Fourth inscription on the southern doorjamb of Vat Khnat (K. 259-4), 8th century CE
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⟨1⟩ śrīlokanātho jayati_ śrīpatir bhūmibhartr̥tā_ dhāraṇoddharaṇakrānti_-pramukhair yasya he[⏑⏓]
⟨2⟩ rājā śrījayavarmmākhyo_ vikhyātavibhavo ⟨’⟩bhavat_ saṁpūrṇṇo ⟨’⟩pi [––] yasya_ vaiśvānaravinārṇṇa[vaḥ]
⟨3⟩ padmālayeva jaladhe_r ddivyair devīguṇair yyutā_ devī [ś]rī[jayad]evīti_ yasyāsau prathi[tā bhuvi]
⟨4⟩ gurur giriśabhaktasya_ prakhyā[ta]guṇasaṁpadaḥ_ śrīnr̥pāditya[sya] nr̥pa[sya]_ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑] yaḥ || tena rāj[ñ]ā[⏑––⏓]_
⟨5⟩ vaṇijām adhipaḥ kr̥taḥ_ ta[–] hi [⏓⏑] yo devyā_ taj[.]āma[⏓⏑–⏑⏓] mahāśreṣṭhi[⏑––⏓]_
⟨6⟩ guṇasa[ṁ]padananudhataḥ_ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]_ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓] yaṁ devyātaṁ [⏑––⏓]_
⟨7⟩ śraddadhānaya[–⏑⏓]_ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]_ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓] ye pāla[⏓⏑––⏓]_
⟨8⟩ Iha te [⏓⏑–⏑⏓]_ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑––⏓]_ [⏓⏓⏓⏓⏑–⏑⏓]
Translation into French by Cœdès 1964
1.
Victoire à Śrī Lokanātha, époux de Śrī, dont la souveraineté sur la terre est […] par ceux qui marchent en tête, en vue de la délivrance de l’obstruction.
2.
Le roi nommé Śrī Jayavarman, dont la puissance était notoire, bien qu’il fût l’empli […] fut comme l’océan […].
3.
Sa fille (devī), douée des vertus divines de Devī, comme Padmālaya (fille) de l’Océan, fut connue sur terre sous le nom de Śrī Jayadevī.
4.
Le maître du roi Nr̥pāditya dévoué à Giriśa et possédant en abondance des vertus reconnues […].
5.
Nommé chef des marchands par ce roi […] par la reine […].
6.
Ce grand śreṣṭhin, doué d’une abondance de vertus inégalée […].
7.
[…]
8.
[…]
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 three inscriptions, i.e. <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIK00259-1.xml">K. 259-1</ref>, <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIK00259-2.xml">K. 259-2</ref> and <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIK00259-3.xml">K. 259-3</ref>.</p>
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Commentary
The line numbering is different from that of Cœdès, which continues from the first three inscriptions, i.e. K. 259-1, K. 259-2 and K. 259-3.