁ mahībhr̥tām· ⟨Column c⟩ Ādarśanapathāt teṣāṁ ⟨Column d⟩ yaṁ saṁprāpya śirāṁsi tu 9. Anuṣṭubh ⟨9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prāyaśo durvvidagdhānāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ pārthivānāṁ layan dadhat· ⟨Column c⟩ Adbhis tulyam ajany ugraṁ ⟨Column d⟩ tejo yasyāpi dussaham· 10. Anuṣṭubh ⟨10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ jāgrataḥ prativarṣāntaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ śaureś śrīr anurāgiṇī ⟨Column c⟩ yasya nityapravuddhasya ⟨Column d⟩ kathābhir mmā sma katthyata 11. Anuṣṭubh ⟨11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vr̥ddho ⟨’⟩pi pādahīno ⟨’⟩pi ⟨Column b⟩ rājadharmmaḥ kalau yuge ⟨Column c⟩ yaddaṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩anītim ālamvya ⟨Column d⟩ pravr̥tto skhalitaṁ pathi 12. Anuṣṭubh ⟨12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tasya rājādhirājasya ⟨Column b⟩ surarājasamadyuteḥ ḥ ⟨Column c⟩ yaś śaivadīkṣāvidhinā ⟨Column d⟩ śāstānugrāhako guruḥ 13. Anuṣṭubh ⟨13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīyaśovarmmaputrasya ⟨Column b⟩ pautrasya śrīndravarmmaṇaḥ ⟨Column c⟩ śrīharṣavarmmaṇo rājño ⟨Column d⟩ dauhitro yo ⟨’⟩graṇīs satāṁ 14. Anuṣṭubh ⟨14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dhiyā gotreṇa tulyasya ⟨Column b⟩ puruhūtapurodhasā ⟨Column c⟩ dāmodarākhyaviprasya ⟨Column d⟩ vahvr̥casyātmajaś ca yaḥ 15. Anuṣṭubh ⟨15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prakāśarūpās saṁprāpya ⟨Column b⟩ suprasannan nisarggataḥ ⟨Column c⟩ Arkatviṣa Ivādarśaṁ ⟨Column d⟩ yaṁ vidyā vyadyutan bhr̥śam· 16. Anuṣṭubh ⟨16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhaktyāṣṭapuṣpikāṁ śaivīṁ ⟨Column b⟩ havīṁṣi ca havirbhuji ⟨Column c⟩ yogañ ca pratyahaṁ yogya⟨Column d⟩s svapoṣam iva yo ’puṣat· 17. Anuṣṭubh ⟨17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ hiraṇyāni ca vāsāṁsi ⟨Column b⟩ kuṇdodhnīr ggāś ca parvvasu ⟨Column c⟩ yaḥ pratigrāhayām āsa ⟨Column d⟩ māsi māsi dvijanmanaḥ 18. Anuṣṭubh ⟨18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sadā yaś cāntikasadā ⟨Column b⟩ rājñā śrījayavarmmaṇā ⟨Column c⟩ māyūracchatrasauvarṇ¡n!⟨ṇ⟩a- ⟨Column d⟩ -dolādyais satkr̥taḥ kr̥tī 19. Anuṣṭubh ⟨19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ye vr̥ṁhayanty alpadhiyāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ kulavidyādayo madam· ⟨Column c⟩ vyanīnaśat tair yugapa⟨Column d⟩t pareṣām ātmanaś ca yaḥ 20. Anuṣṭubh ⟨20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ pātañjalīye kānāde ⟨Column b⟩ kṣapādakapilāgame ⟨Column c⟩ bauddhe vaidye ⟨’⟩tha gāndharvve ⟨Column d⟩ jyautiṣe nayate sma yaḥ 21. Anuṣṭubh ⟨21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Ākhyāyikākr̥tir abhū⟨Column b⟩t svadeśe yadupakramam· ⟨Column c⟩ nānābhāṣālipijñaś ca ⟨Column d⟩ prayoktā nāṭakasya yaḥ 22. Anuṣṭubh ⟨22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śivaliṅgāny anekāni ⟨Column b⟩ sārccāny āśayam ambhasām· ⟨Column c⟩ sthāpayām āśramāṁś cāsa ⟨Column d⟩ yaś ca liṅgapurādiṣu 23. Anuṣṭubh ⟨23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tasya yajñavarāhasya ⟨Column b⟩ vidyānāṁ pāradr̥śvanaḥ ⟨Column c⟩ khyāto viṣṇukumārākhya⟨Column d⟩s sodaryyo yo jaghanyajaḥ 24. Anuṣṭubh ⟨24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yasyāmr̥¡tt!⟨t⟩amayīṁ vidyā- ⟨Column b⟩ -jyotsnāṁ vaktrakumudvatī ⟨Column c⟩ nirggatāṁ guruvaktrendoḥ ⟨Column d⟩ pāyaṁ pāyam ajr̥mbhata 25. Anuṣṭubh ⟨25⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kr̥tsnāni śavdaśāstrādi- ⟨Column b⟩ -śāstrāṇi sakalāḥ kalāḥ ⟨Column c⟩ śaivañ ca gauravaṁ yogaṁ ⟨Column d⟩ bhrātur jyeṣṭhād avāpa yaḥ 26. Anuṣṭubh ⟨26⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vidyāsantatyavicchittyai ⟨Column b⟩ kr̥tsnāṁ vr̥ttiñ ca kāśikām· ⟨Column c⟩ pārameśvarapūrvvāñ ca ⟨Column d⟩ yo ’likhac chivasaṁhitā(ṁ) 27. Anuṣṭubh ⟨27⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ mahāguṇair anekair yyo ⟨Column b⟩ guruṇā prāg vibhūṣita[ḥ] ⟨Column c⟩ hemadolādivibhavai⟨Column d⟩r bhūyaḥ kamvujabhūbhr̥tā 28. Anuṣṭubh ⟨28⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tābhyām ācāryyavaryyābhyāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ vyāptāśābhyāṁ yaśoṅśubhiḥ ⟨Column c⟩ bhrātr̥bhyāṁ sthāpitaṁ liṅga⟨Column d⟩m idaṁ śaivaṁ yathāvidhi 29. Anuṣṭubh ⟨29⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⟨Column b⟩ ⟨Column c⟩ ⟨Column d⟩ 30. Anuṣṭubh ⟨30⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⟨Column b⟩ ⟨Column c⟩ ⟨Column d⟩ 31. Anuṣṭubh ⟨31⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ ⟨Column b⟩ ⟨Column c⟩ ⟨Column d⟩ ## Commentary All the stanzas of this inscription are found in the stela of Prasat Banteay Srei K. 842, except the last three ones (Stanzas XXIX-XXXI). The compound śavdaśāstrādi in the stanza XXV is śavdavidyādi in K. 842. ## Bibliography Preliminary edition by Dominic Goodall and Kunthea Chhom from the photo AMPP 2503.