Stela of Vat Kdei Car (K. 157), 875 Śaka

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

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

Language: Old Khmer (okz) [Khmer (khmer)].

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00157.

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00157.xml.

Version: 2026-01-09 15:25 (674f593), last modified 2026-01-05 14:32 (b42cc84).

Edition

⟨Item A: Face⟩
⟨A1⟩ Āsīc chrīharṣavarmmeti_ bhūpendroddhr̥taśāsanaḥ_ lavdharājyo
⟨A2⟩ dayaś śrīmā_n yo vedarasamūrttibhiḥ || tasya bhr̥tyo ridurvāryyo_ bha
⟨A3⟩ rtr̥bhaktitayā priyaḥ yaś śrīvīrendravikhyāta_n nāmāvāpa vibhūtibhiḥ ||
⟨A4⟩ svāmibhaktitayā tasmai_ rājāhād bhogasaṁpadam·_ kedārasaṁyutañ caita-
⟨A5⟩ d vanaṁ vanamṛgāku[lam· ||] [la](tā)pratānavitataṁ_ kānanaṁ kantakākulam·_ ya-
⟨A6⟩ d vīkṣya saṅgateś ca [⏓]_ vraisaṅkād ity uvāca tat· || Utkr̥tya kantakaṁ sarvvaṁ_ vicchi
⟨A7⟩ dyograñ ca kānanam·_ grāma[⏓⏓⏑–]ṅkr̥tya_ tatra so ⟨’⟩tiṣṭhipat ku
⟨A8⟩ lam· || vanaṁ puṣyalataṁ prācyāṁ_ [⏓⏓⏓–]ṅ dakṣiṇe vadhiḥ_ paścime
⟨A9⟩ sthalamārggañ ca_ travāṅslvād uttare ⟨’⟩pi ca || [⏓]bhāti lok[⏑––] mā
⟨A10⟩ p[ra]nidhaye ca laukikam·_ lokānugraham ālokya_ lokeśarūpa
⟨A11⟩ m ād[–⏓] || [Ās]ī[d rājendrava]rmmeti_ rājendrarajanīśvaraḥ_ śrīmān ra-
⟨A12⟩ sartuvasu[bhi]_[r] [bhūṣitātmīyamaṇda]laḥ || (tasyāptabhr̥tyo) matimā_n bh[a]-
⟨A13⟩ [kt]ibhāgyo t[i]vallabhaḥ_ śrīkavīndrārimathana_n nāmānvartham avāpa
⟨A14⟩ yaḥ || tasya bhāryyāpi yā [ku](ly)[ā]_ kontīnāmnī yaśasvinī_

⟨Item B: Face⟩
⟨B1⟩ tasyā yo mātulaśśrīv[ī]-r[e]ndravikhyātanāmadhṛk· || śrīmata-
⟨B2⟩ ś śrīkavīndrāri_-mathanākhyasya śaktibhiḥ_ lavdhabho[ga]vibhūtir yo_ rājñaḥ
⟨B3⟩ rājani bhaktitaḥ || kontyākhyāṁ bhāgineyīṁ svāṁ_ nr̥patau tāṁ nivedya yaḥ
⟨B4⟩ rājñopaskarageheṣu_ sevivarṇṇe ⟨’⟩py atiṣṭhipat· || devyāḥ lokeśvara-
⟨B5⟩ syārccāṁ śuddhāṁ kaṅsamayīm imām·_ yasmai bhūmipater bhaktyā sabhū[ṣ]āṁ
⟨B6⟩ bhūpatir dadau || so sthāpayad vipuladhīr avalokiteśa_rūpadvayaṁ suvi-
⟨B7⟩ dhinā sahadevirūpaṁ_ prāsādaharmmyanivahe svahr̥dīva divye_ vauddho gra-
⟨B8⟩ dhīś śaraṇagāṣṭabhir atra bhaktyā || ṣadvyāmaśeṣasaṁyuktaṁ_ triśatāyāmasaṁ-
⟨B9⟩ yutam·_ trivyāmatriśatārddhāṅka_-vistāraṁ yat taṭākakam·|| triṣkāla-
⟨B10⟩ bhūtasatvānāṁ_ hitārtham akarod ayam·_ saṁsthāpitāmarāṇāñ ca
⟨B11⟩ trayāṇāṁ snānakarmmaṇe|| jeṅ qrankṣetraṁ vihārañ ca_ jāva-
⟨B12⟩ rkṣetrañ ca pīdakam·_ pamok·jamvūkṣetram evāpi_ canloṅ·[⏓]-
⟨B13⟩ kṣetram eva ca || slākrāṅstukkrā[.](·) caṁpok·dvāyya_ dilok· yaṁ
⟨B14⟩ kṣetram eva ca_ kaṁvaṅ· vavoṅ tu raṅgañ ca_ voḥmankṣetraṁ ta-
⟨B15⟩ thaiva ca|| sabhūmyārāma¿h?āsādi_ deśan devaṁ maharddhikam·_ sa-
⟨B16⟩ ś śrīvīrendravikhyātaḥ_ kontyai sarvvam a¿h?ād imam· || ✤ ||
⟨c1⟩ 

⟨Item c: Face⟩
[***]
⟨c2⟩ si [**]
⟨c3⟩ [*****]
⟨c4⟩ [*****]
⟨c5⟩ [*****]
⟨c6⟩ tai kandha
⟨c7⟩ tai kaṁvai
⟨c8⟩ si kansat(·)
⟨c9⟩ si narāya
⟨c10⟩ si [**]
⟨c11⟩ tai [**]
⟨c12⟩ [***]
⟨c13⟩ [***]
⟨c14⟩ [***]
⟨c15⟩ [***]
⟨c16⟩ [***]
⟨c17⟩ [***]
⟨c18⟩ [***]
⟨c19⟩ [***]
⟨c20⟩ tai kanso
⟨c21⟩ tai kan[**]
⟨d1⟩ 

⟨Item d: Face⟩
tai cīn(·)
⟨d2⟩ tai thyak· [*]
⟨d3⟩ tai [**]
⟨d4⟩ tai [**]
⟨d5⟩ si mandira
⟨d6⟩ tai rāga
⟨d7⟩ tai śrādhi
⟨d8⟩ tai kaṁvrau
⟨d9⟩ tai jātivel[ā]
⟨d10⟩ tai chke
⟨d11⟩ tai mālatī
⟨d12⟩ si prāna
⟨d13⟩ tai panlās·
⟨d14⟩ tai kaṁpit·
⟨d15⟩ tai saṁAp·
⟨d16⟩ [*] magha
⟨d17⟩ tai raṅga
⟨d18⟩ tai kandeṅ·
⟨d19⟩ tai kan·Ā
⟨d20⟩ tai Āja
⟨d21⟩ tai saṁmr̥ddhi
⟨d22⟩ tai kansrāc·
⟨d23⟩ tai chpoṅ·
⟨d24⟩ neḥ paṁre [*]
⟨e1⟩ 

⟨Item e: Base of Face A⟩

[**] kanmvāy· [**] ti loṅ ti jvan ta vraḥ || ✤ ||

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Item A: Face⟩ ⟨A1⟩ Āsīc chrīharṣavarmmeti_

bhūpendroddhr̥taśāsanaḥ_

lavdharājyo ⟨A2⟩ dayaś śrīmā_n

yo vedarasamūrttibhiḥ ||

2. Anuṣṭubh

tasya bhr̥tyo ridurvāryyo_

bha ⟨A3⟩ rtr̥bhaktitayā priyaḥ

yaś śrīvīrendravikhyāta_n

nāmāvāpa vibhūtibhiḥ ||

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A4⟩ svāmibhaktitayā tasmai_

rājāhād bhogasaṁpadam·_

kedārasaṁyutañ caita⟨A5⟩d

vanaṁ vanamṛgāku[lam· ||]

4. Anuṣṭubh

[la](tā)pratānavitataṁ_

kānanaṁ kantakākulam·_

ya⟨A6⟩d vīkṣya saṅgateś ca [⏓]_

vraisaṅkād ity uvāca tat· ||

5. Anuṣṭubh

Utkr̥tya kantakaṁ sarvvaṁ_

vicchi ⟨A7⟩ dyograñ ca kānanam·_

grāma[⏓⏓⏑–]ṅkr̥tya_

tatra so ⟨’⟩tiṣṭhipat ku ⟨A8⟩ lam· ||

6. Anuṣṭubh

vanaṁ puṣyalataṁ prācyāṁ_

[⏓⏓⏓–]ṅ dakṣiṇe vadhiḥ_

paścime ⟨A9⟩ sthalamārggañ ca_

travāṅslvād uttare ⟨’⟩pi ca ||

7. Anuṣṭubh

[⏓]bhāti lok[⏑––] mā

⟨A10⟩ p[ra]nidhaye ca laukikam·_

lokānugraham ālokya_

lokeśarūpa ⟨A11⟩ m ād[–⏓] ||

8. Anuṣṭubh

[Ās]ī[d rājendrava]rmmeti_

rājendrarajanīśvaraḥ_

śrīmān ra⟨A12⟩sartuvasu[bhi]_[r]

[bhūṣitātmīyamaṇda]laḥ ||

9. Anuṣṭubh

(tasyāptabhr̥tyo) matimā_n

bh[a]⟨A13⟩[kt]ibhāgyo t[i]vallabhaḥ_

śrīkavīndrārimathana_n

nāmānvartham avāpa ⟨A14⟩ yaḥ ||

10. Anuṣṭubh

tasya bhāryyāpi yā [ku](ly)[ā]_

kontīnāmnī yaśasvinī_

⟨Item B: Face⟩ ⟨B1⟩ tasyā yo mātulaśśrīv[ī]-

-r[e]ndravikhyātanāmadhṛk· ||

11. Anuṣṭubh

śrīmata⟨B2⟩ś śrīkavīndrāri_-

-mathanākhyasya śaktibhiḥ_

lavdhabho[ga]vibhūtir yo_

rājñaḥ ⟨B3⟩ rājani bhaktitaḥ ||

12. Anuṣṭubh

kontyākhyāṁ bhāgineyīṁ svāṁ_

nr̥patau tāṁ nivedya yaḥ

⟨B4⟩ rājñopaskarageheṣu_

sevivarṇṇe ⟨’⟩py atiṣṭhipat· ||

13. Anuṣṭubh

devyāḥ lokeśvara⟨B5⟩syārccāṁ

śuddhāṁ kaṅsamayīm imām·_

yasmai bhūmipater bhaktyā

sabhū[ṣ]āṁ ⟨B6⟩ bhūpatir dadau ||

14. Vasantatilakā

so sthāpayad vipuladhīr avalokiteśa_-

rūpadvayaṁ suvi⟨B7⟩dhinā sahadevirūpaṁ_

prāsādaharmmyanivahe svahr̥dīva divye_

vauddho gra⟨B8⟩dhīś śaraṇagāṣṭabhir atra bhaktyā ||

15. Anuṣṭubh

ṣadvyāmaśeṣasaṁyuktaṁ_

triśatāyāmasaṁ⟨B9⟩yutam·_

trivyāmatriśatārddhāṅka_-

-vistāraṁ yat taṭākakam·||

16. Anuṣṭubh

triṣkāla⟨B10⟩bhūtasatvānāṁ_

hitārtham akarod ayam·_

saṁsthāpitāmarāṇāñ ca

⟨B11⟩ trayāṇāṁ snānakarmmaṇe||

17. Anuṣṭubh

jeṅ qrankṣetraṁ vihārañ ca_

jāva⟨B12⟩rkṣetrañ ca pīdakam·_

pamok·jamvūkṣetram evāpi_

canloṅ·[⏓]⟨B13⟩kṣetram eva ca ||

18. Anuṣṭubh

slākrāṅstukkrā[.](·) caṁpok·dvāyya_

dilok· yaṁ ⟨B14⟩ kṣetram eva ca_

kaṁvaṅ· vavoṅ tu raṅgañ ca_

voḥmankṣetraṁ ta⟨B15⟩thaiva ca||

19. Anuṣṭubh

sabhūmyārāma⟨d⟩āsādi_

deśan devaṁ maharddhikam·_

sa⟨B16⟩ś śrīvīrendravikhyātaḥ_

kontyai sarvvam a⟨d⟩ād imam· || ✤ ||

⟨c1⟩ ⟨Item c: Face⟩ [3+] ⟨c2⟩ si [2+] ⟨c3⟩ [5+] ⟨c4⟩ [5+] ⟨c5⟩ [5+] ⟨c6⟩ tai kandha ⟨c7⟩ tai kaṁvai ⟨c8⟩ si kansat(·) ⟨c9⟩ si narāya ⟨c10⟩ si [2+] ⟨c11⟩ tai [2+] ⟨c12⟩ [3+] ⟨c13⟩ [3+] ⟨c14⟩ [3+] ⟨c15⟩ [3+] ⟨c16⟩ [3+] ⟨c17⟩ [3+] ⟨c18⟩ [3+] ⟨c19⟩ [3+] ⟨c20⟩ tai kanso ⟨c21⟩ tai kan[2+]

⟨d1⟩ ⟨Item d: Face⟩ tai cīn(·) ⟨d2⟩ tai thyak· [1+] ⟨d3⟩ tai [2+] ⟨d4⟩ tai [2+] ⟨d5⟩ si mandira ⟨d6⟩ tai rāga ⟨d7⟩ tai śrādhi ⟨d8⟩ tai kaṁvrau ⟨d9⟩ tai jātivel[ā] ⟨d10⟩ tai chke ⟨d11⟩ tai mālatī ⟨d12⟩ si prāna ⟨d13⟩ tai panlās· ⟨d14⟩ tai kaṁpit· ⟨d15⟩ tai saṁAp· ⟨d16⟩ [1+] magha ⟨d17⟩ tai raṅga ⟨d18⟩ tai kandeṅ· ⟨d19⟩ tai kan·Ā ⟨d20⟩ tai Āja ⟨d21⟩ tai saṁmr̥ddhi ⟨d22⟩ tai kansrāc· ⟨d23⟩ tai chpoṅ· ⟨d24⟩ neḥ paṁre [1+]

⟨e1⟩ ⟨Item e: Base of Face A⟩ [2+] kanmvāy· [2+] ti loṅ ti jvan ta vraḥ || ✤ ||

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Item A: Face⟩ ⟨A1⟩ Āsīc chrīharṣavarmmeti_

bhūpendroddhr̥taśāsanaḥ_

lavdharājyo ⟨A2⟩ dayaś śrīmā_n

yo vedarasamūrttibhiḥ ||

2. Anuṣṭubh

tasya bhr̥tyo ridurvāryyo_

bha ⟨A3⟩ rtr̥bhaktitayā priyaḥ

yaś śrīvīrendravikhyāta_n

nāmāvāpa vibhūtibhiḥ ||

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨A4⟩ svāmibhaktitayā tasmai_

rājāhād bhogasaṁpadam·_

kedārasaṁyutañ caita⟨A5⟩d

vanaṁ vanamṛgāku[lam· ||]

4. Anuṣṭubh

[la](tā)pratānavitataṁ_

kānanaṁ kantakākulam·_

ya⟨A6⟩d vīkṣya saṅgateś ca [⏓]_

vraisaṅkād ity uvāca tat· ||

5. Anuṣṭubh

Utkr̥tya kantakaṁ sarvvaṁ_

vicchi ⟨A7⟩ dyograñ ca kānanam·_

grāma[⏓⏓⏑–]ṅkr̥tya_

tatra so ⟨’⟩tiṣṭhipat ku ⟨A8⟩ lam· ||

6. Anuṣṭubh

vanaṁ puṣyalataṁ prācyāṁ_

[⏓⏓⏓–]ṅ dakṣiṇe vadhiḥ_

paścime ⟨A9⟩ sthalamārggañ ca_

travāṅslvād uttare ⟨’⟩pi ca ||

7. Anuṣṭubh

[⏓]bhāti lok[⏑––] mā

⟨A10⟩ p[ra]nidhaye ca laukikam·_

lokānugraham ālokya_

lokeśarūpa ⟨A11⟩ m ād[–⏓] ||

8. Anuṣṭubh

[Ās]ī[d rājendrava]rmmeti_

rājendrarajanīśvaraḥ_

śrīmān ra⟨A12⟩sartuvasu[bhi]_[r]

[bhūṣitātmīyamaṇda]laḥ ||

9. Anuṣṭubh

(tasyāptabhr̥tyo) matimā_n

bh[a]⟨A13⟩[kt]ibhāgyo t[i]vallabhaḥ_

śrīkavīndrārimathana_n

nāmānvartham avāpa ⟨A14⟩ yaḥ ||

10. Anuṣṭubh

tasya bhāryyāpi yā [ku](ly)[ā]_

kontīnāmnī yaśasvinī_

⟨Item B: Face⟩ ⟨B1⟩ tasyā yo mātulaśśrīv[ī]-

-r[e]ndravikhyātanāmadhṛk· ||

11. Anuṣṭubh

śrīmata⟨B2⟩ś śrīkavīndrāri_-

-mathanākhyasya śaktibhiḥ_

lavdhabho[ga]vibhūtir yo_

rājñaḥ ⟨B3⟩ rājani bhaktitaḥ ||

12. Anuṣṭubh

kontyākhyāṁ bhāgineyīṁ svāṁ_

nr̥patau tāṁ nivedya yaḥ

⟨B4⟩ rājñopaskarageheṣu_

sevivarṇṇe ⟨’⟩py atiṣṭhipat· ||

13. Anuṣṭubh

devyāḥ lokeśvara⟨B5⟩syārccāṁ

śuddhāṁ kaṅsamayīm imām·_

yasmai bhūmipater bhaktyā

sabhū[ṣ]āṁ ⟨B6⟩ bhūpatir dadau ||

14. Vasantatilakā

so sthāpayad vipuladhīr avalokiteśa_-

rūpadvayaṁ suvi⟨B7⟩dhinā sahadevirūpaṁ_

prāsādaharmmyanivahe svahr̥dīva divye_

vauddho gra⟨B8⟩dhīś śaraṇagāṣṭabhir atra bhaktyā ||

15. Anuṣṭubh

ṣadvyāmaśeṣasaṁyuktaṁ_

triśatāyāmasaṁ⟨B9⟩yutam·_

trivyāmatriśatārddhāṅka_-

-vistāraṁ yat taṭākakam·||

16. Anuṣṭubh

triṣkāla⟨B10⟩bhūtasatvānāṁ_

hitārtham akarod ayam·_

saṁsthāpitāmarāṇāñ ca

⟨B11⟩ trayāṇāṁ snānakarmmaṇe||

17. Anuṣṭubh

jeṅ qrankṣetraṁ vihārañ ca_

jāva⟨B12⟩rkṣetrañ ca pīdakam·_

pamok·jamvūkṣetram evāpi_

canloṅ·[⏓]⟨B13⟩kṣetram eva ca ||

18. Anuṣṭubh

slākrāṅstukkrā[.](·) caṁpok·dvāyya_

dilok· yaṁ ⟨B14⟩ kṣetram eva ca_

kaṁvaṅ· vavoṅ tu raṅgañ ca_

voḥmankṣetraṁ ta⟨B15⟩thaiva ca||

19. Anuṣṭubh

sabhūmyārāma¿h?⟨d⟩āsādi_

deśan devaṁ maharddhikam·_

sa⟨B16⟩ś śrīvīrendravikhyātaḥ_

kontyai sarvvam a¿h?⟨d⟩ād imam· || ✤ ||

⟨e1⟩ ⟨Item e: Base of Face A⟩ [2+] kanmvāy· [2+] ti loṅ ti jvan ta vraḥ || ✤ ||

Apparatus

⟨B15⟩ ¿h?⟨d⟩āsādi ⬦ hāsādi GC.

⟨B16⟩ a¿h?⟨d⟩ād ⬦ ahād GC.

Translation into French by Cœdès 1954

Il y eut un [roi] fortuné nommé Śrī Harṣavarman dont les rois élevaient les ordres [sur leurs têtes], et qui commença à régner [en l’année marquée] par les [8] formes, les [6] saveurs et les [3] Vedas.

Son serviteur, incoercible pour les ennemis, cher à son maître à cause de sa dévotion, reçut le nom de Śrī Vīrendravikhyāta avec des honneurs.

Le roi lui donna, en raison de sa dévotion envers son maître, une abondance de biens, avec des champs et cette forêt de pleine gibier.

A yant considéré cette forêt couverte de jeunes pousses de […], pleine d’épines, il la nomma par association d’idées Vrai Saṅkāt.

Ayant arraché toutes les épines et coupé la forêt sauvage, il fonda un village […] et y établit sa famille.

Les limites [du terrain] sont : à l’est la forêt Puṣyalata ("lianes fleuries"), au sud […], à l’ouest le chemin du tertre et au nord Travāṅ Slvāt.

[…] brille […] pour la prière, ayant considéré la prospérité du monde ici-bas, il a […] une image de Lokeśa.

Le roi nommé Śrī Rājendravarman, lune parmi les rois, fortuné, obtint la royauté [en l’année marquée] par les [8] Vasu, les [6] saisons et les [6] saveurs […].

[…] sage, jouissant d’une grande fortune et de la faveur [royale], il reçut le nom approprié de Śrī Kavīndrārimathana.

10.

Sa respectable épouse était nommée Kontī ; de celle-ci l’oncle maternel était le nommé Śrī Vīrendravikhyāta.

11.

Celui-ci, en récompense de sa fidélité, reçut du roi des biens et des honneurs, grâce au crédit du fortuné Śrī Kavīndrārimathana.

12.

Ayant offert au roi sa propre nièce nommée Kontī, il la plaça par ordre du roi dans la caste des serviteurs dans les dépendances du palais.

13.

A cause de sa fidélité envers son souverain, le roi donna à ce [Vīrendravikhyāta] cette pure image en bronze de Lokeśvara et de Devī, avec ses ornements.

14.

[Dans l’année marquée] par 8, les [7] montagnes et les [5] flèches 3, cet éminent bouddhiste, à l’esprit large, érigea pieusement ici, dans ce groupe de prāsāt et de demeures célestes, comme dans son propre cœur, cette double image d’Avalokiteśa et celle de Devī, avec les rites prescrits.

15.

Ce bassin mesurant en longueur plus de trois cent six brasses, et en largeur trois cent trois brasses et demie,

16.

il l’a fait pour le bénéfice des êtres vivants aux trois moments de la journées, et pour les ablutions des trois immortels érigés [par lui].

17.

Le champ et le vihāra de Jeṅ Aran, le champ et le pressoir de Jāvar, le champ de Pamok Jambū, et le champ de Canloṅ,

18.

les champs de Slā Kraṅ, Stuk Krā-, Caṁpok Dvāyy, Dilok, Kaṁvaṁ Vavoṅ, Turaṅga et le champ de Voḥ Man,

19.

la puissante divinité, le pays avec ses terres, ses jardins et ses lieux de plaisir, ce Śrī Vīrendravikhyāta a donné tout cela à Kontī.

⟨c1–d23⟩ (Le texte khmer des petites faces ne donne qu’une liste d’esclaves qui se termine ainsi :)

⟨d24–e1⟩ Voilà les serviteurs […] le neveu [ou la nièce] […] donne à la divinité.

Translation

There was (āsīt) [a king] called (iti) Śrī-Harṣavarman, illustrious (śrīmān), who took up the prosperity of the kingdom (labdharājyodayaḥ) [in the śaka year marked by] bodies [8], tastes [6], Vedas [3].

[There was] servant (bhṛtyaḥ) of his (tasya), invincible to enemies (aridurvāryaḥ), dear (priyaḥ) because of his devotion to his master (bhartṛbhaktitayā), who (yaḥ) received (avāpa) the name (nāma) Vīrendravikhyāta, along with honours (vibhūtibhiḥ).

Because of his devotion to his master (svāmibhaktitayā), the king (rājā) gave (adāt) him (tasmai) a wealth of goods (bhogasampadam), and also (ca) this (etat) forest (vanam), along with a meadow (kedārasaṃyutam), full of forest animals (vanamṛgākulam).

On seeing (vīkṣya) this (yat) forest (kānanam) spread with the tendrils of creepers (latāpratānavitataṃ) and full of thorns (kaṇṭakākulam), and dense with impenetrability (saṅkaṭāḍhyaṃ ca) he called (uvāca) it (tat) Vraisaṅkād.

Extirpating (utkṛtya) all (sarvam) the thorns (kaṇṭakam), he cut down (vicchidya) the fierce (ugram) forest (kānanam), adorned (samalaṅkṛtya) [that place] with a village (grāmeṇa) and he (saḥ) installed (atiṣṭhipat) there (tatra) a temple (kulam).

In the east [the boundary] is the forest Puṣyalata; in the south the limit is […]; and in the west it is the “Land Road”; and in the north it is the “Smooth Tank” (travāṅ slvād).

There was once (āsīt) a moon among great kings (rājendrarajanīśvaraḥ) called (iti) Rājendravar- man, splendid (śrīmān), who ornamented his halo/kingdom (bhūṣitātmīyamaṇḍalaḥ) [in the śaka year marked] by [8] Vasus, [6] seasons, [6] flavours (rasartuvasubhiḥ).

That [Rājendravarman] (tasya) had a trustworthy servant (āptabhṛtyaḥ), intelligent (matimān), whose good fortune was due to his loyalty (bhaktibhāgyaḥ), a chief favourite (ativallabhaḥ), who (yaḥ) received (avāpa) the fitting (anvartam) name (nāma) Śrī Kavīndrārimathana.

10.

And (api) he [had] (tasya) a wife (bhāryā), called Kauntī (kontīnāmnī) of good family (kulyā), famous (yaśasvinī); her (tasyāḥ) maternal uncle (yo mātulaḥ) bore the celebrated name Śrī Vīrendravikhyāta,

11.

who (yaḥ) received privileges and wealth (labdhabhogavibhūtiḥ) from the king (rājñaḥ) because of his devotion (bhaktitaḥ) towards the king (rājani), thanks to the powers (śaktibhiḥ) of the illustrious (śrīmataḥ) personage called Śrī-Kavīndrārimathana.

12.

Śrī-Vīrendravikhyāta (yaḥ) offered (nivedya) his own (svām) sororal niece (bhāgineyīm), namely this same (tām) Kauntī (kontyākhyām), and further (api) installed her (atiṣṭhipat) in [charge of] the group of servants (sevivarṇe) in the storehouses of ornaments (upaskarageheṣu) in accordance with [the order of] the king (rājñā).

13.

Because of his devotion (bhaktyā) to the king (bhūmipateḥ), the king (bhūpatiḥ) gave (dadau) this (imām) pure (śuddhām) brazen (kaṅsamayīm) image (arcām) of the goddess (devyāḥ) [and] of Lokeśvara, along with ornaments (sabhūṣām), to Vīrendravikhyāta (yasmai).

14.

This person of broad/generous mind (saḥ...vipuladhīḥ), a Buddhist (bauddhaḥ) of lofty mind (agradhīḥ), in accordance with the rules (suvidhinā), established (asthāpayat) two images of Avalokiteśa (avalokiteśarūpadvayam), along with an image of the goddess [Prajñāpāramitā] (sahadevirūpam), with devotion (bhaktyā), here in this (atra) heavenly (divye) group of temple-mansions (prāsādaharmyanivahe), just as (iva) [they are installed] in his own heart (svahṛdi) in the [śaka year] 875 (śaranagāṣṭabhiḥ).

15.

This (yat) tank (taṭākakam) of three hundred vyāmas (triśatāyāmasaṃyutam), along with an extra [length consisting] of six vyāmas (ṣaḍvyāmaśeṣasaṃyuktam), having a width of one hundred and fifty three vyāmas (trivyāmatriśatārdhāṅkavistāram) […].

16.

[…]this [Vīrendravikhyāta] made for the merit (hitārtham) of sentient beings living in all three times [of past, present and future] (triṣkālabhūtasatvānām) and (ca) for the ritual of bathing the three (trayāṇām) immortals installed here (saṁsthāpitāmarāṇām).

Commentary

The line e1 is numbered A15 in George Cœdès’ edition.

Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1954, pp. 123–127) with a French translation, re-edited here by Dominic Goodall and Kunthea Chhom from the photo of estampage EFEO n. 1152. This edition and translation of the Sanskrit part is prepared in the context of the ERC DHARMA project during reading sessions in 2025 led by Dominic Goodall and S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma (EFEO), and attended by Kunthea Chhom, Harunaga Isaacson, Judit Törzsök et al.

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[GC] Cœdès, George. 1954. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume VI. Collection de textes et documents sur l'Indochine 3.6. Hanoi, Paris: École française d'Extrême-Orient. Pages 123–127.

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Il y eut un <supplied reason="subaudible">roi</supplied> fortuné nommé Śrī Harṣavarman dont les rois élevaient les ordres <supplied reason="subaudible">sur leurs têtes</supplied>, et qui commença à régner <supplied reason="subaudible">en l'année marquée</supplied> par les <supplied reason="subaudible">8</supplied> formes, les <supplied reason="subaudible">6</supplied> saveurs et les <supplied reason="subaudible">3</supplied> Vedas.

Son serviteur, incoercible pour les ennemis, cher à son maître à cause de sa dévotion, reçut le nom de Śrī Vīrendravikhyāta avec des honneurs.

Le roi lui donna, en raison de sa dévotion envers son maître, une abondance de biens, avec des champs et cette forêt de pleine gibier.

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Ayant arraché toutes les épines et coupé la forêt sauvage, il fonda un village <gap reason="lost"/> et y établit sa famille.

Les limites <supplied reason="subaudible">du terrain</supplied> sont : à l'est la forêt Puṣyalata <supplied reason="explanation">"lianes fleuries"</supplied>, au sud <gap reason="lost"/>, à l'ouest le chemin du tertre et au nord Travāṅ Slvāt.

<gap reason="lost"/> brille <gap reason="lost"/> pour la prière, ayant considéré la prospérité du monde ici-bas, il a <gap reason="lost"/> une image de Lokeśa.

Le roi nommé Śrī Rājendravarman, lune parmi les rois, fortuné, obtint la royauté <supplied reason="subaudible">en l'année marquée</supplied> par les <supplied reason="subaudible">8</supplied> Vasu, les <supplied reason="subaudible">6</supplied> saisons et les <supplied reason="subaudible">6</supplied> saveurs <gap reason="lost"/>.

<gap reason="lost"/> sage, jouissant d'une grande fortune et de la faveur <supplied reason="subaudible">royale</supplied>, il reçut le nom approprié de Śrī Kavīndrārimathana.

Sa respectable épouse était nommée Kontī ; de celle-ci l'oncle maternel était le nommé Śrī Vīrendravikhyāta.

Celui-ci, en récompense de sa fidélité, reçut du roi des biens et des honneurs, grâce au crédit du fortuné Śrī Kavīndrārimathana.

Ayant offert au roi sa propre nièce nommée Kontī, il la plaça par ordre du roi dans la caste des serviteurs dans les dépendances du palais.

A cause de sa fidélité envers son souverain, le roi donna à ce <supplied reason="subaudible">Vīrendravikhyāta</supplied> cette pure image en bronze de Lokeśvara et de Devī, avec ses ornements.

<supplied reason="subaudible">Dans l'année marquée</supplied> par 8, les <supplied reason="subaudible">7</supplied> montagnes et les <supplied reason="subaudible">5</supplied> flèches 3, cet éminent bouddhiste, à l'esprit large, érigea pieusement ici, dans ce groupe de prāsāt et de demeures célestes, comme dans son propre cœur, cette double image d'Avalokiteśa et celle de Devī, avec les rites prescrits.

Ce bassin mesurant en longueur plus de trois cent six brasses, et en largeur trois cent trois brasses et demie,

il l'a fait pour le bénéfice des êtres vivants aux trois moments de la journées, et pour les ablutions des trois immortels érigés <supplied reason="subaudible">par lui</supplied>.

Le champ et le vihāra de Jeṅ Aran, le champ et le pressoir de Jāvar, le champ de Pamok Jambū, et le champ de Canloṅ,

les champs de Slā Kraṅ, Stuk Krā-, Caṁpok Dvāyy, Dilok, Kaṁvaṁ Vavoṅ, Turaṅga et le champ de Voḥ Man,

la puissante divinité, le pays avec ses terres, ses jardins et ses lieux de plaisir, ce Śrī Vīrendravikhyāta a donné tout cela à Kontī.

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Voilà les serviteurs <gap reason="lost"/> le neveu <supplied reason="subaudible">ou la nièce</supplied> <gap reason="lost"/> donne à la divinité.

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There was <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āsīt</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">a king</supplied> called <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iti</foreign></supplied> Śrī-Harṣavarman, illustrious <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>śrīmān</foreign></supplied>, who took up the prosperity of the kingdom <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>labdharājyodayaḥ</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">in the śaka year marked by</supplied> bodies <supplied reason="subaudible">8</supplied>, tastes <supplied reason="subaudible">6</supplied>, Vedas <supplied reason="subaudible">3</supplied>.

<supplied reason="subaudible">There was</supplied> servant <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhṛtyaḥ</foreign></supplied> of his <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tasya</foreign></supplied>, invincible to enemies <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aridurvāryaḥ</foreign></supplied>, dear <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>priyaḥ</foreign></supplied> because of his devotion to his master <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhartṛbhaktitayā</foreign></supplied>, who <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yaḥ</foreign></supplied> received <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>avāpa</foreign></supplied> the name <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nāma</foreign></supplied> Vīrendravikhyāta, along with honours <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vibhūtibhiḥ</foreign></supplied>.

Because of his devotion to his master <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>svāmibhaktitayā</foreign></supplied>, the king <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>rājā</foreign></supplied> gave <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>adāt</foreign></supplied> him <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tasmai</foreign></supplied> a wealth of goods <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhogasampadam</foreign></supplied>, and also <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ca</foreign></supplied> this <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>etat</foreign></supplied> forest <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vanam</foreign></supplied>, along with a meadow <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kedārasaṃyutam</foreign></supplied>, full of forest animals <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vanamṛgākulam</foreign></supplied>.

On seeing <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vīkṣya</foreign></supplied> this <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yat</foreign></supplied> forest <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kānanam</foreign></supplied> spread with the tendrils of creepers <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>latāpratānavitataṃ</foreign></supplied> and full of thorns <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kaṇṭakākulam</foreign></supplied>, and dense with impenetrability <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>saṅkaṭāḍhyaṃ ca</foreign></supplied> he called <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>uvāca</foreign></supplied> it <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tat</foreign></supplied> Vraisaṅkād.

Extirpating <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>utkṛtya</foreign></supplied> all <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>sarvam</foreign></supplied> the thorns <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kaṇṭakam</foreign></supplied>, he cut down <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vicchidya</foreign></supplied> the fierce <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ugram</foreign></supplied> forest <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kānanam</foreign></supplied>, adorned <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>samalaṅkṛtya</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">that place</supplied> with a village <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>grāmeṇa</foreign></supplied> and he <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>saḥ</foreign></supplied> installed <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>atiṣṭhipat</foreign></supplied> there <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tatra</foreign></supplied> a temple <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kulam</foreign></supplied>.

In the east <supplied reason="subaudible">the boundary</supplied> is the forest Puṣyalata; in the south the limit is <gap reason="lost"/>; and in the west it is the “Land Road”; and in the north it is the “Smooth Tank” <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>travāṅ slvād</foreign></supplied>.

There was once <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āsīt</foreign></supplied> a moon among great kings <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>rājendrarajanīśvaraḥ</foreign></supplied> called <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iti</foreign></supplied> Rājendravar- man, splendid <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>śrīmān</foreign></supplied>, who ornamented his halo/kingdom <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhūṣitātmīyamaṇḍalaḥ</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">in the śaka year marked</supplied> by <supplied reason="subaudible">8</supplied> Vasus, <supplied reason="subaudible">6</supplied> seasons, <supplied reason="subaudible">6</supplied> flavours <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>rasartuvasubhiḥ</foreign></supplied>.

That <supplied reason="subaudible">Rājendravarman</supplied> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tasya</foreign></supplied> had a trustworthy servant <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āptabhṛtyaḥ</foreign></supplied>, intelligent <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>matimān</foreign></supplied>, whose good fortune was due to his loyalty <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhaktibhāgyaḥ</foreign></supplied>, a chief favourite <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ativallabhaḥ</foreign></supplied>, who <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yaḥ</foreign></supplied> received <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>avāpa</foreign></supplied> the fitting <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>anvartam</foreign></supplied> name <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nāma</foreign></supplied> Śrī Kavīndrārimathana.

And <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>api</foreign></supplied> he <supplied reason="subaudible">had</supplied> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tasya</foreign></supplied> a wife <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhāryā</foreign></supplied>, called Kauntī <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kontīnāmnī</foreign></supplied> of good family <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kulyā</foreign></supplied>, famous <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yaśasvinī</foreign></supplied>; her <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tasyāḥ</foreign></supplied> maternal uncle <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yo mātulaḥ</foreign></supplied> bore the celebrated name Śrī Vīrendravikhyāta,

who <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yaḥ</foreign></supplied> received privileges and wealth <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>labdhabhogavibhūtiḥ</foreign></supplied> from the king <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>rājñaḥ</foreign></supplied> because of his devotion <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhaktitaḥ</foreign></supplied> towards the king <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>rājani</foreign></supplied>, thanks to the powers <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>śaktibhiḥ</foreign></supplied> of the illustrious <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>śrīmataḥ</foreign></supplied> personage called Śrī-Kavīndrārimathana.

Śrī-Vīrendravikhyāta <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yaḥ</foreign></supplied> offered <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nivedya</foreign></supplied> his own <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>svām</foreign></supplied> sororal niece <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhāgineyīm</foreign></supplied>, namely this same <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tām</foreign></supplied> Kauntī <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kontyākhyām</foreign></supplied>, and further <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>api</foreign></supplied> installed her <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>atiṣṭhipat</foreign></supplied> in <supplied reason="subaudible">charge of</supplied> the group of servants <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>sevivarṇe</foreign></supplied> in the storehouses of ornaments <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>upaskarageheṣu</foreign></supplied> in accordance with <supplied reason="subaudible">the order of</supplied> the king <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>rājñā</foreign></supplied>.

Because of his devotion <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhaktyā</foreign></supplied> to the king <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhūmipateḥ</foreign></supplied>, the king <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhūpatiḥ</foreign></supplied> gave <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>dadau</foreign></supplied> this <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>imām</foreign></supplied> pure <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>śuddhām</foreign></supplied> brazen <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kaṅsamayīm</foreign></supplied> image <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>arcām</foreign></supplied> of the goddess <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>devyāḥ</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">and</supplied> of Lokeśvara, along with ornaments <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>sabhūṣām</foreign></supplied>, to Vīrendravikhyāta <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yasmai</foreign></supplied>.

This person of broad/generous mind <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>saḥ...vipuladhīḥ</foreign></supplied>, a Buddhist <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bauddhaḥ</foreign></supplied> of lofty mind <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>agradhīḥ</foreign></supplied>, in accordance with the rules <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>suvidhinā</foreign></supplied>, established <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>asthāpayat</foreign></supplied> two images of Avalokiteśa <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>avalokiteśarūpadvayam</foreign></supplied>, along with an image of the goddess <supplied reason="subaudible">Prajñāpāramitā</supplied> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>sahadevirūpam</foreign></supplied>, with devotion <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhaktyā</foreign></supplied>, here in this <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>atra</foreign></supplied> heavenly <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>divye</foreign></supplied> group of temple-mansions <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>prāsādaharmyanivahe</foreign></supplied>, just as <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iva</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">they are installed</supplied> in his own heart <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>svahṛdi</foreign></supplied> in the <supplied reason="subaudible">śaka year</supplied> 875 <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>śaranagāṣṭabhiḥ</foreign></supplied>.

This <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yat</foreign></supplied> tank <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>taṭākakam</foreign></supplied> of three hundred vyāmas <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>triśatāyāmasaṃyutam</foreign></supplied>, along with an extra <supplied reason="subaudible">length consisting</supplied> of six <foreign>vyāma</foreign>s <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ṣaḍvyāmaśeṣasaṃyuktam</foreign></supplied>, having a width of one hundred and fifty three vyāmas <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>trivyāmatriśatārdhāṅkavistāram</foreign></supplied> <gap reason="lost"/>.

<gap reason="lost"/>this <supplied reason="subaudible">Vīrendravikhyāta</supplied> made for the merit <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>hitārtham</foreign></supplied> of sentient beings living in all three times <supplied reason="subaudible">of past, present and future</supplied> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>triṣkālabhūtasatvānām</foreign></supplied> and <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ca</foreign></supplied> for the ritual of bathing the three <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>trayāṇām</foreign></supplied> immortals installed here <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>saṁsthāpitāmarāṇām</foreign></supplied>.

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The line e1 is numbered A15 in George Cœdès' edition.

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Edited by George Cœdès (<bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Coedes1954_02"/><citedRange unit="page">123-127</citedRange></bibl>) with a French translation, re-edited here by Dominic Goodall and Kunthea Chhom from the photo of estampage EFEO n. 1152. This edition and translation of the Sanskrit part is prepared in the context of the ERC DHARMA project during reading sessions in 2025 led by Dominic Goodall and S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma (EFEO), and attended by Kunthea Chhom, Harunaga Isaacson, Judit Törzsök et al.

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