A letter from Gen. Raṇa Uddīpasiṃha Kũvara Rāṇā directing persons to pay for animals procured for Dasaĩ (VS 1916)
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Abstract
In this letter, the C-in-C of the Western Front, General Raṇa Uddīpasiṃha Kũvara Rāṇā orders people going from Gorkha to Bandipur in order to fetch sacrificial animals for Dasaĩ not to confiscate them from subjects anymore but to buy them at appropriate prices.
Diplomatic edition
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श्री\[seal of Raṇa Uddīpasiṃha Kũvara Rāṇā]1स्वस्तिश्रीमद्राजकुमारकुमारात्मजपश्चिमतर्फकाकम्याण्डरईन्2चिफजनरलश्रीरणउद्दिपसिंहकुव़रराणाजिकस्यपत्रम्----------
3आगेवंन्दिपुरतर्फ•गोर्षावाटदसैलाई•रागावोकालिनजान्याह
4रुकेयथोचित्उप्रान्त•हाम्रावंन्दिपुरकामौलामापनिदसैलाई
5⟪।⟫७१८रागार•२५।२६वोकाहामिलेपुर्याउनुपर्छ•गोर्षावाटआउ
6न्याहेरुलेरागावोकाजतिफेलापार्याउतिकरलगाईलैजा
7न्छन्र•हामिलेवस्तुपालनपाउन्याभञ्यूंन•भनिवंन्दिपुर
8कारैतिगैह्रकराउनआया•तसर्थ•ताहावंन्दीपूरकामौलामा
9पनिदसैलाईरागावोकाकाढेरैचाहिन्यारह्याछन्तिमिहरुलेप
10निअमालिथरिहरुसँगवसि•अघिदेषिदियालिय़ावमोजिम्
11कारागावोकामोलदीलिनु•गाउघरमारैतिसँगकरलगाई
12नलीनु•रैतिलेराजिवाजिसँगवेचछन्भन्या•व़ाजविमोल
13दीलीनु•भनिवंन्देजकोदस्कत्गरिदीञ्यूं•ईतिसम्वत्१९१६सा
14लमिति•वैसाषवदि८रोज३सुभ्म---------------------------------
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⟪गोर्षावाटरागावोकाषोजनअउनपाउनेलाल्मोहोर⟫Translation
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Hail! A letter (patra) of the venerable prince, son of a prince, the venerable Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front Raṇa Uddipasiṃha Kuvara Rāṇā.
To those who go to Bandipur from Gorkha in order to fetch buffaloes and goats 1 for Dasaĩ.
The subjects of Bandipur came to complain: "We also have to bring 17 or 18 buffaloes and 25 or 26 goats for Dasaĩ to the sacrificial posts (maulā) in our [own town] Bandipur. Those coming from Gorkha confiscate as many buffaloes and goats as they can find and we cannot raise [our] cattle." Therefore it appears that there at Bandipur, too, many buffaloes and goats are needed at the sacrificial posts during Dasaĩ. We signed an order (bandeja) stating: "You, too, should pay the customary (lit. "according to what has usually been given and taken") prices for the buffaloes and goats fixed in consultation (lit. “after sitting down together”) with administrators (amāli) and elders (tharī). You should not confiscate [animals] from subjects in rural areas (gāughara). If subjects willingly sell [the animals] pay the appropriate price."
Tuesday, the 8th of the dark fortnight of Vaiśākha in the [Vikrama] era year 1916 (1859 CE). Auspiciousness.
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A lālamohara for [those who] get to come from Gorkha to search for buffaloes and goats.