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1श्रीत्रिपुरसुंदरि१1स्वस्तिश्रीगुठितौथलिकोटमौलाअमालकस्यपत्रम्[1r]
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
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.