K. 183-30. Northern side of pillar 3 of northern portico of west gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom (kuch).

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

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

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-30.

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-30.xml.

Version: 2026-05-13 16:01 (7eb3294), last modified 2026-05-11 15:14 (0d7aa3c).

Edition

⟨1⟩ […]
⟨2⟩ […]
⟨3⟩ […] kh[ñ]uṁ gho […] vraḥ
⟨4⟩ […] gh[o] kaṁbhū gho pa[n]dan(·) gh[o] śakti[bhā]-
⟨5⟩ va gho vrahma gho […] (g)vāl·
⟨6⟩ […]la [***] gvāl· […] gvāl· (k)aṁ(pa)-
⟨7⟩ ñ· gvāl· Ā(jya) gvāl· […] pau
⟨8⟩ 2 tai pandan(·) tai […]
⟨9⟩ tai vraḥ (ni)śīya tai […] [ga]-
⟨10⟩ ndha tai kaṁvau tai […]
⟨11⟩ […] (t)ai pau 1 lap· […]
⟨12⟩ […] [pi]nda gho 10 3 (g)vāl· […]
⟨13⟩ […] (la)p· 1 tai rat· 2 si pau
⟨14⟩ 2 tai pau 1 phsaṁ 30 10 6 ⦿ sruk(·)
⟨15⟩ (kaṁ)pāy· si thkan· gho khmau gho v[raḥ]
⟨16⟩ gho thleṁ gho kanran· gvāl· kañja[ṅ·]
⟨17⟩ tai kaṁpit· tai kandeṅ· tai phnos·
⟨18⟩ tai cancān· tai kan·Ak· tai thgan· si (ra)-
⟨19⟩ t· 2 tai j(v)i(k·) si rat· (1) lap· […]
⟨20⟩ […] 2 pinda gho (5) [gvā]l· 1 tai 7
⟨21⟩ [la]p· […]
⟨22⟩ (1) ◦ sruk(·) pa[…] gho
⟨23⟩ kaṁpit· [gh]o […]
⟨24⟩ […]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ […] vraḥ ⬦ […] (tai) va(nde) CJ.

⟨4⟩ gho pa[n]dan(·) ⬦ (tai pandan) CJ. — ⟨4⟩ śakti[bhā] ⬦ śi(sa) CJ.

⟨5⟩ va ⬦ gra CJ. — ⟨5⟩ gho […] (g)vāl· ⬦ tai (vrā)[2+] (gvā)l CJ.

⟨6⟩ […]la ⬦ (gvāl) CJ. — ⟨6⟩ [3+] ⬦ (saṅ)kā CJ. — ⟨6⟩ (k)aṁ(pa) ⬦ saṁ(A) KC; kaṁ (Ana) CJ.

⟨7⟩ ñ· ⬦ p KC; ñ CJ.

⟨9⟩ (ni)śīya ⬦ nidhiya CJ.

⟨10⟩ kaṁvau ⬦ kaṁ vai CJ. — ⟨10⟩ tai […] ⬦ tai dhīn[.]iya […] CJ.

⟨11⟩ lap· […] ⬦ lap kaṁ (v)ai CJ.

⟨12⟩ 10 3 ⬦ 10 2 CJ.

⟨15⟩ v[raḥ] ⬦ (śri) CJ.

⟨16⟩ kanran· ⬦ kanraṅ CJ. — ⟨16⟩ kañja[ṅ·] ⬦ kañja CJ.

⟨18⟩ cancān· ⬦ candān CJ. — ⟨18⟩ thgan· ⬦ thgun CJ.

⟨19⟩ […] ⬦ (si po) 3 CJ.

⟨20⟩ (5) ⬦ (4) CJ.

⟨21⟩ [la]p· […] ⬦ [2+] (si rat)(3) [si po 3 tai po 2] […] [phsaṁ] CJ.

⟨22⟩ (1) ⭘ ⬦ (20) ⭘ CJ.

⟨24⟩ […] ⬦ (gan)[.](oṅ gho) […] CJ.

Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–14⟩ (Ruined). ⟨Gho⟩ Khñurṁ, Gho […], ⟨Gho⟩ Vraḥ […], Gho Kaṁbhū, Gho Pandan, Gho Śaktibhāva, Gho Vrahma, Gho […], Gvāl […], Gvāl […], Gvāl Saṁ-ap, Gvāl Ājya, Gvāl […] with two babies, Tai Pandan, Tai […], Tai Vraḥ Niśīya, Tai […], ⟨Tai⟩ Gandha, Tai Kaṁvau, Tai […] with a baby, Lap […]. Total: thirteen male slaves (gho), […] animal keepers (gvāl), […] a male slave (lap), two boys (tai rat), two baby boys (si pau), a baby girl (tai pau); grand total 36.

⟨14–22⟩ Village of Kaṁpāy: Si Thkan, Gho Khmau, Gho Vraḥ, Gho Thleṁ, Gho Kanran, Gvāl Kañjaṅ, Tai Kaṁpit, Tai Kandeṅ, Tai Phnos, Tai Cancān, Tai Kan-ak, Tai Thgan with two sons (si rat), Tai Jvik with a boy (si rat), Lap […] with two ⟨children⟩; total: 5 male slaves (gho), an animal keeper (gvāl), seven female slaves (tai), […] male slaves (lap) […].

⟨22–24⟩ Village of […], Gho Kaṁpit, Gho […], (Ruined).

Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 195–196) with English translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation (2014, p. 218). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al. (nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO estampage n. 832-N.

Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest: Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 195–196.

[CJ] Jacques, Claude. 2014. Koh Ker: Temples et inscriptions, avec une étude sur le roi Jayavarman IV et un essai sur l’“esclavage” dans l’ancien pays khmer. Budapest: The Hungarian Southeast Asian Institute. Page 218.

Secondary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I. Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi: École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 52–54.

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