# K. 1355. Baked clay tablet from Angkor Borei, 7th-8th c. CE

Kunthea Chhom and Arlo Griffiths

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01355

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01355.xml

Language: Pali [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

A slightly cursive pre-Angkorian hand.

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## Edition

1. Āryā

⟨Face 1⟩ ⟨1⟩ ye dhammā hetu-ppabhavā _ tesaṁ hetuṁ tathāgato Āha
⟨2⟩ tesañ ca yo nirodho _ Evaṁ-vādī mahā-samaṇo

2. Upajāti

⟨3⟩ yadā have pātubhavanti dhammā _
(Ā)tāpino jhāyino brāhmaṇassa ⟨4⟩ {nassa} _
Athassa kaṅkhā vapayanti savvā _
yato pajānāti sahetu ⟨5⟩ dhammaṁ

3. Upajāti

⟨Face 2⟩ ⟨1⟩ yadā have pātubhavanti dhammā _
Ātā(p)ino jhāyino brāhmaṇassa{nassa}
⟨1⟩ ⟨2⟩ Athassa kaṅkhā vapayanti savvā _
ya□to khayaṁ paccayānaṁ Avedi

4. Upajāti

⟨Face 3⟩ ⟨1⟩ yadā have pātubhavanti dhammā _
Ātāpino jhāyino brāhmaṇassa{nassa}
⟨Face 4⟩ ⟨1⟩ Athassa kaṅkhā vapayanti (sa)vvā _
vidh(ū)⟨pa⟩yan titthati māra□-senaṁ

## Translation by Skilling 2019

1.

The states arisen from a cause / Their cause the Tathāgata proclaims, /
As well as their cessation: This is the teaching of the Great Ascetic.

2.

Indeed! When the truths become clear / To the ardent brahman as he
meditates / Then all of his uncertainties vanish / When he fathoms the
law of causation.

3.

Indeed! When the truths become clear / To the ardent brahman as he
meditates / Then all of his uncertainties vanish / When he realizes the
cessation of conditions.

4.

Indeed! When the truths become clear / To the ardent brahman as he
meditates / Then all of his uncertainties vanish / And he stands having
routed Māra’s army.

## Bibliography

Edited by Peter Skilling first in preliminary fashion on the sole basis
of an estampage (2002) and then republished based on color photographs
and a new estampage (2019); re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom & Arlo
Griffiths from color photographs and estampages.

### Primary

[S1] Skilling, Peter. 2002. “Some citation inscriptions from South-East
Asia.” JPTS 27, pp. 159–175. [URL]. Pages 159–167.

[S2] Skilling, Peter. 2019. “The Theravaṃsa has always been here: K.
1355 from Angkor Borei.” JSS 107 (2), pp. 43–62.