Cheung Ang temple or Prasat Cheung Ang (Khmer: ប្រាសាទជើងអង) is a brick building of the time of the Khmer Empire in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia.
Location edit
Prasat Cheung Ang is set in the middle of a square moat, following the standard configuration of mature Khmer temples. The building is oriented toward the east, with a large tank on the eastern side. It is 10 km north-east of the historic city site of Prey Nokor (ancient Indrapura).
Temple edit
The temple is brick-built with projecting buttresses and false doors on the west, north and south. The eastern door has a stone frame with ornamental pillars and an elaborately carved lintel. The inner door jambs are smooth and carry inscriptions. These give a date of 932 CE (Śaka year 854) and thus a date for the building. The building was originally dedicated to Shiva but now houses a Buddha image.
Inscriptions edit
The inscriptions on the inner jambs are termed K.99 according to the generally accepted numbering system for Khmer records.[1] The records, in Sanskrit and Old Khmer, were published by Georges Cœdès in 1954.[2] More recently, the inscriptions have been studied and published online by Philip Jenner.[3] The inscription and other relevant data can be studied online in the SIDDHAM network where the text, translation and other information are collected. [4]
The inscriptions at Prasat Cheung Ang record an order from the Khmer king Jayavarman IV to combine the revenues of two different temples of Śiva: Śrī Tribhuvanaikanātha and Śrī Cāmpeśvara. Additional provisions, including slaves, are also assigned to Śrī Cāmpeśvara.
References edit
- ^ "Inventaire CIK des inscriptions khmères | Corpus des inscriptions khmères".
- ^ Georges Cœdès. (1954). Inscriptions du Cambodge, VI. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3921951
- ^ "SEAclassics Old Khmer Corpus".
- ^ "Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | K.99 Inscription of Čơṅ Aṅ ប្រាសាទជើងអង".