A lālamohara from King Surendra directing Lakṣmīnarasiṃ Chipā to build a water mill (VS 1913)
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Abstract
This lālamohara of King Surendra directs Lakṣmīnarasiṃ Chipā of Golmāḍhi Ṭola in Bhaktapur to build a water mill and allows him to enjoy it as sunā-birtā provided he pays twenty rupees as baksāuni and an annual potā.
Diplomatic edition
[1r]
श्रीदुर्गाज्यू\[royal seal]1स्वस्तिश्रीगिरिराजचक्रचूडामणिनरनारायणेत्यादिविविधविरुदावली2विराजमानमानोन्नश्रीमन्महाराजाधिराजश्रीश्रीश्रीमहाराजसुरेन्द्रवि
3क्रमसाहवहादूरसम्सेरङ्गदेवानांसदासमरविजयिनाम्¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
4आगेसहरभादगाउकाप्रजावेहरि•गोल्माढिटोलकोलक्ष्मीनरसिंछि
5पाकेसुईतिदोभानकामुहानमाघट्१कवनाउनु•तस्कोसाध•पूर्व•द
6क्षिण•पश्चिम•उत्तर•सर्कारियावाझो•सोहिदोलमाघट्लाईकुलोवनाउ
7नाकेछाप•छपेलि•संधिसर्पन•विर्तावारहरुकोनीजलक्ष्मीनरसिंछि
8पालेचित्तवुझाई•घट्१केवक्साउनीरुपैञा२०साहुसदाशिवमार्फत
9हाम्राहजुरदाषिलभयो•वाह्रहज्जारकासरहलेवर्षप्रतिपोताति
10रिआफ्नासुनाविर्ताजानिघट्भोग्यगरइतिसम्वत्१९१३सालमिति
Translation
[1r]
Hail! [A decree] of him who is shining with manifold rows of eulogy [such as] 'The venerable crest-jewel of the multitude of mountain kings' and Naranārāyaṇa (an epithet of Kṛṣṇa) etc., high in honour, the venerable supreme king of great kings, the thrice venerable great king, Surendra Vikrama Śāha Bahādura Samśera, the brave swordsman, the divine king always triumphant in war.
Āge: To the subjects of the city of Bhaktapura [and] to Lakṣmīnarasiṃha Chipā of Golmāḍhi Ṭola.
Build 1 water mill at the confluence giving rise to the Suītī [River], [at the place] bordered by barren government land to the east, south, west and north. Lakṣmīnarasiṃ Chipā having convinced neighbours and the birtā-holders in surrounding areas to make a water channel for the water mill at this same place, we have received 20 rupees as baksāunī for 1 water mill through Sāhu Sadāśiva. Pay the yearly tax (potā) equivalent to twelve thousand [rupees] and enjoy the use of the water mill, considering it as [your] own sunā-birtā.
[Vikrama] era year 1913.