A lālamohara from King Gīrvāṇayuddha restoring land to Dolakhā's Tripurasundarī and Matsyendranātha guṭhī (VS 1860)
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Abstract
This is a lālamohara of King Gīrvāṇayuddha restructuring a guṭhī to regularize the regular and casual rituals of the Tripurasundarī temple and chariot procession of Matsyendranātha in Dolakhā.
Diplomatic edition
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[Royal seal with legend: श्री दुर्गा भवानी]1स्वस्तिश्रीगिरिराजचक्रचूडामणिनरनारायणेत्यादिविविधविरुदावलीविराजमानमानोन्नतश्रीम2न्महाराजाधिराजश्रीश्रीश्रीमहाराजगीर्वाणयुद्धविक्रमसाहवहादुरसम्सेरजङ्देवानाम्स
3दासमरविजयीनाम्¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
4आगेदोलषाका¯ ¯१¯ ¯ को नित्त्यनैमित्त्यकपूजारऔ ¯ ¯२¯ ¯ कोरथवनाउनुयात्रागर्नु
5प्रीतीगरिनेपालकापालामा•लापिलांषुव़ा १लेपटुङ्षुव़ा १ कात्तिक्याषुव़ा १ गुठच
6ह्रायाकोरहेछ•हाम्रागोर्षाकाअम्वलभयापछि•दलजीतसाहिअमालीकोपाला•केहि
7गुठतिरकेहीअमालीतिरगर्याकोरहेछ•आजहामिलेअघिकोरिक्ताथामिअमालीको
8लाग्नास्तिगरि•साँधसिव़ाँदरेषोपाषोसल्लोकुलोजगरवगरलगायात्तस्कोसर्वाङ्क
9समेत्मारिमेटिगुठचह्राञौ•तस्कोगुठियार•पिंगलटोलको•वुद्धिनारायणलाईगरि•ता
10ल्चाकुचिचंजापंजासमेत्थिरगरिवक्स्यौ•तिनषुव़ाकोव़ाजवीरुपैया५१मध्येरुपै
11ञा १० यकव़लकआधाप्रजाले ¯ ¯२ ¯ ¯कोरथवनाउनु•यात्रागर्नु•औरुपैया ३५ यक
12व़लकआधाप्रजाले• ¯ ¯१¯ ¯ कोनित्यनैमित्तिक्•पूजागर्नु•वाकीरह्याको•रुपैञा
13६ लेसालवसालभाडागहनावनाउनु•आमदनीअस्मानीकलम्पैदाव़ारजोहुंछ•त
14स्कोआधाले ¯ ¯ ¯१¯ ¯कोस्थानविग्रदावनाउनु•आधागुठियारलेषानु•गुठिया
15रवुद्धिनारायन्कोदाज्युभाइसमेत्गरिघर्गनीरुपैञा३।।।साउन्याफाघुकोतेलघीउ
16माना ५२ तिर्नपर्दोरहेछ•सोमाफगरिवक्स्यौआफ्नाषातिर्जामासँगलेष्यावमौजी
17म्कोकाम्गुठियारलेगर्नुटहलमारुजूरहनु•टहलमा [...]जंतींदहोला
18गुठियारलेअह्रायाकोकाममाप्रजालेरुजूरहनु•यस्गुठिकासाक्षि ¯३¯ ¯ अमाली
19लेलाग्गर्याऔकसैलेलोभानिपापानीगरिगुठिअट्कायापंचमहापातक्ला
20ग्ला•इतिसंवत् १८६० सालमितिआषाढ़वदि ९ रोज २ शुभम्¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
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[Unknown seal][Seal of Pūrva 2 number māla with legend: श्री पुर्व २ लम्वर माल][Seal of Pūrva 2 number gosvārā with legend: श्री पुर्व २ लम्वर गोश्वरा अडा]मार्फत्अम्वसीहरुजुरणम्वपाडे
रुजुनरसिं[?]
Translation
[1r]
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 Naranārāyaṇa (an epithet of Kṛṣṇa) etc., high in honour, the venerable supreme king of great kings, the thrice venerable great king, Gīrvāṇayuddha Vikrama Śāha Samsera Jaṅga, the brave swordsman, the divine king always triumphant in war.
Āge: It has been learned [by us] that for the regular and casual worship of -1- (i.e., Śrī Tripurasundarī 1 ) and for the chariot procession of -2- (i.e., Matsyendranātha) in the days of the Nepāla [kings]2 a guṭhī was established [with land revenue generated from] Lāpilāmkhuvā 1, Lepṭuṅkhuvā 1 and Kāttikyākhuvā 1. During the period of amālīDalajīta Sāhi, when this region had become an ambala of our Gorkhā [kingdom], [the guṭhī land] was partially retained as such, but part was changed to land under the control of the amālī. Today we offer the guṭha [back to the deity]—[thus] keeping the earlier practice [in the possession of the deity], eliminating the authority of the amālī, and exempting [the guṭha] from all taxes within its boundaries, including on hilly slope lands, pine trees, water conduits, bushland and riverbanks. We hereby appoint Buddhinārāyaṇa of Piṅgala Ṭola as the guṭhiyāra and [so] stabilize management [of] its locks and keys. Of the 51 rupees [that was collected as] the scheduled revenue of three khuvās, half the people shall expend 10 rupees, [the value] of one [khuvā’s] homestead levies, to organize a chariot procession of -2- (i.e., Matsyendranātha), and half the people 35 rupees, [the value] of a[nother khuvā’s] levies, to perform regular and casual worship of -1- (i.e. Śrī Tripurasundarī). Pots and ornaments [for the deity] shall be made every year with the remaining 6 rupees. The shrine of -1- (i.e., Śrī Tripurasundarī) shall be repaired with half of whatever money is collected from the crop yield (paidāvāra) in the [guṭha ledger’s] asmānī column. The guṭhiyāra shall enjoy the [other] half. We have learned that guṭhiyāra Buddhinārāyaṇa and his brothers have to pay 3 rupees 3 sukās in homestead tax and, for the sāunyā phāgu, 52 mānās of oil and ghee. We have remitted these [exactions]. [As] guṭhiyāra, he shall perform the mentioned tasks mindful of his duties. He shall be present for services [expected of him]. If he is not present for [such] services, then new arrangements will be made.3 People shall be present for tasks ordered by the guṭhiyāra. If the witness -3-4 , the amālī or anyone else greedily and sinfully obstructs the guṭhī, he shall be guilty of [one of] the five great sins (pañcamahāpātaka).
Monday, the 9th day of the dark fortnight of the Āṣāḍha in the [Vikrama era] year 1860 (CE 1803). Auspiciousness.
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[Unknown seal]
[Seal of the Māla office of Pūrva 2 number with legend: śrī purva 2 lambara māla]
[Seal of the gosvārā office of Pūrva 2 number with legend: śrī pūrva 2 lambara gośvārā aḍā]
Through Ambasīha5
Commentary
The temples of Tripurasundarī and Matsyendranātha mentioned in this document and which the guṭhī served are located east of Charikot Bazaar in Dolakha district. The chariot procession of Matsyendranātha (Red Avalokiteśvara) has a close connection to the processions in Patan and Kathmandu, and the temples in Dolakha go back to the 16th century (Locke 1980: 393-94).
This lālamohara, issued by King Gīrvāṇayuddha on the 9th of the dark fortnight of Āṣāḍha in the Vikrama era year 1860 (CE 1803), restructures a previously established guṭhī for the daily and casual worship of Tripurasundarī and for the chariot procession of Matsyendranātha in Dolakhā. As stated in it, in the days of the Nepāla (Malla) kings the earlier guṭhī operated with land revenue generated by three khuvās: Lāpilām, Lepṭuṅ and Kāttikyā. When this region was incorporated into the Gorkhā kingdom, Dalajīta Sāhi was appointed as an amālī, and the land previously assigned to the guṭhī of the deity was partially retained as such, but part was changed to land under the control of the amālī. King Gīrvāṇayuddha through this lālamohara redesignated the latter land as again directly under the guṭhī and appointed Buddhinārāyaṇa of Piṅgala Ṭola as the guṭhiyāra. It is stated that if the three witnesses, the amālī or anybody else hindered the work of the guṭhi then his sin would be counted as among the pañcamahāpātakas.
Vajracharya (1974: 11, 38) believes, on what seem to be reliable grounds, that this temple was established after Śivasiṃha expanded his kingdom, Kantipur, up to Dolakhā in 1595.