Stela of Preah Vihear Kuk or Vat Chakret (K. 60), 548 śaka
Editors: Kunthea Chhom, Auguste Barth.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00060.
Hand description:
The lettering is characteristic of the seventh century CE. The akṣaras have with long ornamental descenders.
Language: Sanskrit.
Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).
Version: (5b197b3), last modified (25c6f3e).
Edition
I. Anuṣṭubh
⟨Face A⟩
⟨A1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩jayatīndu-kalā-mauli⟨Column b⟩(r)
a(a)n(e)ka-guṇa-vistaraḥ
b⟨A2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩sa Ādir api bhūtānā⟨Column b⟩m
canādi-nidhanaś śivaḥ
dII. Anuṣṭubh
⟨A3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩devaś śrīśānavarmmeti
a⟨Column b⟩vabhūva pr̥thivīśvaraḥ
b⟨A4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩śakra-tulyas svavīryyeṇa
c⟨Column b⟩śriyā ca hari[–⏑]maḥ
dIII. Anuṣṭubh
⟨A5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩r(ā)jendrasya prasādena
a⟨Column b⟩diṅ-maṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩ala-vicār(iṇaḥ)
b⟨A6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩pareṣāṁ kīrttim ākramya
c⟨Column b⟩yasya kīrttir jjava-sthitā
dIV. Anuṣṭubh
⟨A7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩(yo)ddhyāsito bhavad dīrgghaṁ
a⟨Column b⟩so ’yaṁ tāmrapureśvaraḥ
b⟨A8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩cakrāṅkā-mogha-bhīmākhya-
c⟨Column b⟩-pura-traya-pada-śriya[m]·
dV. Anuṣṭubh
⟨A9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩(ya)śo-bhikāṅkṣatā tena
a⟨Column b⟩sthā[pi]tāv ā bhuva sthiteḥ
b⟨A10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩śraddhā-pūrvve¡n!⟨ṇ⟩a vidhinā
c⟨Column b⟩sūrī(ṣ)ṭau hari-śaṅkarau
dVI. Anuṣṭubh
⟨A11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩bhr̥tya-go-mahiṣa-kṣe[tra]-
a⟨Column b⟩-vas[.]r[.] [⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
b⟨A12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]
c⟨Column b⟩[⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
dVII. Sragdharā
⟨Face B⟩
⟨B1⟩ piṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩ībhūte śa(kā)¿p?⟨b⟩de vasu-jalanidhi-śarair vvāsare mādhavādau||
a⟨B2⟩ kīṭe prāg-lagna-(bhū)te kumuda-vana-patau tāvure kr̥tti-kāyām(·)||
b⟨B3⟩ rājño lapdha-prasādo ripumadapi-dhanāt tāmrapuryyāẖ kurāj(ñ)aḥ ||
c⟨B4⟩ (so) ’traiva svargga-bhūtyaiḥ hari-tanu-sahitaṁ sthāpayām āsa śambhu(ṁ)||
dApparatus
⟨A5⟩ maṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩ala ⬦ maṇḍala Barth1885_01.
⟨A7⟩ dīrgghaṁ ⬦ dīrghaṁ Barth1885_01. — ⟨A7⟩ so ’yaṁ ⬦ soyaṁ Barth1885_01.
⟨B4⟩ piṇ¡d!⟨ḍ⟩ībhūte ⬦ piṇḍībhūte Barth1885_01. — ⟨B4⟩ (so) ’traiva ⬦ (so)traiva Barth1885_01.
Translation into French by Barth1885_01
I
La victoire est au (dieu) qui porte le croissant de la lune à son diadème; qui se manifeste par le développement infini des (trois) qualités, Śiva, à la fois le principe des êtres et lui-mêmes sans principe et sans fin.
II
Le deva Śrī-Īśānavarman fut le maître de la terre, l’égal de Śakra par la force, [semblable à] Hari par sa splendeur.
III
Par la grâce de ce roi des rois, parcourant le cercle (entier) des régions, lui dont la gloire, après avoir attaqué la gloire de ses rivaux, s’est arrêtée dans sa course rapide.
IV
Lui, le seigneur de Tāmrapura, que voici, qui longtemps a fait l’ornement de ses pieds des trois villes de Cakrāṅkapura, Amoghapura et Bhīmapura.
V
C’est par lui, désireux (d’augmenter) sa gloire, qu’ont été érigés selon les préceptes, avec foi et pour rester debout aussi longtemps que la terre, ces deux (dieux) adorés par les sages, Hari et Śaṅkara.
VI
Serviteurs, boeufs, buffles, terres, objets précieux […]
VII
L’année (du roi) des Śakas (désignée) par la Vasus, les océans et les flèches étant révolue, le premier jour (du mois) de Mādhava, le Scorpion étant à l’horizon oriental, et le Seigneur des forêts de lotus dans le Taureau et dans Kr̥ttikā; reçu en grâce par le roi pour avoir étouffé l’orgueil hostile du vil roi de Tāmrapurī, ce (seigneur) a érigé ici, avec une magnificence (digne) du ciel, ce Śambhu uni au corps de Hari.
Bibliography
Edited by Auguste Barth (Barth1885_01) without a French translation, reedited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the planche 13 (inscription VI.A) and planche 3 (inscription VI.B) of the book.
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<p rend="stanza" n="1">La victoire est au <supplied reason="explanation">dieu</supplied> qui porte le croissant de la lune à son diadème; qui se manifeste par le développement infini des <supplied reason="explanation">trois</supplied> qualités, Śiva, à la fois le principe des êtres et lui-mêmes sans principe et sans fin.</p>
<p rend="stanza" n="2">Le deva Śrī-Īśānavarman fut le maître de la terre, l'égal de Śakra par la force, <supplied reason="subaudible">semblable à</supplied> Hari par sa splendeur.</p>
<p rend="stanza" n="3">Par la grâce de ce roi des rois, parcourant le cercle <supplied reason="explanation">entier</supplied> des régions, lui dont la gloire, après avoir attaqué la gloire de ses rivaux, s'est arrêtée dans sa course rapide.</p>
<p rend="stanza" n="4">Lui, le seigneur de Tāmrapura, que voici, qui longtemps a fait l'ornement de ses pieds des trois villes de Cakrāṅkapura, Amoghapura et Bhīmapura.</p>
<p rend="stanza" n="5">C'est par lui, désireux <supplied reason="explanation">d'augmenter</supplied> sa gloire, qu'ont été érigés selon les préceptes, avec foi et pour rester debout aussi longtemps que la terre, ces deux <supplied reason="explanation">dieux</supplied> adorés par les sages, Hari et Śaṅkara.</p>
<p rend="stanza" n="6">Serviteurs, boeufs, buffles, terres, objets précieux <gap reason="lost"/></p>
<p rend="stanza" n="7">L'année <supplied reason="explanation">du roi</supplied> des Śakas <supplied reason="explanation">désignée</supplied> par la Vasus, les océans et les flèches étant révolue, le premier jour <supplied reason="explanation">du mois</supplied> de Mādhava, le Scorpion étant à l'horizon oriental, et le Seigneur des forêts de lotus dans le Taureau et dans Kr̥ttikā; reçu en grâce par le roi pour avoir étouffé l'orgueil hostile du vil roi de Tāmrapurī, ce <supplied reason="explanation">seigneur</supplied> a érigé ici, avec une magnificence <supplied reason="explanation">digne</supplied> du ciel, ce Śambhu uni au corps de Hari.</p>
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<p>The text is inscribed on the two faces of a flat stela. The face A is considerably damaged. The face B is less damaged.</p>
<p n="A7">Regarding the term <foreign>dīrgghaṁ</foreign>, the sibscript <foreign>-gha</foreign> has the two vertical stokes descending at the same level. It is similar to that in <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIK01239.xml">K. 1239</ref> <supplied reason="explanation">l. 14</supplied>, and different from that in <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIK00154.xml">K. 154</ref> <supplied reason="explanation">l. A3</supplied>, the right vertical stroke of which descends at lower level than the left one..</p>
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Commentary
The text is inscribed on the two faces of a flat stela. The face A is considerably damaged. The face B is less damaged.
(A7) Regarding the term dīrgghaṁ, the sibscript -gha has the two vertical stokes descending at the same level. It is similar to that in K. 1239 (l. 14), and different from that in K. 154 (l. A3), the right vertical stroke of which descends at lower level than the left one..