North doorjamb of Eastern gate of Phnom Sandak gopura inscription (K. 195)

Author of digital edition: Chloé Chollet (chch).

Palaeographic description: Five texts are engraved on the doorjamb, divided into three distinct parts. The writing of the first two is very different, but that of the last one - which includes three texts in Old Khmer - seems to be of the same hand.

Languages: English (eng) [Latin (latin)], Old Khmer (okz) [Khmer (khmer)], Sanskrit (san) [Khmer (khmer)].

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00195.

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00195.xml.

Version: 2026-05-13 16:01 (7eb3294), last modified 2026-05-06 08:39 (94c7011).

Edition

Zone A

⟨1⟩ ⭘ pandval(·) śivāspada man· steṅi somapāli jā guru santāna khlvan dai pi kuṭi caṁnāṁ steṅi so-
⟨2⟩ mapāli śūnya dau hoṅ pi khlvan dai gi ta thve taṁgal viṅ pi paripālana pre Āya-
⟨3⟩ tta siddhi ⊔ jā nai dai le⊔ṅ· Ā⊔c ti santāna paripālana caṁnyara leṅ kampi śūnya ⫽
⟨4⟩ 963 śaka gi nu vraḥ pāda kamrateṅa kaṁtvan· Añ· śrī sūryyavarmmadeva
⟨5⟩ Uccāraṇa vraḥ śāsana ta roḥ neḥ pi pre ⊔ pandval ta vraḥ ⊔ kamrateṅ(·) A-
⟨6⟩ ñ· śivāspada pi pre cār· ⫽

Zone B

⟨7⟩ (*) ramya-grāma-kulāmvarendur akalaṅkaś śaṅkarākhyo vaśī śrīmān śrī-jayavarmma-deva-sacivo yaś cāmarotkṣepa-kr̥t·
⟨8⟩ tannaptā śruta-pāragaś śruta-tapāś śrī-sūryyavarmmārccitaś śrī-yogīndrakavis suro ’rccita-guruḥ prādād idaṁ śambhave
⟨9⟩ śrī-sūryyavarmma-nr̥patīndra-purohito yo yogīndra-paṇḍita Iti śruta-pāracāri
⟨10⟩ vaṅśāmvare dina-karo muni-vāna-randhrair vvāgmī śive śiva-pure dita hema-dolām·

Zone C

⟨11⟩ ⭘ pandval ta qnak ta khloñ ni Āya śivapūra dandena nu vraḥ sabhā tapassvi śivasthāna thvāy saṁnvata
⟨12⟩ mana thve Āśrama pi duka caṁnāṁ ta kamrateṅ· jagata vraḥ caru liḥ I pratidina
⟨13⟩ saṅkrānta je I Akṣaṭa liḥ I qvāra II lāja liḥ I qvār· II ti thvāya śukr̥taphala neḥ
⟨14⟩ ta Aña• ri khñuṁ kamrateṅ· jagata mana tapassvi śivasthāna duñ(·) nu dravya
⟨15⟩ mana Aña ⊔ prasāda ti duk ta Āśrama vvaṁ Āc ti māna nāka yoka ri bhūmi
⟨16⟩ kamrateṅa jagata mana teṁ caṁgā Oya dakṣiṇā tapasvi śivasthāna phleya
⟨17⟩ thve pada saṅa śleṣa prāya⊔ścitta nā kamrateṅa jaga(tt)
⟨18⟩ pi vatt ti kalpanā ta Āśrama noḥ nau ru qnak ta Addhyāpaka
⟨19⟩ leṅa Āyātta Āśrama noḥ nu caṁnāṁ kalpanā noḥ vvaṁ Āc ti pādamūla
⟨20⟩ nu qnak ta khloñ ni Āyattva caṁnāṁ kalpanā noḥ nu khñuṁ
⟨21⟩ pādamula nu qnak ta khloñ ni pradvann dau vnek ni pi vvaṁ thve roḥh
⟨22⟩ vraḥ karuṇā neḥ nirṇaya toy Uttamasāha doṅ rāja-
⟨23⟩ bhayasaptaka lvoḥ ta candīśvarayātanā nu santāna
⟨24⟩ phoṅ sahasra kaṁnet
⟨25⟩ (*) 970 śaka nu vraḥ pāda kamrateṅ kaṁtvan Añ śrīsūryyavarmmadeva pre [pandval] vraḥ
⟨26⟩ Ālakṣaṇa ta vraḥ kamrateṅ Añ tapassvi śivasthāna ti pre cār
⟨27⟩ 971 śaka nu vraḥ kamrateṅ Añ tapassvi śivasthāna [**] Āśrama nā kamra-
⟨28⟩ teṅ jagat śivapura danden khñuṁ Āśrama si kaṁvās tai khd[*] tai ka[*] tai ka[*]
⟨29⟩ [*] tai kañcok [***] prāk ti [****] travāṅ neḥ [*****]
⟨30⟩ [*] svok I kadāha I […]

Zone A

⟨1⟩ ⭘ pandval(·) śivāspada man· steṅi somapāli jā guru santāna khlvan dai pi kuṭi caṁnāṁ steṅi so⟨2⟩mapāli śūnya dau hoṅ pi khlvan dai gi ta thve taṁgal viṅ pi paripālana pre Āya⟨3⟩tta siddhi ⊔ jā nai dai le⊔ṅ· Ā⊔c ti santāna paripālana caṁnyara leṅ kampi śūnya ⫽ ⟨4⟩ 963 śaka gi nu vraḥ pāda kamrateṅa kaṁtvan· Añ· śrī sūryyavarmmadeva ⟨5⟩ Uccāraṇa vraḥ śāsana ta roḥ neḥ pi pre ⊔ pandval ta vraḥ ⊔ kamrateṅ(·) A⟨6⟩ñ· śivāspada pi pre cār· ⫽

Zone B

1. Śārdulavikrīḍita

⟨7⟩ (*) ramya-grāma-kulāmvarendur akalaṅkaś śaṅkarākhyo vaśī

śrīmān śrī-jayavarmma-deva-sacivo yaś cāmarotkṣepa-kr̥t·

⟨8⟩ tannaptā śruta-pāragaś śruta-tapāś śrī-sūryyavarmmārccitaś

śrī-yogīndrakavis suro ’rccita-guruḥ prādād idaṁ śambhave

2. Vasantatilaka

⟨9⟩ śrī-sūryyavarmma-nr̥patīndra-purohito yo

yogīndra-paṇḍita Iti śruta-pāracāri

⟨10⟩ vaṅśāmvare dina-karo muni-vāna-randhrair

vvāgmī śive śiva-pure dita hema-dolām·

Zone C

⟨11⟩ ⭘ pandval ta qnak ta khloñ ni Āya śivapūra dandena nu vraḥ sabhā tapassvi śivasthāna thvāy saṁnvata ⟨12⟩ mana thve Āśrama pi duka caṁnāṁ ta kamrateṅ· jagata vraḥ caru liḥ I pratidina ⟨13⟩ saṅkrānta je I Akṣaṭa liḥ I qvāra II lāja liḥ I qvār· II ti thvāya śukr̥taphala neḥ ⟨14⟩ ta Aña• ri khñuṁ kamrateṅ· jagata mana tapassvi śivasthāna duñ(·) nu dravya ⟨15⟩ mana Aña ⊔ prasāda ti duk ta Āśrama vvaṁ Āc ti māna nāka yoka ri bhūmi ⟨16⟩ kamrateṅa jagata mana teṁ caṁgā Oya dakṣiṇā tapasvi śivasthāna phleya ⟨17⟩ thve pada saṅa śleṣa prāya⊔ścitta nā kamrateṅa jaga(tt) ⟨18⟩ pi vatt ti kalpanā ta Āśrama noḥ nau ru qnak ta Addhyāpaka ⟨19⟩ leṅa Āyātta Āśrama noḥ nu caṁnāṁ kalpanā noḥ vvaṁ Āc ti pādamūla ⟨20⟩ nu qnak ta khloñ ni Āyattva caṁnāṁ kalpanā noḥ nu khñuṁ ⟨21⟩ pādamula nu qnak ta khloñ ni pradvann dau vnek ni pi vvaṁ thve roḥh ⟨22⟩ vraḥ karuṇā neḥ nirṇaya toy Uttamasāha doṅ rāja⟨23⟩bhayasaptaka lvoḥ ta candīśvarayātanā nu santāna ⟨24⟩ phoṅ sahasra kaṁnet ⟨25⟩ (*) 970 śaka nu vraḥ pāda kamrateṅ kaṁtvan Añ śrīsūryyavarmmadeva pre [pandval] vraḥ ⟨26⟩ Ālakṣaṇa ta vraḥ kamrateṅ Añ tapassvi śivasthāna ti pre cār ⟨27⟩ 971 śaka nu vraḥ kamrateṅ Añ tapassvi śivasthāna [2+] Āśrama nā kamra⟨28⟩teṅ jagat śivapura danden khñuṁ Āśrama si kaṁvās tai khd[1+] tai ka[1+] tai ka[1+] ⟨29⟩ [1+] tai kañcok [3+] prāk ti [4+] travāṅ neḥ [5+] ⟨30⟩ [1+] svok I kadāha I […]

Zone A

Zone B

1. Śārdulavikrīḍita

⟨7⟩ (*) ramya-grāma-kulāmvarendur akalaṅkaś śaṅkarākhyo vaśī

śrīmān śrī-jayavarmma-deva-sacivo yaś cāmarotkṣepa-kr̥t·

⟨8⟩ tannaptā śruta-pāragaś śruta-tapāś śrī-sūryyavarmmārccitaś

śrī-yogīndrakavis suro ’rccita-guruḥ prādād idaṁ śambhave

2. Vasantatilaka

⟨9⟩ śrī-sūryyavarmma-nr̥patīndra-purohito yo

yogīndra-paṇḍita Iti śruta-pāracāri

⟨10⟩ vaṅśāmvare dina-karo muni-vāna-randhrair

vvāgmī śive śiva-pure dita hema-dolām·

Zone C

Apparatus

⟨16⟩ dakṣiṇā ⬦ dakṣina GC.

Translation into French by Cœdès 1937–1966

⟨1–3⟩ Je fais savoir à Śivāspada que steṅ Somapāli est le maître spirituel d’une autre lignée que la sienne. La cellule attribuée à steṅ Somapāli venant à disparaître, c’est un membre d’une autre ⟨lignée que la sienne⟩ qui l’érige à nouveau, la conserve ; il est ordonné que la compétence et autorité exclusive appartiennent à une autre ⟨lignée⟩ pour la conserver à perpétuité, qu’elle ne disparaisse pas !

Du nommé Śaṅkara, lune sans tâche dans le ciel de la famille de Ramyagrāma, sage aux sens apaisés, fortuné, conseiller du roi Śrī Jayavarman (V) et porteur de chasse-mouches, le petit-fils Śrī Yogīndrakavi, versé dans la science révélée, renommé pour son ascétisme, honoré par Śrī Sūryavarman (Ier), savant, maître vénéré, a donné ceci à Śambhu.

Le purohita du roi Śrī Sūryavarman, nommé Yogīndrapaṇḍita, versé dans la science révélée, soleil dans le ciel de sa famille, éloquent, a donné un palanquin d’or à Śiva dans Śivapura, ⟨dans l’année marquée⟩ par les (9) ouvertures, les (5) flèches et les (3) muni.

⟨11–13⟩ Je fais savoir à celui qui est chef (khlon) de Śivapura Danden que l’assemblée des ascètes de Śivasthana m’a adressé une requête, (m’informant) qu’ils ont fait un aśrama, et qu’ils assurent au dieu une fourniture de 1 li

Bibliography

First edited by George Coedès (1937–1966, vol. 6, pp. 247–250) with a French translation.

Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937–1966. Inscriptions du Cambodge I-VIII. Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi; Paris: Imprimerie d’Extrême-Orient. Volume 6, pages 247–250.

Display Options Word Wrap Line Numbers Comments Processing Instructions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_Schema.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_SQF.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<title>North doorjamb of Eastern gate of Phnom Sandak gopura inscription (K. 195)</title>

<resp>author of digital edition</resp>

<forename>Chloé</forename>

<surname>Chollet</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

</titleStmt>

<authority>DHARMA</authority>

<pubPlace>Paris</pubPlace>

<idno type="filename">DHARMA_INSCIK00195</idno>

<p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported

Licence. To view a copy of the licence, visit

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to

Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View,

California, 94041, USA.</p>

</licence>

</availability>

</publicationStmt>

<repository>DHARMAbase</repository>

</msIdentifier>

</msContents>

<p>Five texts are engraved on the doorjamb, divided into three distinct parts. The writing of the first two is very different, but that of the last one - which includes three texts in Old Khmer - seems to be of the same hand.</p>

</handDesc>

</physDesc>

</msDesc>

</sourceDesc>

</fileDesc>

<p>The project DHARMA has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no 809994).</p>

</projectDesc>

<p>Public URIs with the prefix bib to point to a Zotero Group Library named ERC-DHARMA whose data are open to the public.</p>

</prefixDef>

<p>Internal URIs using the part prefix to point to person elements in the <ref>DHARMA_IdListMembers_V01.xml</ref> file.</p>

</prefixDef>

</listPrefixDef>

</encodingDesc>

<change who="part:chch" when="2026-05-05" status="draft">Added corrections</change>

<change who="part:chch" when="2021-04-14">Initial encoding of the text</change>

</revisionDesc>

</teiHeader>

<body>

<p>

<lb n="1"/><g ref="sym:circle-horned" type="punctuation">.</g> pandval<unclear>·</unclear> śivāspada man· steṅi somapāli jā guru santāna khlvan dai pi kuṭi caṁnāṁ steṅi so<lb n="2" break="no"/>mapāli śūnya dau hoṅ pi khlvan dai gi ta thve taṁgal viṅ pi paripālana pre Āya<lb n="3" break="no"/>tta siddhi <space type="descender"/> jā nai dai le<space type="descender"/>ṅ· Ā<space type="descender"/>c ti santāna paripālana caṁnyara leṅ kampi śūnya <g ref="sym:doubleBar-ornate" type="punctuation">.</g>

<lb n="4"/><num value="963">963</num> śaka gi nu vraḥ pāda kamrateṅa kaṁtvan· Añ· śrī sūryyavarmmadeva

<lb n="5"/>Uccāraṇa vraḥ śāsana ta roḥ neḥ pi pre <space type="descender"/> pandval ta vraḥ <space type="descender"/> kamrateṅ<unclear>·</unclear> A<lb n="6" break="no"/> ñ· śivāspada pi pre cār· <g ref="sym:doubleBar-ornate" type="punctuation">.</g>

</p>

</div>

<l n="a"><lb n="7"/><unclear><g ref="sym:unclassified" type="symbol">*</g></unclear> ramya-grāma-kulāmvarendur akalaṅkaś śaṅkarākhyo vaśī</l>

<l n="b">śrīmān śrī-jayavarmma-deva-sacivo yaś cāmarotkṣepa-kr̥t·</l>

<l n="c"><lb n="8"/>tannaptā śruta-pāragaś śruta-tapāś śrī-sūryyavarmmārccitaś</l>

<l n="d">śrī-yogīndrakavis suro 'rccita-guruḥ prādād idaṁ śambhave</l>

</lg>

<l n="a"><lb n="9"/>śrī-sūryyavarmma-nr̥patīndra-purohito yo</l>

<l n="b">yogīndra-paṇḍita Iti śruta-pāracāri</l>

<l n="c"><lb n="10"/>vaṅśāmvare dina-karo muni-vāna-randhrair</l>

<l n="d">vvāgmī śive śiva-pure dita hema-dolām·</l>

</lg>

</div>

<p><lb n="11"/><g ref="sym:circle-horned" type="punctuation">.</g> pandval ta qnak ta khloñ ni Āya śivapūra dandena nu vraḥ sabhā tapassvi śivasthāna thvāy saṁnvata

<lb n="12"/>mana thve Āśrama pi duka caṁnāṁ ta kamrateṅ· jagata vraḥ caru liḥ <num value="1"><g type="numeral">I</g></num> pratidina

<lb n="13"/>saṅkrānta je <num value="1"><g type="numeral">I</g></num> Akṣaṭa liḥ <num value="1"><g type="numeral">I</g></num> qvāra <num value="2"><g type="numeral">II</g></num> lāja liḥ <num value="1"><g type="numeral">I</g></num> qvār· <num value="2"><g type="numeral">II</g></num> ti thvāya śukr̥taphala neḥ

<lb n="14"/>ta Aña<g ref="sym:bullet-middle" type="punctuation">.</g> ri khñuṁ kamrateṅ· jagata mana tapassvi śivasthāna duñ<unclear>·</unclear> nu dravya

<lb n="15"/>mana Aña <space type="descender"/> prasāda ti duk ta Āśrama vvaṁ Āc ti māna nāka yoka ri bhūmi

<lb n="16"/>kamrateṅa jagata mana teṁ caṁgā Oya dakṣiṇā tapasvi śivasthāna phleya

<lb n="17"/>thve pada saṅa śleṣa prāya<space type="descender"/>ścitta nā kamrateṅa jaga<unclear>tt</unclear>

<lb n="18"/>pi vatt ti kalpanā ta Āśrama noḥ nau ru qnak ta Addhyāpaka

<lb n="19"/>leṅa Āyātta Āśrama noḥ nu caṁnāṁ kalpanā noḥ vvaṁ Āc ti pādamūla

<lb n="20"/>nu qnak ta khloñ ni Āyattva caṁnāṁ kalpanā noḥ nu khñuṁ

<lb n="21"/>pādamula nu qnak ta khloñ ni pradvann dau vnek ni pi vvaṁ thve roḥh

<lb n="22"/>vraḥ karuṇā neḥ nirṇaya toy Uttamasāha doṅ rāja<lb n="23" break="no"/>bhayasaptaka lvoḥ ta candīśvarayātanā nu santāna

<lb n="24"/>phoṅ sahasra kaṁnet

<lb n="25"/><unclear><g ref="sym:unclassified" type="symbol">*</g></unclear> <num value="970">970</num> śaka nu vraḥ pāda kamrateṅ kaṁtvan Añ śrīsūryyavarmmadeva pre [pandval] vraḥ

<lb n="26"/>Ālakṣaṇa ta vraḥ kamrateṅ Añ tapassvi śivasthāna ti pre cār

<lb n="27"/><num value="971">971</num> śaka nu vraḥ kamrateṅ Añ tapassvi śivasthāna <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> Āśrama nā kamra<lb n="28" break="no"/>teṅ jagat śivapura danden khñuṁ Āśrama si kaṁvās tai khd<gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> tai ka<gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> tai ka<gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/>

<lb n="29"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> tai kañcok <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> prāk ti <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> travāṅ neḥ <gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/>

<lb n="30"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> svok <num value="1"><g type="numeral">I</g></num> kadāha <num value="1"><g type="numeral">I</g></num> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown"/></p>

</div>

<lem>dakṣiṇā</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Coedes1937-1966_01">dakṣina</rdg>

</app>

</listApp>

</div>

<p n="1-3">Je fais savoir à <persName>Śivāspada</persName> que <foreign>steṅ</foreign> Somapāli est le maître spirituel d'une autre lignée que la sienne. La cellule attribuée à <foreign>steṅ</foreign> Somapāli venant à disparaître, c'est un membre d'une autre <supplied reason="subaudible">lignée que la sienne</supplied> qui l'érige à nouveau, la conserve ; il est ordonné que la compétence et autorité exclusive appartiennent à une autre <supplied reason="subaudible">lignée</supplied> pour la conserver à perpétuité, qu'elle ne disparaisse pas !</p>

<p rend="stanza" n="1">Du nommé <persName>Śaṅkara</persName>, lune sans tâche dans le ciel de la famille de Ramyagrāma, sage aux sens apaisés, fortuné, conseiller du roi Śrī Jayavarman (V) et porteur de chasse-mouches, le petit-fils Śrī Yogīndrakavi, versé dans la science révélée, renommé pour son ascétisme, honoré par Śrī Sūryavarman (Ier), savant, maître vénéré, a donné ceci à Śambhu.</p>

<p rend="stanza" n="2">Le <foreign>purohita</foreign> du roi Śrī Sūryavarman, nommé Yogīndrapaṇḍita, versé dans la science révélée, soleil dans le ciel de sa famille, éloquent, a donné un palanquin d'or à Śiva dans Śivapura, <supplied reason="subaudible">dans l'année marquée</supplied> par les (9) ouvertures, les (5) flèches et les (3) <foreign>muni</foreign>.</p>

<p n="11-13">Je fais savoir à celui qui est chef (khlon) de Śivapura Danden que l'assemblée des ascètes de Śivasthana m'a adressé une

requête, (m'informant) qu'ils ont fait un <foreign>aśrama</foreign>, et qu'ils assurent au dieu une fourniture de 1 li</p>

</div>

</div>

<p>First edited by George Coedès (<bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Coedes1937-1966_01"/><citedRange unit="volume">6</citedRange><citedRange unit="page">247-250</citedRange></bibl>) with a French translation.</p>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

</div>

</body>

</text>

</TEI>