# K. 1371. Inscription from Thma Krae Village, pre-Angkorian period

Kunthea Chhom and Chhunteng Hun

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Chhunteng Hun

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01371

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01371.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

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

The akṣaras are characteristic of the pre-Angkorian period.

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## Edition

### Face

⟨A1⟩ ka[l]p[i]ta II […] ⟨A2⟩ tmoy· vraḥ yajña raṅko je II [1+] gi
pa[ṁ]p[os·] […][ra]⟨A3⟩ṅko je I saṁlo prāṁ vnekka mvāy· tṅai gi srū [j]e
[…] ⟨A4⟩ viṇa pañcotsava Oy· hoppa paṁnvās· phoṅ· […] ⟨A5⟩ slā saṁhvey·
Āy· la par II Aṁlo 40 mvāy· tṅai[y·] […][va]⟨A6⟩ktradeha tai III qnak·
jaṁnvan· mrateñ· Ācāryya vyā[sa][…] [pañjut· pa]⟨A7⟩ṅkā I raṅko liḥ II
gi śeṣabhoga ta kuṭī qnak· jaṁnvan· mra[teñ·] ⟨A8⟩ gi sra[c]· [ph]o(ṅ·)
[n]au caṁnāṁ ta kaṁmrateṅ· jagat· raṅk[o je] […] ⟨A9⟩
[…][.]i[1+][.]e[1+]II[…]

### Face

⟨B1⟩ […] [sī] gvāl· I tai kanraṅ· tai jnaṁ ⟨B2⟩ […][.]ū ⦿ Aṁraḥ
dharmmadāsa gho krau ⟨B3⟩ […] qme krau tai krau tai rat· kaṁpat· ⟨B4⟩
[…] sī gvāl· I sī rat· I tai kansū I ⟨B5⟩ […] tai kañjūṅ· tai kanteṅ·
⟨B6⟩ […] daṅdiṅ· Aṁvī ta gi ⟨B7⟩ […] 40 (k)[.][.][.]· 40 ⦿ […]

## Apparatus

⟨A1⟩ ka[l]p[i]ta II ⬦ ka[l]p[i]ta SP.

⟨A2⟩ II [1+] gi pa[ṁ]p[os·] […][ra] ⬦ I […] SP.

⟨A3⟩ srū [j]e […] ⬦ sra […] SP.

⟨A4⟩ viṇa pañcotsava ⬦ vilāpa 7 (taṁlar) SP. — ⟨A4⟩ paṁnvās· phoṅ· ⬦
caṁnāṁ raṅo SP.

⟨A5⟩ Āy· la ⬦ Āṅ 9 SP. — ⟨A5⟩ Aṁlo 40 ⬦ Aṁlu (vi) SP. — ⟨A5⟩ […][va] ⬦
[…] SP.

⟨A6⟩ ktradeha ⬦ kñuṁ gho SP. — ⟨A6⟩ mrateñ· ⬦ mrateṅ SP. — ⟨A6⟩
vyā[sa][…] [pañjut· pa] ⬦ vya[…] SP.

⟨A7⟩ ṅkā I ⬦ k II SP. — ⟨A7⟩ śeṣabhoga ⬦ śeṣabhāga SP. — ⟨A7⟩ kuṭī ⬦
kuṭi SP. — ⟨A7⟩ mra[teñ·] ⬦ mra[…] SP.

⟨A8⟩ gi sra[c]· [ph]o(ṅ·) [n]au ⬦ gi qnak […] SP. — ⟨A8⟩ [n]au ⬦ [d]au
CH. — ⟨A8⟩ raṅk[o je] […] ⬦ […] SP.

⟨B7⟩ 40 (k)[.][.][.]· 40 ⬦ 10 7[…]40 CH.

## Translation into French by Pou 2011

⟨A1⟩ […] prestations […]

⟨A2–A6⟩ […] tmoy du saint sacrifice : 1 panier de riz […], 1 panier de
riz, cinq louches de mets (saṁlo) par jour […] 7 vilāpa […] offerts au
repas, prestations de mélasses […], de l’arec en offrande ⟨à raison de⟩
7 jarres et 2 par, […] de bétel par jour […], 3 serviteurs gho et tai,
[…]

⟨A6–A8⟩ Gens offerts par le Mrateṅ maître des rites Vya[…], 2 liḥ de
riz, en supplément à la chapelle. Gens offerts par Mrateṅ […]
prestations au dieu.

## Translation

⟨A1–A3⟩ […] arranged for ritual […]. Endowment for holy sacrifice: 1 je
of husked rice, […] 1 je of husked rice, five kinds of dish per day; […]
je of unhusked rice […]

⟨A4–A6⟩ harp of the five festivals; offering food to many religious men
[…] 8 Arecas for offering to deity at La ⟨village ?⟩, 40 betel leaves
per day […] Vaktradeha 3 female servants (tai).

⟨A6–A7⟩ The people which were offered by Mrateñ Ācārya Vyāsa […] 2 liḥ
of husked rice; the rest of the means of subsistence belonged to the
shrine.

⟨A7–A9⟩ The people which were offered by Mrateñ […]. All of these were
the ritual offerings to High Lord of the World: […] je of husked rice,
[…]

⟨B1–B7⟩ […] Tai Kanraṅ, Tai Jnaṁ, Aṁraḥ Dharmmadāsa, Gho Krau, Qme Krau,
Tai Krau, Tai Rat Kaṁpat, Si Gvāl, Si Rat, Tai Kansū, Tai Kañjūṅ, Tai
Kanteṅ […] the width ⟨measured⟩ from the place […] 40 […] 40 […]

## Commentary

In Saveros Pou’s edition, the face A contains only eight lines, l. 1-8.

## Bibliography

The face A was first edited by Saveros Pou (2011, pp. 53–57) with a
French translation; both faces A and B were re-edited by Chhunteng Hun
(2018, pp. 12–18) with a Khmer translation; re-edited here by Kunthea
Chhom based on the estampage in Pou’s and Hun’s publications.

### Primary

[SP] Pou, Saveros. 2011. Nouvelles inscriptions du Cambodge, volume IV.
Paris: L’Harmattan. [URL]. Pages 53–57.

[CH] Hun, Chhunteng. 2018. “សិលាចារឹកមកពីភូមិថ្មគ្រែ K. 1371 [Inscription from
Thma Krae Village K. 1371].” Kambuja Suriyā, pp. 12–18. Pages 12–18.