# K. 1526. Fragmentary stela at Museum of Kompong Thom Province,
pre-Angkorian period

Kunthea Chhom and Dominic Goodall

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Dominic Goodall

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01526

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01526.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 pre-Angkorian period.

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## Edition

1. Upajāti

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–⏑]vr̥ttyā
⟨Column b⟩ [⏓–⏑––⏑⏑–][.]r[⏑–⏓]
⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓–⏑––⏑] yathārthanāmā
⟨Column b⟩ śrīs svargga-lokād avanau cyuteva

2. Upajāti

⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓–⏑–](t)rādhika-puṇya-labdhyai
⟨Column b⟩ devyās sa devaḫ pr̥thivīśvarāṇām· ⭘
⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓–](ta)ṭākākhyamima(ṁ) mahānta⟨Column b⟩ñ
jalāśayaṁ kāritavān gabhīram· ∥

## Translation into French

1.

[…] dont le nom correspondait à sa nature, comme si Lakṣmī était tombée
du ciel sur la terre.

2.

Lui, dieu parmi les seigneurs de la terre, pour obtenir beaucoup de
mérite pour sa reine (devyāḥ) a fait construire ce grand, profond étang,
qui s’appelait […]taṭāka.

## Bibliography

Preliminary edition by Dominic Goodall.