# K. 1515. Broken slab from Đá Nổi, 5th-6th century CE

Kunthea Chhom, Arlo Griffiths and Dominic Goodall

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Arlo Griffiths, Dominic
Goodall

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01515

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01515.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-10-23 15:46 (7597515), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
(2c24a58)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the fifth-sixth century CE. The
akṣaras have very long ornamental descenders, as in K. 40K. 40 and K.
1270.

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## Edition

1. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ d(ai)tyānān tr[i]purā(r)ddanāya sa śaraṁ puṣpyan nabhaḫ
pal(l)ava_[m]
⟨Column b⟩ [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓]
⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yas(y)ān (ta)s(ya) ca [–] rma [–⏑] hariṇā nā sā
[.]i[…][⏑––⏑⏓]
⟨Column b⟩ [–––⏑⏑–⏑–⏑⏑⏑–––⏑––⏑⏓]

## Translation

1.

Pour dompter les trois villes (tripurārddanāya) des démons (daityānām),
il (Śiva) […] ⟨lança?⟩ une flèche (śaraṁ), qui était une pousse
(pallavam) fleurie (puṣpyan), dans le ciel (nabhaḥ) […].

## Bibliography

Unpublished. Edited by Dominic Goodall from photographs
20160112_091045.jpeg and Ka 76.jpeg.