# K. 1455

Arlo Griffiths and Dominic Goodall

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Dominic Goodall

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01455

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01455.xml

Languages: Middle Indo-Aryan [Khmer], Sanskrit [Khmer]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ bhagavāñ chākyamuniḥ

1. Āryā

⟨2⟩ dharma-mr̥ga-rāja-nāmnā _ sthavireṇa kr̥tā muner iyaṁ pratimā _
sthaviram mātula-mātula_-bhadanta-jinabhadram uddiśya╫

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨3⟩ duẖkhaṁ duḥkha-samuppādo_
duḥkhassa ca Atikramo_
AIro caṭṭhaṅgiko maggo_
khemopaśama-gāmiko╫

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Lord Śākyamuni.

2.

This (iyam) image (pratimā) of the Sage (muneḥ) was made (kr̥tā) by the
Sthavira called Dharmamr̥garāja, for the sake of ⟨the merit of⟩ (uddiśya)
the elder (sthavira) Bhadanta Jinabhadra, who was his maternal uncle’s
maternal uncle (mātula-mātula).

3.

Suffering, the arising of suffering, and the transcendence of suffering,
and the noble eightfold path, leading to the cessation of suffering that
is peace/emancipation (khemopaśama).

## Commentary

The second stanza is cited from the Dhammapada (Dhp 191 in the Pali
Canon). The same stanza has also been found in the gold foil inscription
from Go Xoai (K. 1330), has been found in contemporary inscriptions from
Thailand and even in Andhra Pradesh, in India (EIAD 218). See Skilling
1991 & 1999.

## Bibliography

Previously unpublished. Edited and studied for the first time by Dominic
Goodall & Nicolas Revire (2021).

### Primary

[G] Goodall, Dominic & Nicolas Revire. 2021. “East and West — New
Inscriptions from Funan, Zhenla and Dvāravatī.” BEFEO 107, pp. 257–301.

### Secondary

Skilling, Peter. 1991. “A Buddhist verse inscription from Andhra
Pradesh.” IIJ 34 (4), pp. 239–246. DOI: 10.1007/BF00222829. [URL].

Skilling, Peter. [2542 BE] 1999. “A Buddhist inscription from Go Xoai,
southern Vietnam and notes towards a classification of ye dharmā
inscriptions.” In: 80 pi satrachan doctor prasoet na nakhon: ruam
botkhwam wichakan dan charuek lae ekkasan boran [80 years: A collection
of articles on epigraphy and ancient documents published on the occasion
of the celebration of the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Prasert Na Nagara].
Bangkok: Private Publication, pp. 171–187.