A lālamohara from King Rājendra granting Munsī Lakṣmīdāsa a piece of land at Madu Ṭola as sunābirtā (VS 1889)
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Abstract
This lālamohara issued by King Rājendra grants Munsī Lakṣmīdāsa a piece of land at Maḍu Ṭola as sunābirtā. Lakṣmīdāsa had obtained the land, originally belonging to a guṭhī, by providing another piece of land as the replacement.
Diplomatic edition
[1r]
1श्रीदुर्गासहाये\ [royal seal]1स्वस्तिश्रीगिरिराजचक्रचूडामणिनरनारायणेत्यादिविविधविरूदावलीविरा2जमानमानोन्नतश्रीमन्महाराजाधिराजश्रीश्रीश्रीमहाराजराजेन्द्रविक्रमसाह
3वहादूरसम्सेरजङ्देवानांसदासमरविजयीनाम ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯
4आगेसहरकाठमाडौमडुटोलमडुहिटिकोडेविदेघरकोमुन्सीलक्ष्मीदासके:सो
5हिटोलसोहीजोर्निघरकोधनरतेजनारान्कावावुधंचालेगुठिमाराषिगयाको
6सोहीघरमनिकोवारिपाताल:तस्कोसांध:तेरापुरानावारिकापर्षालदेषिप
7श्चिम:दमाईकोवारिदेषिउत्तर:तैलेतेजनारान्संगकिन्याकोवारिदेषिपुर्व:
8लक्ष्मिनरसिंसंगकिन्याकोघरकावत्यानिपातालदेषिदछिन:येतिसांधभि
9त्रवारिपातालषा७हात१८अंगुल३काआफ्नाविर्ताकोषादोलषेतरोपनीदु
10ई२मध्येरोपनी१दि:आफ्ना२मनोमानसंग:गुठिपातालकाषेतसट्टादि:पाता
11ललिराष्याकोसोहीवमोजीमहामिलेमोहोरगरिवक्स्यौं:तस्कोवक्साउनीरूपै
12या५छेभडेलकालीदासमार्फतहाम्राहजूरदाषिलभयो:वेचनुकिंनुआफ्नाम
13नोग्यगर्नु:तस्कोसाछिधनकोछोरोभाजुधन:मिलह्मधन:तेजनारान्कोछोरो
14लक्ष्मिनरसिंकर्मिनायकसिद्धिनारान्:आफ्नाषातिरजामासंगसुनाविर्ताजा
15निभोग्यगरईतिसम्वत१८८९सालमितिश्रावणसुदि१२रोज४॥॥
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माफतकालीदासTranslation
[1r]
May glorious Durgā succour (us)!
[Royal seal]
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 Nāranārāyaṇa etc., high in honour, the venerable supreme king of great kings, the thrice venerable great king, Rājendra Vikrama Sāha, the brave swordsman, the divine king always triumphant in war.
Āge: to Munsī Lakṣmīdāsa of Koḍevide Ghara at Maḍu Hiṭi, Maḍu Ṭola in the city of Kathmandu.
The plot of building land (bāri-pātāla) adjacent to Dhana and Teja Nārān’s house—[that is, the land] below that same house [and] in the same ṭola donated to the guṭhi by their father Dhaṃcā—lies within following boundaries: to the west of the wall of your older garden, to the north of the garden of the damāī, to the east of the wall of the garden that you bought from Teja Nārān, [and] to the south of the building land [you] bought from Lakṣmī Narasiṃ. The land within this boundary measures 7 khās, 18 cubits and 3 finger-breadths. Under an agreement between you, you (i.e., Lakṣmīdāsa) have received the building land from the guṭhī after giving [it] one ropanī of the two ropanīs of your own birtā khādola1 land as a replacement, in accordance wherewith we have sealed [this document]. The fee (baksāunī) of five rupees for this has been submitted to us through the Chebhaḍela Kālīdāsa. Do selling or buying of the land as you wish. The witnesses to this are: the sons of Dhana (Bhāju Dhana and Milamha Dhana), the son of Tejanārān (Lakṣmī Narasiṃ), and the chief mason (Siddhi Nārān). Enjoy (the property) to your own satisfaction, considering it as a sunābirtā.
Wednesday, the 12th of the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa in the [Vikrama] era year 1889 (1832 CE).
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Through (mārphata) Kālīdāsa.
Commentary
This lālamohara from King Rājendra Śāha confirms the granting of a sunābirtā to Munsī Lakṣmīdāsa. This document is in the possession of Shantesh Man Singh Pradhan of Maru, Kathmandu. For more on Munsī Lakṣmīdāsa, see DNA_0015_0095 and E_2764_0062.