Third inscription on the southern doorjamb of Vat Khnat (K. 259-3), 8th century CE
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⟨7⟩ loḥ ta gi rājya vra[ḥ kamratāṅ Añ] śrī jayadevī [**] [Ā]jñā vraḥ kamra[tāṅ Añ śrī] jaya[devī]
⟨8⟩ Oy dāna ta vraḥ kamrat[āṅ Añ śrī lo]kanātha [****] śreṣṭhi ta Oy [******] vra[ḥ ka]-
⟨9⟩ mratāṅ Añ śrī jayadevī [****] vraḥ kamratāṅ Añ śrī lokanā[tha] ge ta cap gi [ge ta]
⟨10⟩ sak gi ge ta soṁ gi sot ge ta pre roḥ gi neḥ bhūmidā ta nai vraḥ [kamra]tāṅ Añ [**]
⟨11⟩ pdai karoṁ ta Ai ta vraḥ roḥ (ś)āpa ge tlas ti [***] pdai karoṁ phoṅ vraḥ go ta [***] lāñ [**]
⟨12⟩ yānahastinī doṅ yānahastinī dradiḥ ta sā[.]i[****] I [.]ār vinayahe [**]
⟨13⟩ vo[ṁ] jā Anak hau prativeśa ta gi voṁ jā Anak cap dai ta gi [*****] kñuṁ tmur krapi rdde[ḥ] [**]
⟨14⟩ ta gi dai ge ta tve talaṅ ta gi ge tve yatheṣṭa ta gi ge ta dār dranap gho [******]
⟨15⟩ roḥ gi ne[ḥ] Aṁnoy [**] ta roḥh neḥh ge cer Ājñā vraḥ kamratāṅ Añ brāhmaṇa [**]
⟨16⟩ deśa nirvvāsa panloñ po tal paṅ tiṅ hema tul I Anak sāmānyajana ge daṇḍya ||
Translation into French by Cœdès 1964
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⟨7–12⟩ Au règne de V. K. A. Śrī Jayadevī […] il y eut un ordre de V. K. A. Śrī Jayadevī de donner à V. K. A. Śrī Lokanātha […] śreṣṭhin qui donne […] V. K. A. Śrī Jayadevī […] V. K. A. Śrī Lokanātha. Ceux qui saisissent, ceux qui dérobent, ceux qui demandent, ceux qui utilisent cette donation de terrain appartenant à V. K. A. (suit un passage très ruiné jusqu’à la l. 26).
⟨13–16⟩ Que les gens n’appellent pas les voisins, que les gens ne saisissent pas […] esclaves, bœufs, buffles, véhicules […] ailleurs, ceux qui font […], ceux qui font suivant leur bon plaisir, ceux qui réclament, empêchent […] tous ces dons […] ceux qui transgressent l’ordre de V. K. A. : les brâhmanes seront bannis du pays., les […] 3, lui d’or, les gens du commun seront châtiés.
Bibliography
Edited by George Cœdès (1964, pp. 53, 56) with a French translation.
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. Pages 53, 56.
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<p>The line numbering is different from that of Cœdès, which continues from the first two inscriptions on the same doorjamb, i.e. <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIK00259-1.xml">K. 259-1</ref> and <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIK00259-2.xml">K. 259-2</ref>.</p>
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The line numbering is different from that of Cœdès, which continues from the first two inscriptions on the same doorjamb, i.e. K. 259-1 and K. 259-2.