Doorjamb in the Royal Palace (K. 1279), 589 Śaka

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2023-11-08Z

Editors:   Chhunteng Hun and Kunthea Chhom.

DHARMA Identifier: INSCIK01279

Summary: The inscription records a donation to the god Śrī Gokarṇṇeśvara by two persons who may be a couple (Poñ Yajamāna and Kloñ Yajamāna ). The donation consists of servants, paddy fields, granary, coconuts and plantations. A malediction is pronounced at the end of the text.

Hand Description:

The shape of the letters is characteristic of the seventh century.


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Edition

1⟦Adyāśītya⟧
2chidrāśītyuttarapañcaśata śakaparigraha Ekādaśī
3roc· māgha śravananakṣatra candra divasavāra (Aṁno)y· poñ· ya-
4jamāna kloñ· yajamāna Ai ta vraḥ kamratāṅ· Añ· śrī(g)o-
5karṇṇeśvara _ kñuṁ ta si vā klaṅ· droṅ· I vā vṅā rhval· I (v)ā dhavala (I)
6vā prāṇa I _ kñuṁ ta kantai ku niranta I kon· ku vā klaṅ· Aras· I vā kandos· I
7(ku) juṅ· kandin· I vā nāra(d)ī I _ ku yo jera Añ· I kon· ku ku slā (ch)au I
8vā crai I vā kandoc· I vā krau I _ ku voṁ pas sataṅ· I kon· ku ku kapa I vā keta (le)
9Añ· I ku pi nāṅ· I ku manra Añ· I ku ye Āy· I ku mās· I ku khe I ku cṅā(p·) I
10(ku) Aṁvī I ku jrai I (ku) Aṁvau I sre trey· sre jnaṅ· sre saṁvok· sre praṅ· karoṁ (k)antok(·)
11kaOl· tmur· toṅ· cpar· | gui neḥ Is tel· poñ· yajamāna | kloñ· yajamāna
12Oy· phoṅ· ta vraḥ voṁ (t)el· ge Oy· ta kule ge | man· poñ· yajamāna
13kloñ· yajamāna srac· hvat tan· ge ta kmī ta gui neḥ Aṁnoy· ge ta vraḥ roḥ gui
14cor· ge dau kaṁluṅ· gui naraka _2_ gui ta mahāraurava

Translation by Kunthea Chhom

2-11589 Śaka, the eleventh day of the waxing moon of the month of Māgha, the lunar mansion of Śrāvaṇa, Monday. Donation [by] Poñ and Kloñ the Yajamān to Vraḥ Kamratāṅ Añ Śrī Gokarṇṇeśvara:

  • Male servants: Vā Klaṅ Droṅ·, Vā Vṅā Rhval, Vā Dhavala, Vā prāṇa;
  • Female servants: Ku Niranta, her sons Vā Klaṅ Aras [and] Vā Kandos; Ku Juṅ Kandin [her son] Vā Nāradī; Ku Yo Jera Añ, her children Ku Slā Chau, Vā Crai, Vā Kandoc [and] Vā krau; Ku Voṁ Pas Sataṅ, her children Ku Kapa [and] Vā Keta Le Añ; Ku Pi Nāṅ, Ku Manra Añ; Ku Ye Āy; Ku Mās; Ku Khe; Ku Cṅāp; Ku Aṁvī; Ku Jrai; Ku Aṁvau;
  • Paddy field Trey, paddy field Jnaṅ, paddy field Saṁvok, paddy field Praṅ Karom Kantok;
  • A granary; cows; coconuts [and] plantations.

11-13These are items which Poñ and Kloñ the Yajamānas offer to the god. Should no one give [them] to one’s family. Poñ and Kloñ the Yajamānas will confiscate from that person and render the donation to the god. The thief will go to [no other] place [than] hell, [precisely] to the Mahāraurava hell.

Bibliography

First edited by Chhunteng Hun (2018: pages 38–43) in roman and Khmer scripts with a Khmer translation; the variants of reading are taken from both the Roman and Khmer scripts; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage of Chhunteng Hun’s edition with an English translation.

Primary

Hun, Chhunteng. 2018. “សិលាចារឹកក្នុងព្រះបរមរាជវាំង K. 1279 [Inscription in the Royal Palace K. 1279].” Kambuja Suriyā, 38–43.
Pages 38–43. [siglum CH]