Rock inscription from Kbal Spean (K. 1011-3)

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2023-11-08Z

Editors:   Claude Jacques and Chloé Chollet.

DHARMA Identifier: INSCIK01011-3


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Edition

1980 śaka catur(da)⟨śī⟩ roca phālguṇa Aṅgāravāra gi nu vraḥ pāda kaṁmra-
2teṅa Aña śrī Udayādityavarmmadeva staca Āya mattavāraṇa nagara
3pūrvva (pi) Oya prasāda vnaṁ grāṅ ta tapasvi vraḥ vila vnek ni ta dhūli
4jeṅa vraḥ kaṁmrateṅa Aña {kaṁmrateṅa Aña} yauvarāja nu sabhā-
5pati ta pvanna vnek ni ta senāpati phoṅa ta daṁnepra vraḥ kaṁmra-
6teṅa Aña kaṁvau nu kh(l)oña raṅvāṅ ta pvana nu qnaka paṁre phoṅa
7pola no raṅka je (I) dinnā vnara

Apparatus

1 catur(da)⟨śī⟩catur(da)⟨śa⟩ CJ • The prima facie reading would be caturthi, and this would have the advantage of not needing to supply any akṣara, but the date would then not be on or near a Tuesday. In Old Khmer, the form caturdaśī is more common, instead of caturdaśa as Claude Jacques suggested.
2 śriśrī CJ
3 Aña • It looks like there is a virāma above the akṣara ña but it would be rather unexpected with the abbreviated shape of the akṣara that we find here. See the other instances of in the inscription.
4 grāṅvr(o/ā)ṅ· CJ
7 pola no raṅka jeśā(sa)na gi pe CJ7 (I) dinnā vnarac[5×] CJ

Translation into French by Chloé Chollet

1-7En 980 śaka, quatorzième jour de la quinzaine sombre du mois de Phālguṇa, un mardi↓1, c’est alors que Sa Majesté le Seigneur Śrī Udayādityavarman, se tenant sur la terrasse/pavillon (mattavāraṇa) de la ville orientale/ancienne, a accordé le Vnaṁ Grāṅ (« Le mont informe ») de aux ermites du Vraḥ Vila en présence (vnek ni) de Sa Majesté le Yuvarāja, des quatre présidents de la Cour de justice, en présence [aussi] de tous les chefs d’armée, à commencer par le vraḥ kaṁmrateṅ Añ Kaṁvau, de quatre chefs des sentinelles (khloñ raṅvāṅ) ainsi que de l’ensemble des serviteurs (paṁre phoṅ).

Commentary

Bibliography

First edited by Claude Jacques (1999: page 359) with a French translation. Re-edited by Chloé Chollet in her PhD thesis, from a photogrammetric model.

Primary

Jacques, Claude. 1999. “Les inscriptions du Phnom Kbal Spãn (K 1011, 1012, 1015 et 1016).” BEFEO 86: 357–74. [DOI: 10.3406/befeo.1999.3417].
Page 359. [siglum CJ]

Notes

↑1. La date correspond au lundi/mardi 15/16 mars 1059.