Stela from Vat Phnou (K. 68), 10th century

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom (kuch), George Cœdès.

Palaeographic description: The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Khmer (khmer)].

Version: (ff740e2), last modified (dadafbe).

Edition

Face North

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⟨5⟩ […](śu)bhā[…]

⟨6⟩ […]s(v)en(u)[…]

⟨7⟩ […][.]y[.](v)r̥tt(iss)[.][…]

⟨8⟩ […](sthi)[.]p[.][*](nita)[…]

⟨9⟩ […]dhāratī[…]

⟨10⟩ […](v)īśakti[*](v)vyas(r)[.][…]

⟨11⟩ […]d āsindhubhūbr̥d[…]

⟨12⟩ ṣa[.][.]ī(kr̥)[…]

⟨13⟩ […]

⟨14⟩ […]jāva(nā)[**](ti)[…]

⟨15⟩ […]vyā[…]

⟨16⟩ […]pyādyu[.]j[.][…]

⟨17⟩ […](s)u[va](rṇṇ)ā[*****]rubhibhūṣa[…]

⟨18⟩ […]nu[*****]sābhāgyabhū[…]

⟨19⟩ […][.]yāṅga(kā)n(t)er[.][*](l)i[*](ti)bh(ū)v(ai)ḥ puṇyā(bh)ā[…]

⟨20⟩ […](pi?)tu[.]āmaṇḍalānya[…]

⟨21⟩ […]nenanā[*]tpa[*]ne[*]de[…]

⟨22⟩ […](ṣ)[.][.]nārīndrarāśī[*******]saṁpravi[.]y[.][…]

⟨23⟩ […]tapa Ivāndusty[.][…]

⟨24⟩ […]ṣyādharmmā[***](v)ra[****]s(o)[…]

⟨25⟩ […]syatvā[*********]tāssa[…]

⟨26⟩ […]prītānī(vvā)[…]

⟨27⟩ […](n)ta[…]

⟨28⟩ […](t)iṣṭhā[…]

⟨29⟩ […](ph)[.][*]viṇa[********]n dada[r](śa)[…]

⟨30⟩ […]nikarān sadbhir ā(ka)rṇṇa[…]

⟨31⟩ [––]tulya-pra[––⏑⏑] pr̥tha-guditaṁ karṣa-karmmāvahantau

⟨32⟩ d[v]āv etāv arthi-varggau vahula-dhana-yuto vīta-tr̥ṣṇo nikāmam·

⟨33⟩ vyāptāśān tān nitāntan draviṇa-bhara-natān arthi-sārthān samīksyā

⟨34⟩ [bhī]kṣṇa-prāptārthi-sārthādhigamana-manasā yas tu varddhiṣṇu-tr̥ṣṇaḥ

Face South

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⟨4⟩ […]nahita[*]tau(kā)[…]

⟨5⟩ […]nasā(sa)nnik[.][…]

⟨6⟩ […]hita(ta)tā[…]

⟨7⟩ […]tā[…]

⟨8⟩ […]ti(ra)yaprāṇi[*]n[.][…]

⟨9⟩ […]bha[*]l[.]da[*](ka?)(r)mmaṇāka[…]

⟨10⟩ […]tan(abhr̥)[*] yatra duṣCV[…]

⟨11⟩ […]yahr̥dayābha[…]

⟨12⟩ […]yaka[*] tatra sadyo[…]

⟨13⟩ […]va[*]vasu mudā tatsa[…]

⟨14⟩ […](ma)nasassūdi(ha?)[*]priyā[…]

⟨15⟩ […](ka/va)va[…]

⟨16⟩ […]n[.]pahatamahāsV[…]

⟨17⟩ […][.]ṭ[.]numativirahito[…]

⟨18⟩ […]tisras[.][**]nīyā(bhoga)[…]

⟨19⟩ […]ś(v)ā(da)yā[.]tev[.]v[.](dha)kr̥ta(n)uteva[…]

⟨20⟩ […]ṣṭasya (pīdetyupa)ni[****]gapravi[*][.]s(a)[…]

⟨21⟩ […]r(vaddhaśā)pāma(nunaya)[*****](kār)yy(a)[*](y)uktāḥ

⟨22⟩ […][.]y[.]yadyakār(yya)[***](sa)m(u)dita(kā)ladoṣāt tade[*]

⟨23⟩ […]dhermm[.][*******](jana)ṣit(ā)[*]m[.]raiḥ kālakr̥[ta]m·

⟨24⟩ […](śatvaṁ)[*******]vibhutānū(tna)sadyauvana[*]

⟨25⟩ […]prāyonyeṣāṁ [.]iś(e)[**]nayapa[**](ñ)j[.][.](tam ek)aika[*]tat·

⟨26⟩ […] yasm[iṁ] stv eṣāṁ sa[**]natiśaya[*******]yo[**]

⟨27⟩ […]tsaubhāgyāt [.]arṇṇadharmmātma(ja)[.]u(va)[*](ś)i(t)ādi[…]

⟨28⟩ tasyāsīn mantri-varyyaḥ priya-hita-nipunaś śaṅkarasyeva nandī

⟨29⟩ yo dhītī sarvva-śāstre śiva-guru-yajane yukti[––⏑–][.]dram·

⟨30⟩ saujanmyo kṣatta-bhūmir dyuvasati-guru[–––⏑]vātī[⏑––]

⟨31⟩ mānyo yajvā vadanyo nayavida[⏑⏑––⏑––⏑––]

⟨32⟩ śārdūlād ugradaṁṣṭrān mada-kala-kariṇo raudra-nirhrāda-siṅh[āt·]

⟨33⟩ [–]ndaccakṣur-vviṣāheḥ pracala-jala-nidher durmmada-krūra-cakrāt·

⟨34⟩ dr̥ptaikāgārikaughād uru-dava-dahanāt kṣipra[––⏑––]

⟨35⟩ [–]nna[.]odvignas tathoccair ativipadi yathā yo nr̥tāt satya-sandhaḥ

Face East

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⟨2⟩ […]nadhā[*] _ […]

⟨3⟩ […]mā[…] _ […]

⟨4⟩ […]yapra[…] _ […]

⟨5⟩ […]passanr̥[…] _ […]

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⟨7⟩ […]na[…] _ […]

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⟨9⟩ […]y(ā)ḥ paramās sva[…] _ (da)ttā[…]

⟨10⟩ […]patinā[**]yeva viṣṇu_grāmākhya[…]

⟨11⟩ […]ya[*]hudāsanivāsa[…]

⟨12⟩ […]rāviditaṁ śivaliṅga(m a)tra _ ye(nā)[…]

⟨13⟩ […]su[****]kilapūjanīya_[…]

⟨14⟩ […]naparibho[…]

⟨15⟩ […](hārhipari)[…]

⟨16⟩ […]bhūs s[.]ryasa[…] _ bhūmi[…]

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⟨18⟩ […]lavdhai_[…]

⟨19⟩ […]dharmmasya (vivarddhanāya) _[…]

⟨20⟩ […]śāvanīśe[…]

⟨21⟩ […]natīrth(ādhikr̥ta)[…]

⟨22⟩ […]ṇīṣvayuṅkta[…]

⟨23⟩ […][.]y[.]kulānāṁ […]

⟨24⟩ […]pura[…]

⟨25⟩ […][ni]veditavataṁ […]

⟨26⟩ […]ji[…]

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⟨31⟩ […]ni[…]

⟨32⟩ […]ṇārhā[*****]karot(ya)[**]tiprasr̥[…]

⟨33⟩ […]hyandvikā[**](taśivaśaraṇapra)[**]sapraṇāmamV[…]

⟨34⟩ […][.]idhāya[…]

⟨35⟩ […](bhūtānāṁ) […]

Face West

⟨1⟩ […](desu)[…]

⟨2⟩ […]namanu(nagarā)ntass(a)[***](vaddhā)[…]

⟨3⟩ […]d[.][*]para[*******]sābhānnirasya

⟨4⟩ […]yāsya(kā)r(ṣ)ī

⟨5⟩ […]r(y)y(onine)yaḥ

⟨6⟩ […]taḥ ka[**]dvi[.]dvidārī

⟨7⟩ […]dhāmnān dineśaḥ

⟨8⟩ […]ka[***]nna(v)edhā(vidhā)tā

⟨9⟩ […]mitijajitamat(i)r vr̥t(ta)tas satsu y(o) ’bhūt·

⟨10⟩ […]sitasamahāmaṅgalaś candramaulī[…]

⟨11⟩ […][.]ṣy[.][**]j[.]iḥ prabhr̥[.]ai[…]

⟨12⟩ […]vyai(ś cadi)[.]yai[…]

⟨13⟩ […]ryavyaraṅsīta[…]

Apparatus

Face North

⟨11⟩ […]d āsindhubhūbr̥d[…] ⬦ āsindhubhūbr̥d[3+] GC.

Translation into French by Cœdès 1964

Face North

⟨11⟩ Les rois à partir du Sindhu […]

1.

[…] séparément […] ces deux groupes de solliciteurs [lui] procurant la joie […] ce roi abondammant pourvu de richesses et dénué de désir, ayant contemplé la foule des solliciteurs remplissant l’espace et pliant sous le fardeau des biens [reçus], l’esprit comblé par la foule des solliciteurs, voyait augmenter son désir.

Face South

1.

Il eut un éminent conseiller habile à réaliser l’utile et l’agréable, comme Nandin pour Śaṅkara, versé dans tous les śāstra, dans le culte de son bon maître (ou : de Śivaguru (père de Śańkarācārya)) .[…] de bonne naissance, possédant une terre indivise […] guru des dieux […] respectable, sacrificateur, généreux, habile politique […]

2.

Tel un homme effrayé par un tigre aux crocs redoutables, par un lion terrible et silencieux engendrant la terreur, par un serpent venimeux à l’œil […], par l’océan agité, par un disque tranchant et déchaîné, par la violence d’un voleur arrogant, par un grand feu de forêt, par un rapide […], tel dans le plus grand malheur ce [sujet] loyal était effrayé par le mensonge.

Commentary

Face North (= First face in Cœdès’ edition) has about 34 lines. Cœdès does not number the lines. Only lines 11 and 31-34 have been edited by Cœdès.

Face South (= Second face in Cœdès’ edition) has about 35 lines. Cœdès does not number the lines. Only lines 28-35 have been edited by Cœdès.

Face East has about 35 lines. It is not edited by Cœdès.

Face West has about 13 lines. It is not edited by Cœdès.

Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1964, pp. 26–27) with a French translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the estampage EFEO n. 956.

Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1964. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume VII. Collection de textes et documents sur l'Indochine 3.7. Hanoi, Paris: École française d'Extrême-Orient. Volume 7, pages 26–27.