Prasat Hin Phanom Wan Inscription 5

Name other

Piédroits de Nom Văn (K. 393), K. 393, N.M. 34

Script

Old Khmer

Date

17th Buddhist century

Language

Khmer

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 19 lines of writing

Material

stone

Form

a rectangle door arch

Found at

Prasat Hin Phanom Wan, Ban Makha, Ban Pho Locality, Mueang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Exhibited

Prasat Hin Phanom Wan, Ban Makha, Ban Pho Locality, Mueang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Description

The inscription mentions a person who announced his or her own and their family’s determination to take care of the holy place, with the wish that his or her family as well as those who behaved well would have prosperous lives in the future. The end of the inscription is a curse for those who would dare to destroy the holy place to send them to each of the 32 realms of hell.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project  Staffs (2555 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Goerge Cœdès, “Piédroits de Nom Văn (K. 393),” in Inscriptions du Cambodge vol. VII (Hanoi : Imprimerie d'Extrêm-Orient, 1964), 67-70.
2) Georges Cœdès and Cham Thongkhamwan, “Prasat Hin Phanom Wan Inscription 5,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 4 : Khom Script, 17th-18th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 96-99 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-05, File Name; NM_028)