A rukkā from King Rājendra commanding Ṭhiṭhubā Biṣṭa and others to send tribute etc. (VS 1877)
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Abstract
This rukkā orders Ṭhiṭhubā Biṣṭa and others to send prearranged items, including tribute (sirto), a horse and a chukar partridge (cākhurā), from Pokhara.
Diplomatic edition
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1श्रीदुर्गा\[royal seal]1स्वस्ति श्रीमन्महाराजाधिराजकस्यरुक्का¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯2आगे•ठिठुवाविष्ट•सिलिन्नम्ग्यालविष्ट•गुंग्यालविष्ट•प्रति•दा
3नवाटउठी•पोषराआइपुग्युँ•घोडापनि•अनन्दसँगआइपु
4ग्यो•नेपालतिन्सहर•वाटघाटमा•गोटिछन्•गोटिभयाका
5मानिस्कोहितरलग्दैनन्भंन्याषवर•मानिस्हरूल्याउछ्
6न्•हामिसवैपरियारकाँचाछौँ•हामिलेकसोगर्न्याहोभनि•
7तिह्मेरूलेजनरललाईलेष्याकाचिठिलेहाम्राहजूरमाजा
8हेरभयो•सिर्तोगोडागैह्र•सधैहाम्राहजूरमाल्याउन्या•सरा
9जामलिपोषरासम्मआउन्याकामवढियागर्याछौ•येससा
10ल•ञहाँगोटिढेरछन्•जाडाकोयामहुनालेगोटिभयाका
11मानिस्लाई•गाह्रोहुंछ•तिह्मेरुसवैकाचाँरह्याछौ•तसर्थ•सि
12र्तो•घोडाचषुरा•समेत•जोल्पायाकोसराजामगोटिकापाका
13मानिस्का•जिम्मागरि•संभारसग•पठाव़•तिह्मेरुलेआउनु
14पर्दैनताहिवाटफिरिअफ्नाघरजाउ•घोडालाइवाटका
15गौडागल्फामासंभारसितपठाउन्याकाम्गर•इतिसम्वत१
16 ८७७सालमितिपौषशुदि१रोज६शुभम्¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
Translation
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[[Extended Abstract]]
The rukkā, judging from its date by King Rājendra, addressing Ṭhiṭhubā Biṣṭa1 , Silin Namgyāla Biṣṭa and Guṃgyāla Biṣṭa2 , is in response to a letter (ciṭhi) written to the "General" (i.e. Bhīmasena Thāpā)3 in which the three addressees reported that they, together with a horse for delivery, had arrived at Pokhara easily but after hearing news that smallpox was rampant in the three cities of Nepal had asked what they should do. The rukkā confirms that there were indeed many cases of smallpox and, because the addressees are uninfected, they are ordered to put whatever things they were bringing – including tribute (sirto), a horse and a chukar partridge (cākhurā) 4 – into the charge of men who had already survived smallpox and then return home. Furthermore, it makes special arrangements to have the horse delivered to a fortification along the way.
The document is dated Friday, the 1st day of the bright fortnight of Pauṣa of the [Vikrama] era year 1877 (1821 CE).5
Commentary
For an English translation, see Pant and Pierce 1989: 54-55.