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A lālamohara from King Surendra confirming the sale of a sunābirtā belonging to Harkamāna Siṃ Śreṣṭha (VS 1915)

ID: DNA_0013_0109


Edited and translated by Simon Cubelic and Rajan Khatiwoda in collaboration with Ramhari Timalsina
Created: 2014-10-06; Last modified: 2017-10-16
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Published by Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities: Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal, Heidelberg, Germany, 2017. Published by the courtesy of the National Archives, Kathmandu. The copyright of the facsimile remains with the Nepal Rashtriya Abhilekhalaya (National Archives, Government of Nepal). All use of the digital facsimiles requires prior written permission by the copyright holder. See Terms of Use.
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Abstract

This lālamohara from King Surendra, issued in VS 1915 (1858/59 CE), confirms the sale of a sunābirtā by Harkamāna Siṃ Śreṣṭha to Śrīkṛṣṇa Śreṣṭha, both residents of Patan.



Diplomatic edition

[1r]

1श्रीदुर्गाज्यू­\

[royal seal]

1स्वस्ति­श्रीगिरिराजचक्रचूडामणिनरनारायणेत्यादिविविधविरूदावली
2विराजमानमानोन्नतश्रीमन्महाराजाधिराजश्रीश्रीश्रीमहाराज[?]
3क्रमसाहवहादुरसम्सेरजङ्गदेवानां­सदा­समरविजयिनाम्­¯¯¯¯¯
4आगे­सहर­पाटन्‌­नकवहिल­टोल­पिंवाहाल­जलमण्डपपो[...]­वाटो
5देषि­उत्तरपट्टि­घरको­हर्कमान­सिं­श्रेष्ठले­आफ्ना­सुना[...]र्ता­सो
6हि­नकवहि­टोल्‌­पिंवाहाल­जलमंण्डपपोषरि­वाटोदेषि­उत्तरपट्टि­
7भित्रको­पाताल्‌­षा­यक­ज़वा­तिन्‌­१।।।­हात­साढे­यघार­[?][...]
8पुर्व­सानु­वाटो­दक्षिण­ग्राहकको­जाव़­घर­पश्चिम­धालेपात्‌­[?]
9नरसिं­श्रेष्ठको­जाव़­घर­यति­साधभित्रको­पाताल्‌को­मोल­रूपैया­[...]­[...]
10य­साधे­सताव़न्न­१५७।।­यति­दाम­लाइकन­ग्राहक­सोहि­नकव[...]ल­
11पिंवाहाल्‌­जलमंण्डपपोषरि­वाटोदेषि­वायुवे­कोनपट्टि­घरको­श्रीकृष्ण­
12श्रेष्ठले­
किन्यो­तस्को­दसौध­रुपैया­पव़ने­सोह्र­१५।।।­सुवा­धन­सुन्द[...]­[...]
13रफत्‌­हाम्रा­हजुर­दाषिल्‌­भयो­वेचन्याको­दाम्‌­पाको­किंन्याको­[...]
14पाको­चौविस्‌­हजारका­सरहसित­आफ्ना­सुनाविर्त्ता­जानि­सु[?]­
15षुसि­षातिर्ज्मासंग­पाताल्‌­भोग्य­गर­इति­संम्वत्­१९१५­

[1v]

1(१४)­⟫

1४१८­⟫

1मार्फत्‌­धनसुंन्दर­

Synopsis

This lālamohara from King Surendra, issued in VS 1915 (1858/59 CE), records and confirms a transaction involving a sunābirtā sold by Harkamāna Siṃ Śreṣṭha, living at Piṃbāhāla’s Jalamaṇḍapapokhari in the city of Patan’s Nakabahila Ṭola, to Śrīkṛṣṇa Śreṣṭha, a resident of the same place. The document specifies the plot in question as being land for house construction (pātāla), its location as north of the path at Jalamaṇḍapapokhari, and its area as 1 khā, 3 javās and 11½ hātas, the borders of which are clearly described. The sunābirtā was sold for 157½ rupees and a 10% transfer tax (dasauda) of 15¾ rupees was paid through SubbāDhana Sundara. The document confirms that the buyer holds his new possession as a sunābirtā.1


Notes

1. Comparable documents (e.g. DNA_0013_0108) include at this place a clause directing the new possessor to pay the potā-tax applicable to his sunābirtā. Due to the damage to this manuscript, it is unclear whether this document had a similar injunction. []