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A copy of a document from the Tauthalī Koṭa revenue office exempting Subedāra Kulamāna Siṃha Pradhāna, a priest under the Tripurasundarī guṭhī, from corvée (VS 1939)

ID: K_0076_0003C


Edited and translated by Ramhari Timalsina in collaboration with Yogesh Budathoki
Created: 2021-07-05; Last modified: 2023-01-23
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Abstract

This document, issued by the Tauthalī Koṭa revenue office, exempts from corvée Subedāra Kulamāna Siṃha Pradhāna, who has been conducting the worship of Śrī Tripurasundarī in the traditional manner.



Diplomatic edition

[1r]

1श्री­त्रिपुरसुंदरि­१­

1स्वस्ति­श्री­गुठि­तौथलि­कोट­मौला­अमालकस्य­पत्रम्‌­
2आगे­गुठि­तौथलि­सहरको­कोट­मौलाको­अघिदेषि­सु
3वेदार­कुलमानसिं­प्रधानका­ज्यूज्यूवाज्याका­पालादे
4षि­रोजि­घडेरि­लि­जेठाप्रधानि­पगरि­वाधि­वडा
5दसैमा­¯ ¯१¯को­कामकाज­पुजाविसर्जन्‌­गरिआ
6य़ाको­हुनाले­रकम्‌कलम्‌­माफ­भैआय़ाको­रहेछ­
7साविक्‌का­ठेकदारहरुले­पनि­माफ्‌­गरिदिय़ा
8का­रह्याछन्‌­र­हामिलि­पनि­निज­सुवेदारलाई­
9लागेको­घरगनि­मोहर­रु­॥.­वेठि­जान­पैरु­//­घ्यू­मा
10ना­१­समेत्­रकम्‌­माफ्‌­गरिदिञुं­निज­सुवेदा
11रले­पनि­अघिदेषि­गरिआय़ाका­¯ ¯१¯का­पु
12जा­र­काम्‌काज­गर्न्या­छन्‌­इति­सम्वत्‌­१९३९­
13साल­मिति­कार्तिक­सुदि­९­रोज­१­शुभ्म्‌­¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯

1सहि

1सकल­वमोजिम­नकल­दुरुस्त­छ­भनि­सहि­छाप­गर्न्या­सुवेदा
2र­कुलमान­सिं­

Translation

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Śrī Tripurasundarī (text: Trīpurasuṃdari) – 1

Hail.

A letter from the Śrī Guṭhī Tauthalī Koṭa Māla [text: Maulā] Amāla

Āge: Regarding the venerable Koṭa Maulā guṭhī of the town of Tauthalī, it has been learned that since the time of SubedāraKulamāna Siṃha Pradhāna’s great-grandfather [his lineage] has been taking responsibility for performing ritual worship of -1- (i.e. glorious Tripurasundarī1 ) during Baḍā Dasaĩ and conducting [its] concluding worship, wearing the turban [worn by] a jeṭho pradhāna and enjoying a select ghaḍerī, so that he has been exempted from customary taxes and levies (rakamakalama). The customary contractors have exempted him [from them], whence we (i.e. the amālīs of the Śrī Guṭhī Tauthalī Koṭa Maulā Amāla) have also exempted the said subedāra from the [following levies:] the gharaganī homestead levy of 2 mohararupaiyā̃s, the beṭhī homestead levy of 2 pai[sā] ru[pee] ānās and 1 mānā of ghee2 . The said subedāra for his part will [continue to] conduct the worship of -1- (i.e. glorious Tripurasundarī) and perform other [related] activities.

Sunday, the 9th day of the dark fortnight of Kārtika in the [Vikrama] era year 1939 (1820 CE). Auspiciousness.

Signature

Signing in attestation that the copy is true to the original, Subedāra Kulamāna Siṃ


Commentary

The temple of Tripurasundarī referred to in the document is located in Tauthali village in present-day Sindhupalchok District.

Two years later, on the 15th day of Bhādra in VS 1941, Subedāra Kulamāna Siṃha Pradhāna submitted a petition requesting Prime Minister Raṇa Uddīpa Siṃha to issue a sanada exempting his household from customary taxes and levies in return for performing ritual worship of Tripurasundarī in Sindhupalchok and to provide justice for wrong done by amālīs. The document is preserved in the Guṭhī Saṃsthāna and was catalogued by the NGMPP under K_0076_0003A.


Notes

1. Taken from the space above. []

2. Probably this represents a tax on the farm's dairy products. Concerning the tax see Regmi 1963: 75. []