# K. 1621. Inscription from Prasat Tramoung, 11th century

Kunthea Chhom and Dominic Goodall

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Dominic Goodall

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01621

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK01621.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-09 14:46 (16691b9), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the eleventh century CE.

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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑]ṅghri-
⟨Column b⟩ -(pā)ṅs(avo ⟨’⟩pahatā)ha(sāḥ)
⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑](d)(i?)(k/ṣ)āla
⟨Column b⟩ śikhaṇdākhaṇdakelayaḥ (⫽)

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Āsīd īśo ⟨’⟩vanīśānāṁ
⟨Column b⟩ śrīndravarmmāśrayaś śriyaḥ
⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [sa]r(v)vakamvujarājendra-
⟨Column b⟩ -vaṅśenduśaradāgamaḥ (⫽)

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yatsaundaryyapayorā(ś)i-
⟨Column b⟩ -nimajjanabhayād i(va)
⟨6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vāhanaṁ makaraṁ ramya⟨Column b⟩m
akaron makara(dhva)jaḥ ⫽

4. Anuṣṭubh

⟨7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Ekā(r)ṇnavānurāgiṇyāḥ
⟨Column b⟩ gaṅgāyāḥ veni(k)eva bhūḥ
⟨8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ veveṣṭyate vitatayā
⟨Column b⟩ yasya kīrtyuttamasrajā ⫽

5. Anuṣṭubh

⟨9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yāne rajo bhuje satva⟨Column b⟩n
tamo yo ripudarś(śa)yan·
⟨10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sr̥ṣṭisthitidhvaṅsakaro
⟨Column b⟩ reje dhāteva dehinām· ⫽

6. Anuṣṭubh

⟨11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (pa)rāśareṇa janitā
⟨Column b⟩ satyavatyuditā babhau
⟨12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [kī]r[tt]ir d(vai)pāyanasyeva
⟨Column b⟩ jayaśrīr yyasya jājvalā ⫽

7. Anuṣṭubh

⟨13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
⟨Column b⟩ ta(sy)o(lalīta)sat kila
⟨14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
⟨Column b⟩ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓] [⫽]

## Translation

1.

The dusts of the feet […] the entire sports/lands by the cleaning lock
of hair/peacock’s tail […] removed laughter […].

2.

There was a lord of the lords of the earth, Śrī Indravarman, a recipient
of glory, whose arrival/birth was the autumn for the moon that was the
lineage of king of kings of the whole Kambuja.

3.

As though (iva) because of fear of sinking into the ocean of
Indravarman’s beauty, the god of Love (makaradhvajaḥ) must have made the
sea-monster (makaraṁ) his beautiful vehicle.

4.

The Earth was thoroughly wrapped (veveṣṭyate) with the extensive
excellent garland that was his fame, like one stream of Gaṅgā feeling
love for the ocean.

5.

Displaying dust/rajas in his military campaigns (yāne), strength/sattva
in his arms (bhuje), darkness/tamas in his enemies, he appeared (reje)
like the Creator, who creates, maintains and destroys embodied beings
⟨using respectively rajas, tamas and sattva⟩.

6.

His Royal Fortune (jayaśrī) shone blazing brightly like the glory of
Dvaipāyana, born from Parāśara and appeared/ engendered ⟨in the womb⟩ of
Satyavatī.

7.

[…]

## Bibliography

Preliminary edition by Dominic Goodall and Kunthea Chhom with English
translation, from photographs of the stone.