Sema stela (K. 803), 2420 and 2443 of Buddhist Era

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2023-11-08Z

Editor:   Saveros Pou.

DHARMA Identifier: INSCIK00803

Hand Description:

Additional Metadata

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Edition

Face

1sāsnā 2420
2chnāma chlūva
3nubbhasakkha
4braḥ srīsugāmunī
5braḥ pāḷāta
6munīsīḷācā
7sāṅa braḥ vihā

Face

1sāsnā 2443
2chnāṁma jūta
3dosakkha
4braḥ srīsu-
5gāmunī
6braḥ pāḷāta
7munīsīḷācā
8sāṅa braḥ
9buddharūpa

Apparatus

Face

2 chnāma • There is a cross sign above the letter cha.
3 nubbhasakkha • It may be understood as nabasaka.
7 sāṅa • The letter ṅa is in the form of a subscript and written below the letter sa. — 7 vihā • It may be understood as vihāra.

Face

3 dosakkha • It may be understood as dosaka.

Translation into French by Pou 1989

Face

1-32420è année de l’ère [du Buddha], année du Bœuf, neuvième du cycle décimal.

4-7Le Vénérable Srīsugāmaṇī, le Vénérable adjoint Munisīlācāry ont édifié le sanctuaire.

Face

1-32443è année de l’ère [du Buddha], année du Rat, deuxième du cycle décimal.

4-9Le Vénérable Srīsugāmaṇī, le Vénérable adjoint Munisīlācāry ont édifié la statue du Buddha.

Commentary

2420 and 2443 of Buddhist era = 1877 and 1900 CE respectively.

Bibliography

First edited by Saveros Pou (1989: pages 104–105) with a French translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the estampage EFEO n. 1032.

Primary

Pou, Saveros. 1989. Nouvelles inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient. [https://sharedocs.huma-num.fr/#/3491/11002/CIK/Pou,%20Saveros].
Pages 104–105. [siglum SP]