Stela of Tuol Kuhear (K. 1003), 6th century Śaka
Editors: Kunthea Chhom, Gerdi Gerschheimer, Dominic Goodall.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK01003.
Languages: Old Khmer, Sanskrit.
Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).
Version: (496f35a), last modified (e71eaed).
Edition
⟨01⟩ Oṁ
I. Anuṣṭubh
⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩śrīmadāmrātakeśāya
a⟨Column b⟩kramukārāmamaṇ(da)[lam·]
b⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yatrāśītiśataṁ mūlaṁ
c⟨Column b⟩kramukānāṁ praro(ha)[ti]
dII. Anuṣṭubh
⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩nālikerakamūlānāṁ
a⟨Column b⟩dviśatenopaśobhi[tam·]
b⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩Anyaiś ca vividhair vr̥kṣai⟨Column b⟩s
csaphalaiḥ parivāri[tam·]
dIII. Anuṣṭubh
⟨5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩pari(p)āla(na)yogyāś ca
a⟨Column b⟩(d)ā(sāḥ) [⏓⏓] ru[1×]ā [⏑–]
b⟨6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩Evam utpāditaṁ yatnā⟨Column b⟩t
cpālitaṁ varddhitañ ca [–]
dIV. Anuṣṭubh
⟨7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩viśrāṇitam ida[ṁ] sarvvaṁ
a⟨Column b⟩tadbhaktyā candrabhānun(ā)
b⟨8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩k[u]lodga(t)ena (d)āntena
c⟨Column b⟩dharm(m)i(ṣṭh)ena ya(śo)[ja]nā
dV. Anuṣṭubh
⟨9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩kin (t)[1×] [⏓] (rmmā)ra(sa)pi [1×](r)[1×]
a⟨Column b⟩[⏓⏓⏓] [1×]t[1×]s [s]a[h]ānujaḥ
b⟨10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yathā (nivandhanaṁ tr̥)pt(aṁ)
c⟨Column b⟩pra(de)yāt (pra)ti(va)tsara[m·]
dVI. Upajāti
⟨11⟩ [⏓]dā [⏑––]raśarai(ś śa)kā(pde)
a⟨12⟩ sahasyaṣadviṅśadi(n)ena yātam(·)
b⟨13⟩ cāpādicandro ravivārayo(go)
c⟨14⟩ dadāti tasmai kila candrabhānuḥ
d⟨15⟩ daṁriṅ· pradāna poñ· candrabhāṇu Ai ta vraḥ ⟨16⟩ kamratāṅ· Añ· śrīmadāmrātakeśvara Ai ⟨17⟩ dok· ma(h)ā jmaḥ slā teṁ knañ· II toṅ· teṁ (200) ⟨18⟩ jmaḥ ge kñuṁ ta man· Oy· cmaṁ gui daṁriṅ· vā ⟨19⟩ ma(du)ḥ I vā caṁdak· [vraḥ] I [vā] [1+]rāp· I vā ji(va) I ⟨20⟩ vā […]
Apparatus
⟨15⟩ candrabhāṇu ⬦ candrabhānu SP.
⟨16⟩ śrīmadāmrātakeśvara ⬦ śrīmadamrātakeśvara SP.
⟨17⟩ dok· ⬦ [1+]dāk· SP. — ⟨17⟩ (200) ⬦ [4+] SP • The number can also be read as 300.
⟨18⟩ cmaṁ ⬦ cāṁm· SP. — ⟨18⟩ gui ⬦ giy SP.
⟨19⟩ ma(du)ḥ ⬦ [6+] SP. — ⟨19⟩ [vraḥ] I [vā] [1+]rāp· I ⬦ [13+] SP. — ⟨19⟩ vā ji(va) I ⬦ vā jiva [10+] SP.
Translation into French by Pou 2011
(11–13) Des plantations, comme offrande de Poñ Candrabhānu à V.K.A. Śrīmad Amrātakeśvara, à l’endroit portant le nom illustre de […]dāk: 2 knañ d’aréquiers et […] de cocotiers.
(14–15) [Voici] les noms des serviteurs chargés de la garde de ces plantations: Vā […], Vā Caṁdak, […] Vā Jiva […]
Bibliography
The Khmer part is first edited by Saveros Pou (2011, pp. 39–46) with a French translation. The Sanskrit part on Face A is first edited by G. Gerscheimer & D. Goodall; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the estampage EFEO n. 1291 and the photograph AMPP 001173.
Primary
[SP] Pou, Saveros. 2011. Nouvelles inscriptions du Cambodge, volume IV. Paris: L’Harmattan. [URL]. Pages 39–46.
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<p n="11-13">Des plantations, comme offrande de Poñ Candrabhānu à V.K.A. Śrīmad Amrātakeśvara, à l'endroit portant le nom illustre de <gap reason="lost"/>dāk: 2 <foreign>knañ</foreign> d'aréquiers et <gap reason="lost"/> de cocotiers.</p>
<p n="14-15"><supplied reason="subaudible">Voici</supplied> les noms des serviteurs chargés de la garde de ces plantations: Vā <gap reason="lost"/>, Vā Caṁdak, <gap reason="lost"/> Vā Jiva <gap reason="lost"/></p>
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<p>The stela is broken into two fragments at the line 5.</p>
<p>The letter <foreign>oṁ</foreign>is inscribed in the middle of a moon-like circle.</p>
<p>The line 20 is not recorded by Pou.</p>
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The stela is broken into two fragments at the line 5.
The letter oṁis inscribed in the middle of a moon-like circle.
The line 20 is not recorded by Pou.