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A ledger recording the revenue and expenditures of the guṭhī of the Tripurāsundarī temple located at Salyānkoṭ, Dhading (VS 2003)

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Edited and translated by Ramhari Timalsina in collaboration with Rabi Acharya
Created: ; Last modified: 2022-08-24
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Published by Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities: Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal, Heidelberg, Germany, 2018. Published by the courtesy of the National Archives, Kathmandu. The copyright of the facsimile remains with the Nepal Rashtriya Abhilekhalaya (National Archives, Government of Nepal). All use of the digital facsimiles requires prior written permission by the copyright holder. See Terms of Use.
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Abstract

This is a ledger recording the revenue and expenditures of the guṭhī of the Tripurāsundarī temple located at Salyānkoṭ in Dhading district. It was prepared by the Guṭhī Lagata Jā̃ca Aḍḍā of Śrī 5 Sarkāra in VS 2003. This document refers to earlier documents from VS 1860, 1903, 1912 and 1925 that related to the temple.

Diplomatic edition

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1पश्चीं१ नंधादींषरीमौजाकोट्‌
2थोककोश्रीत्रीपुरासुंदरीमाईगु
3ठीकोआमदानीगुठीकोषर्चस
4मेतकोलगतकीताप्‌¯¯¯ ¯¯
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1नम्बर ७५०

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2श्री५सर्कारगुठीलगतजाचअडा
3पश्चीं१ नंधादींषरीमौजाकोट्
4थोककोश्रीत्रीपुरासुंदरीमाईगु
5ठीकोआमदानीषर्चकोलगत
6कीताप्‌¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯

1ऊप्रांतपश्चीं१ नं:धादींषरीमौजाकोट्‌थोककोश्रीत्रीपुरासुंदरीमाईगुठीकोलगतषडा गर्नेनीकासावारेश्री५सर्का
2रगुठीलगतलेजाहेरगरेकोरीपोट्‌मावुझ्दापुजाहारीथरुद्रवीररानामगरलेदीएको२००२।८।१९ कोलगतमु
3चुल्कामाज्माषेत।५६कोधान१८।पाषाकोरु१। कोआय़ेस्तावाटनीत्ये पुजालाईरवडादसैचैतेदसैचैतेदसैंप
4र्वपूजालाईरागावोका षर्चस्मेतज्मारु४७।८१।१लेषीएकोर१८६०। १९०३ । १९१२साल्कादस्षत्‌रकलर
5२५साल्कोमोठवाटस्मेतषेत।२०प्रोहित्याईरषेत ।२०कटुव़ालेषांगीथामीदीय़ेकोवाकीषेत।१६देवीको पु
6जाकेभनीलेषीदीय़ेकोदेषीएकोईलकामार्फतभैआएकासर्जीमीन्‌मुचुल्कावाटपनीषेतमुरी।२० को धा
7न६।प्रोहित्‌भानुभक्तपाध्यापोषर्‍याललेरछाग्याषेत।२०कोधान६। कटुव़ाललाटासार्कीलेषाय़ेकोषेत
8।१६ कोधान६।त्रीपुरासुंदरीमाईकोनीत्येपुजाकेभंन्यालेषीएवमोजींगरीआएकोभंनेरवडादसैं
9चैतेदसैंचौधथरीहरुलेचलाईआएकोपाषोजगामासेर्मारु१। कोवोका१तीरीआय़ेकोरफुलवारीज
10गाकोहक्मामाईस्थानमालीपधसदुनाटपरीगासनेभैटहलगरीषाईआय़ाको जगाकोतीरो
11लाग्नेभएआठासह्र।४तीरोलाग्छसोतीरोलाग्नेभएमामाईस्थानमालीपधसतहलसुसारगर्नुन
12परोसभंनेस्मेतमुचुल्काभएकोरपुजाषर्चकेहकमाचैतेदसैंवडादसैंपर्वपुजाय़सगुठीवा
13टगर्नुपर्नेभैगाऊकाथरीहरुवाटचलाईआएकोदेषीनालेनीत्य़ेपुजालाई सम्मदरवंदीगर्नुपर्नेरपा
14षाकोमोरु१।कोवोका१वुझाईआएकोछतापनीमोरु१। नैकाय़ें गर्नुफुलवारीकोतीरोकाय़ें गर्दामाई
15कोटहलचाकरीकांनगर्नेहुदाफुलवारीनैकाय़ें गरीफलफुलरोपीदेवतालाईचढाऊनेस्मेत्‌गरीफुल
16वारीनैकाय़ेंगर्नेगरीतपसीलवमोजींआम्दानीषर्चकोदरवंदीगर्नेभंनेस्मेतय़ेसैरीपोट्‌कोजीकीरभ
17एकोदेषीनालेजाहेरगरेकाछौनीकासाकाहकमारीपोटकातपसीलवमोजींज्माषेत ।५६छपन्नमुरीकोधा
18न१८। अठाह्रमुरीनगदीमोरु१।य़ेकमाषर्चप्रोहित्याईषांगीकटुव़ालेषांगीनीत्य़ेपुजास्मेतकेधान१३।१९।१
19तेह्रमुरीऊन्नेईसपाथीय़ेकमानाकटाईवाकीधान४। . ।७ केदर।९ ले८।९८।२नगदी१।स्मेतज्मामोरु९।९८।
20२ नौरुपैञाअठानवेपैसादुईदाममाषर्चमोरु८।२१।१आठरुपैञाएकाईसपैसाएकदामकटाई वा
21की कसरमोरु१।७७।१एकरुपैञासतहतरपैसाएकदामकाय़ेंगरीलगतकीतापषडागर्नेरगुठीका
22हकमामाथीलेषीय़ेकादरवंदीवमोजींआम्दानीषर्चगरीदरवंदीवमोजींकांचलाईसेसवाकी२००३
23सालदेषीमालमावुजाऊनुभंनेपुजाहारीकानाऊमासनदगरीदीसोकसरअसुलगरीदरवंदीवमोजीं
24षर्चगरीकांचलाएनचलाएकोजाचगर्नुभंनेमाल्लाईअडैकोपुर्जीगरीदीनेभंनेस्मेत्रीपोट्‌जी-

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25कीरमनासीवैठहराञूँजोमर्जीहुकुमभनी२००३सालफागुं९गतेरोज५मानेपालपाहाडरीपोटनीकसारी
26लेतोकषोलीजाहेरगर्‌दाश्री३माहाराजकोठुलोछापरश्रीकम्यांडरईनचीफकोवाऊलीनीसानापरी
27सदरभैआय़ेमुताविकसोगुठीकोतपसीलवमोजींकोआमदानीषर्चवाकीकसरस्मेतकोलगतकीता
28पषडागरीश्री५सगुठीवंदोवस्तअड्डामावुझाऊनेषरीदारदीर्घमानजोसीय़ेट्‌षान.सु.मंगल
29वाहादुरश्रेष्टभतचपालवमोजींतपसील¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯
30तपसील

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31असामी	षेत	धां	घ्यू	चारदां
32कोटकोप्रोहित्याहीभैवडादसैनौरथभरचंडीपाठ्‌वेदपाठ्‌ 33गरीप्रोहीतभानुभक्तपाध्यापोषर्‍याललेषाईआयेकोभ 34नीलेषीय़ेको¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯
35अलैचेमामुली।३मध्येकंपुको।१०वाकीजगंनाथपोषरेलको 36ट्‌थोकहालमोहीभानुभक्तपाध्यामार्फतकाटेकवाहादुरभं 37डारीछेत्री¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯	।२०	६।	-	-
38अडाअडावाटआय़ाकोऊर्दीपुर्जीरसोत्रीपुरासुंदरीमाइका 39स्थानमापरीआय़ाकोपर्वपर्वकोकामगरीकटुव़ाललाटासा 40र्कीलेषाईआय़ेकोभनीलेषीय़ेको¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯
41छाङ्येवाल्यादमाईडाडाथोकहालमोहीभक्तवीरचीतौरेरानामगर	।२०	६।	-	-
42त्रीपुरासुंदरीकोनित्य़ेपुजाको:
43ञादेवीहोरोसनमांअधिकारीछापथोकहाल्‌मोहीतेजमांश्रेष्ठ	।८	२।	-	-
44रातमाटे३ ठाऊगरीगुरंतीमीलसिन्नाहटीयाथोकहालमोहीहरीभट्टको 45छोराजेठोभट्ट¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯	।२०	६।	-	-
46फाल्लीछापजोनारांनेव़ारहटिय़ाथोककोहाल्‌मोहीहरीनारांश्रेष्ठ 47हटीय़ाथोक¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯	।१	।१०	-	-
48पाषोजगा
49पुर्ववंजंगल्पछींवंजंगल्दषींवंजंगलऊत्तरदेवीथाँपहरोय़े 50ती४कील्लाभीत्रकोमकैमाना४व्यूजानेदेवीथांपाषोजगाकी 51ट्टा१कोहीरेकुमालस्मेत२मोहीवाटआऊने¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯				सेर्मा १।-
	०।५६	१८।	१।	--

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52तेमध्येजीन्सीखर्च¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯			१३।१९।१
53नीत्येपुजाकेअछेताचाव़ल।.।.।१लेवर्ष१को३६०।दींके.चाव़ल।४।४।५ केदोवरलेधां		।९।०।
54नीत्येपुजाकेपुजाहारीकेषांगीवर्ष१कोधां¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ -		१।१०
55प्रोहीत्य़ाईकेषांगीऐधां¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯		६।
56कटुव़ालकेषांगीऐंधां ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯		६।
57तेमध्येनगदीषर्चज्मामोरुवाकीजीन्सीनगदी¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯
58धान¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯			४।.।७
58नगदी¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯			१।
60सोवांकीजींसीकोमाल्कोदरभाऊलेदरदामगरीनगदीरनगदीनैज्मामोरु¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯			९।९८।२
61धांमुरी४। . ।७केदरमोरु९लेरु¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯	८।९८।२
62नगदीरु¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯		१।
63तेमध्येनगदीषर्चज्मामोरु¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯			८।२१।१
64नित्य़ेपुजाकेसाजवेहानवर्ष१को३६५दींके¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯			८।२१।१
65सींधुरचंदनरोज१को।.।१ ले¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯		।९१।१
66धुपरवत्तीकेधागोघ्यूस्मेतरोज१को।१ ले¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯		३।६५
67नैवेदेरोतीफलफुलस्मेतकेहीजनको।१ ले¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯		३।६५
68फुल्केवघैँचाफुलवारीवाटैआऊनेहुँदा¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯		x
69वाकीकसरमोरु¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯			१।७७।१
70पुर्वत्रीपुरासुंदरीदेवीकोथानपछींकृतीमानरानाकोवारीकोसाददक्षिनमुलवाटोऊत्तर 71पीपलकोवोटयेती४कील्लाभीत्रमकैकोव्यू।.।.।५ मात्रजानेफुलवारीपाषाजगाकीट्टा१ 72केमीनकवाहादुररानामगर¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯
73भत्केवीग्रेमावनाऊनुपर्ने¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ -			१
74लमाईहात१३गजहात९भय़ाकोतलानभय़ाकोवाहीरीपट्टीवारदलीभय़ाकोढुंगा 75कोगाह्रोषरकोछानुभय़ाकोषरीकोटथोपूमावनेकोत्रीपुरासुंदरीमाईकोमंदीर¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯			१

76ईतीसंवत२००३सालफागुन गतेरोज सुभं

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[Signature of Dirghamāna Josī]

Translation

[1r]

A ledger recording the revenue and expenditures of the guṭhī of the Tripurāsundarī [temple] located at Koṭthoka, Kharī maujā, Dhading, West no. 1

Number 7501

[Vikrama] era year 2003

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Guṭhī Lagata Jāca Aḍḍā of Śrī 5 Sarkāra

A ledger recording the revenue and expenditures of the guṭhī of the Tripurāsundarī [temple] located at Koṭthoka, Kharī maujā, Dhading, West no. 1

Uprāṃta: “Regarding the decision to prepare a record of revenue and expenditures of the guṭhī of the Tripurāsundarī [temple] located at Koṭthoka, Kharī maujā, Dhading, West no. 1, [we found], when we studied the [previous] reports that the Guṭhī Lagata of Śrī 5 Sarkāra apprised [us] of, [that] a witnessed written statement given by the priest [and] tha[rī]Rudravīra Rānā Magar in [Vikrama era year] 2002.08.19 records that [the guṭhī had] 18 [murīs] of unhusked rice [as the production] of a total of 56 [murīs] of kheta, and 1 rupee [as the revenue] from pākho land; from that revenue, total expenses [amounting to] 47 ru[paiyās], 81 [paisās], 1 [dāma] are recorded for [sacrificial] he-buffaloes and goats for regular worship and worship during Baḍā Dasaĩ, Caite Dasaĩ and other festivals. In the original signed records of [Vikrama era years] 1860, 1903 and 1912 and from the moṭha [records] of the [Vikrama] era year [19]25, it is seen that 20 [murīs] of land was maintained as an emolument for the priest and 20 muris as the emolument for the kaṭuvāla, and the remaining 16 [murīs] of field was for the worship of the goddess. A written statement comprising the testimonies of witnesses at the contested site (sarjiminmuculkā) [and that went] through district authorities also records that for the regular worship of the goddess Tripurāsundarī, as performed according to previous records, the priest Bhānubhakta Pādhyā Pokharyāla enjoys 6 [murīs] of unhusked rice from the 20 [murīs] of kheta, and the kaṭuvālaLāṭā Sārkī enjoys 6 [murīs] of unhusked rice from the 20 [murīs] of kheta. For the regular worship of Tripurāsundarī Māī, 6 [murīs] of unhusked rice from the production of the 16 [murīs] of kheta is utilized, according to the records. On the pākho land which the fourteen tharīs enjoy, 1 goat is paid in lieu of 1 rupaiyā as sermā during Baḍā Dasaĩ and Caite Dasaĩ. Regarding the flower garden plot, [someone] has been enjoying it and offering service to the temple by smearing and anointing the temple and making dunās and ṭaparīs 2 [during festivals]. If the land is to be taxed, then it should be taxed 4 [paisās], equal to the eighth part [of the plot’s total production]. It is recorded, also within the witnessed written statement (muculkā), that if the land is to be taxed then one should not be obliged to serve in the temple by smearing, anointing and taking care of it.” Therefore, we make known, following suggestions [made in the previous] report, that [revenue and expense] rates need to be fixed for the regular service in accordance with the details [below], namely that regarding the [expenses of] Baḍā Dasaĩ, Caite Dasaĩ and [other] festivals, worship is to be performed with guṭhī [revenue] and with the tharīs of the village managing tasks. It is in view of this situation that, regarding [revenue from] the pākho land, 1 goat has [hitherto] been given in lieu of 1 mo[hara]ru[paiyā]; however, 1 moru should be established [as the permanent form of payment]. Were the tax on the flower garden made permanent, service would not be provided to the goddess; therefore the flower garden plot needs to be maintained and to have fruit plants and flowers planted [on it] to be offered to the deity.

When, under the decision [and] in line with the details of the report, 18 [in words] eighteen murīs of unhusked rice as the production on 56 [in words] fifty-six murīs of kheta and 1 [in words] one moru in cash as the emolument for the priest and kaṭuvāla, are reduced by the [expenses] of the regular worship—13 [murīs], 19 [pāthīs], 1 [mānā] of unhusked rice—the remaining unhusked rice of 4 [murīs], 7 [mānās] at 9 [paisās per pāthī] would be [equivalent to] 8 [rupaiyās], 98 [paisās], 2 [dāmas], and adding in the 1 moru in cash makes altogether morus 9।98।2 [in words] nine rupees, ninety-eight paisās, two dāmas. When the expenses, morus 8।21।1 [in words] eight rupees, twenty-one paisās, 1 dāma, are subtracted, the remainder is moru 1।77।1 [in words] one rupee, seventy-seven paisās, one dāma, which needs to be entered in the record of revenue and expenditures. Regarding the guṭhī, a sanada has been issued in the name of the priest, directing that the revenue and expenditures be entered at the above-mentioned fixed rate, and the surplus [revenue] be submitted to the māla starting from the [Vikrama era year] 2003.

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When on Thursday, the 9th day of Phāgun 2003 the Nepāla Pāhāḍa Rīpoṭa Nīkasārī submitted the report stating: “We found appropriate the suggestions of the report that recommended that a purjī be issued by the [Guṭhī Lagata Jāca] Aḍḍā to the māla to follow up on whether the tasks are being performed well or not in terms of spending the collected kasara at the fixed rate. Your wish is our command,” it was sanctioned with the large stamp of Śrī 3 Māhārāja 3 and the mark of the venerable Commander-in-Chief. Following that Kharidāra Dīrghamāna Josī from Yeṭkhā and nā[yaba]su[bbā]Maṃgala Bāhādura Śreṣṭa from Bhatacapāla submitted [the present document] to the Guṭhī Bandovasta Aḍḍā of Śrī 5 Sarkāra and prepared the ledger, recording the revenue and expenditures and the guṭhī’s remaining surplus revenue, as recorded in the following details. The details, which agree [with the above-mentioned statements]:

Details

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Particulars	kheta	unhusked rice	ghee	four dāmas
Recorded as [the land which is enjoyed] by the priest Bhānubhakta Pādhyā Pokharyāla for performing his tasks of worshipping in the koṭa and reciting the Caṇḍī and the Veda during first nine days of Baḍā Daśaĩ
3 [murīs of] general [land in] Alaice and 10 [murīs] of kaṃpu [land], the remaining [being enjoyed by] Jagaṃnātha Pokharela of Koṭthoka. Nowadays enjoyed by Ṭeka Bāhādura Bhaṃḍārī Chetrī through [his] tenant Bhānubhakta Pādhyā.	।20	6।	-	-
Recorded as [land enjoyed] by Kaṭuvāla Lāṭā Sārkī for performing his task [of announcing orders] received from various offices and doing occasional work during festivals in the temple of the goddess Tripurāsundarī
Chāṅye Bālyā Damāī of Ḍaḍāthoka, nowadays the tenant being Bhaktavīra Cītaure Rānāmagar	।20	6।	-	-
Re Tripurāsundarī's regular worship
...4 Rosanamāṃ Adhikārī of Chāpathoka, nowadays the tenant being Tejamāṃ Śreṣṭha	।8	2।	-	-
in three places in Rātamāṭe, Guru Timalsinnā of Haṭīyāthoka, nowadays the tenant being Jeṭho Bhatta, a son of Harī Bhaṭṭa	।20	6।	-	-
PhāllīchāpaJonārāṃ Nevāra of Haṭiyāthoka, nowadays the tenant being Harīnārāṃ Śreṣṭha from Haṭīyāthoka	।1	।10	-	-
Pākho land
1 plot [of] pākho land belonging to the goddess’s temple, its eastern, western and southern [boundaries being] forest, the northern [boundary being] the cliff [located near] the goddess’s temple, the land located within these four boundaries [needing] 4 mānās of maize seeds [for planting by] two tenants along with Hīre Kumāla				sermā 1।-
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Jinsī expenses among these			13।19।1
husked rice for akṣatā for regular worship: 1 mānā [per day], by which [calculation] 360 days of 1 year comes to 4 [murīs] 4 [pāthīs] 5 [mānās] of husked rice; double the amount [to have seed for the next year’s crop of] unhusked rice		।9।1
unhusked rice for 1 year as the priest’s emolument for [performing] regular worship		1।10
unhusked rice as the purohita’s emolument for performing casual rituals for the same [period]		6।
unhusked rice as the emolument for the kaṭuvāla for the same [period]		6।
Other jinsī and cash [items]
unhusked rice			4।.।7
cash			1।
the cash [value] based on calculating the remaining jinsī according to its [market] rate, plus cash in mo[hara]ru[paiyā], in total			9।98।2
unhusked rice 4 । . ।7 at ।9 [paisās per pāthī]	8।98।2
cash in ru[paiyās]		1।
cash expenses among these, in total mo[hara]ru[paiyās]			8।21।1
for regular worship in the evening and morning, 365 days of 1 year			8।21।1
sindura and candana at 1 [dāma] for 1 day		।91।1
string along with ghee for incense sticks (dhūpa) and wicks (battī) at 1 [paisā] for 1 day		3।65
food offerings including roṭī and fruits for multiple people at 1 [paisā] for 1 day		3।65
for flowers which come from the flower garden		x
Other, surplus revenue (kasara) [in] mo[hara]ru[paiyās]			1।77।1
the temple of Tripurāsundarī to the east, the border of Kṛtīmāna Rānā’s bārī to the west, the main road to the south and the pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) to the north as the 4 markers [for] 1 plot of pākho land, which needs 5 mānās of maize seeds for its cultivation, [and the tenant of which is] Mīnaka Bāhādura Rānā Magar
when the damaged or crumbled [temple] needs to be repaired			1
the temple of the goddess Tripurāsundarī built at Kharīkoṭa Thopū, measuring 13 hātas in length and 9 hātas in breadth, with no upper floor but with an outside balcony, stone walls and a thatched roof			1

... day, ... day5 of the Phāguna in the [Vikrama] era year 2003 (1947 CE). Auspiciousness.

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[Signature of Dirghamāna Josī]

Commentary

The temple of Tripurāsundarī referred to in this document is located at Salyānkoṭ hilltop in Tripurasundari VDC, Dhading district. The goddess is also called Salyānakoṭakī Māī or Śrīmāī. There are three god-houses of the deity in this area: two on the hilltop and the third one in the lowland (besī) setting of Hā̃se village in Aginchok VDC. In Maṅsira, a big procession starts from the hilltop carrying the locality’s idol of the goddess. From Maṅsira onwards, for around five months, she lives in her lowland house. On the day of Caite Daśain she returns in a similar procession to her village house. From the first to the 14th day of Baḍā Daśain the goddess lives in the eastern house on the hilltop, while in the remaining time from Caitra to Maṅsira she lives in the western one.

The Śāha kings of Nepal worshipped Tripurāsundarī as their lineage deity. King Pūrṇa Śāha (r. 1570-1605) of Gorkha had made arrangements for worship in this temple (Panta 2041: 69). In VS 1785, Visrāma Rānā, a man of rank in the Gorkhā kingdom, donated one nagarā, one trumpet (turahī) and one metal plate (thaliyā) to the deity after getting permission from the king (Panta 2045: 851). The Divyopadeśa, a collection of teachings by King Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha, mentions that before the expansion of his kingdom towards the east he worshipped the Salyānkoṭ goddess and obtained blessings from her (Panta 2043: 508).

A copperplate inscription and the attendant lālamohara issued by King Gīrvāṇayuddha endowing lands to keep up the traditions related to the deity have been published (Vajrācārya and Śreṣtha VS 2037: 552–558, and DNA_0013_0023). The deity mentioned in these documents as Khãḍādevī is none other than the Tripurāsundarī who is rightly identified by G. Vajrācārya and Ṭ. Śreṣṭha Vajrācārya and Śreṣtha VS 2037: 555) as the goddess of Salyānkoṭ.

Notes

1. This is the number of the ledger (lagat kītāp). [⇑]

2. A dunā is a leaf bowl and a ṭaparī is a leaf plate, both usually made as disposable utensils from the leaves of sāla trees (Shorea robusta), especially during festivals. [⇑]

3. According to the date, the Śrī 3 Māhārāja must have been Padma Śamśera. [⇑]

4. The reading is not clear in the original. [⇑]

5. Numbers indicating the weekday and day of the month are missing in the original. [⇑]

Glossary

Word	Notes
akṣatā / achetā / acheto	[fr. S. akṣata] var. akṣetā; n. unbroken rice grains used in rituals, prepared from husked rice (cāmala).
baḍā dasaĩ	var. baḍā dasai; also mahā dasaĩ; n. festival to worship the goddess Durgā as slayer of the buffalo demon, held over the bright half of the autumn month of Āśvina. Cf. dasaĩ / daśaĩ.
bārī	[S. vāṭikā] var. vārī, vāri; n. dry cropland, garden, vegetable garden.
caite dasaĩ	var. caityā dasai, caitra dasai, caitrā dasai; n. festival to worship the goddess Durgā as slayer of the buffalo demon, held in the bright half of the spring month of Caitra. Cf. dasaĩ / daśaĩ.
candana	[S.] also known as śrīkhaṇḍa; n. 1) sandalwood (Santalum album L.). 2) ointment (anulepana) offered as one of the upacāras in worship.
caṇḍī	[S.] n. 1) "the fierce one," name for a goddess, often for Durgā. 2) also (Durgā)saptaśatī; recitational form of the Devīmāhātmya, popularly recited on occasion of the Dasaĩ festival.
dāma	var. dām; n. the smallest monetary unit, one-fourth of one paisā (in case of measurements of land etc.) and one-256th of one mohararupaiyā̃.
guṭha / guṭhi / guṭhī	[fr. S. goṣṭhī] var. guṭh, guthi; n. 1) a socio-religious organization that manages and finances religious and charitable functions, a trust. 2) “endowed lands or other sources of revenue for financing religious and charitable functions“ (M.R. Pant 2002: 132; cf. M.C. Regmi 1988: 267).
Guṭhī Lagata Jā̃ca Aḍḍā	n. office responsible for managing the records of the guṭhīs working under the head of the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā; created before August 1908 under PM Candra Śamśera Rāṇā as part of his administrative reforms (Regmi 1984: 12).
hāta	n. measurement of length equal to 24 aṅgulas or half a gaja.
jinsī	var. jinīsī, jinīs, jīṃsī; a thing, article, commodity or goods for purchase and sale (Wilson 1855: 240 s.v. Jins). Payment of revenue in kind in contradistinction to that which is paid in cash (nagada).
kampu	[from E.] var. kaṃpu; n. 1) “regular army“ (Adhikari 1984: 351); the Kampu Daphadarakhānā was responsible for dealing with land assignments for the kampu (Whelpton 1991: 283). However, the exact structure of the kampu still remains obscure. 2) one of three categories of army units in the early 19th century, the other two being palṭana and kampanī or company (Hamal 1995: 33). A kampu comprised different palṭanas (M.C. Regmi 1979). According to Hamal (1995: 32), however, in the early 19th century those companies stationed in the Kathmandu Valley and under the command of the general were called kampu, while those outside palṭana.
kasara	var. kasar; n. 1) taxes such as mālapota or tiro applicable to guṭhī land. 2) surplus income of a chuṭaguṭhī (cf. M.C. Regmi 1978b: 860).
kaṭuvāla	var. kaṭuvālyā; n. 1) a civil functionary; 2) a village messenger.
kharadāra / kharidāra	[fr. P.] var. kharīdāra, ṣaridāra; n. secretary, official scribe, office superintendent (cf. Kumar 1967: 166).
kheta	[fr. S. kṣetra] var. khet, kheṭ; n. 1) irrigated land in the hill region suitable for the cultivation of rice and wheat. 2) a measure of land in the hill region equal to 25 ropanīs or 100 murīs (ca. 1.25 hectares) (M.C. Regmi 1999: 136-137 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1999: 234 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 162 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 227 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 860 ; M.C. Regmi 1995: 77; Adhikari 1984: 351; M.R. Pant 2002: 133; Whelpton 1991: 284 ).
koṭa / kota	n. 1) fort, typically built on hill-tops for military defense. 2) military builing for keeping weapons, arsenal. 3) place for maulo pūjā.
māla	n. an office for collecting revenues (M.L. Karmacharya 1996: 63; M.C. Regmi 1978: 862). Cf. māla aḍḍā
maujā	[fr. A. mauja] var. mauje, maujye; n. 1) unit of land revenue administration in the Tarai (cf. Krauskopff and Deuel Meyer 2000: 184). 2) revenue subdivision constituted by a group of villages in some hill districts and the Kathmandu Valley (cf. Michael 2012: 132).
mohararupaiyā̃	var. mohararupaiyām, mohararūpaiyā, moharaṭaṃkā (New.); often abbreviated as moru, morū, moharu, moharū, moharru, mohorru; n. monetary unit based on and equivalent to two eight-anna silver coins (moharas); in calculations usually broken down into four sukās, 16 ānās or 64 paisās (cf. Pant and Pierce 1989: 93) or 256 dāmas; the exchange ratio with paisās was calculated differently at different times and in different parts of the kingdom, depending on the relative values of silver and copper, ranging between 52 and 80 paisās (Regmi 1982: 73). In documents sums are represented in four numerical fractions, with the rupaiyā represented by numbers; the sukās by one to three daṇḍas or the avagraha sign representing zero; the ānās by one to three diagonal dashes, sometimes as a loop with two or three jags; the paisās again by daṇḍas or numbers; the dāmas by numbers or horizontal dashes.
moṭha	n. "Register Office (for land tax assesment records)" (Whelpton 1991: 284 s.v. Moth Adda).
muculkā / mucalakā	var. mucalakā; n. a witnessed written statement.
muri / murī	n. 1) also khetamuri; unit of land measurement in the hill region, comprising 1/4 ropanī with 100 muris in 1 kheta. The area varied according to the grade: 1190 sq. ft. for lands of the best grade, and 1339 sq. ft., 1487 sq. ft., and 1785 sq. ft. for lands of inferior grades. 2) volumetric unit comprising 20 pāthis (with 8 mānas to a pāthi), equivalent to 90.919 (M.R. Pant 2002: 134 ) or 87.23 (Pant and Pierce 1989: 93) liters. (M.C. Regmi 1978: 163; M.C. Regmi 1999: 235 ; M.C. Regmi 1978a: 228 ; M.C. Regmi 1978b: 862 ; Adhikari 1984: 354; M.C. Regmi 1988: 269).
nagarā	var. nagārā; n. large kettledrum played with two sticks, traditionally in ritual and military contexts (Tingey 1997: 96 n. 12), lead instrument of the nagarā bānā musical ensemble.
nāyaba	[fr. A.] var. nāeva, nāaiva; adj. deputy, assistant.
paisā	n. 1) money. 2) in the early Śāha period: monetary unit, one-fourth of an ānā, consisting of four dāmas with 64 paisās in 1 rūpaiyā̃. 3) in the Rāṇā period: monetary unit with 100 paisās in 1 rūpaiyā̃.
pākho	n. unirrigated high or hillside land on which only dry crops can be grown (M.R. Pant 2002: 135). See also khuvā.
purjī	[fr. P. purja] var. purji, pūrjī; n. 1) slip of paper, note. 2) formal letter written by a government institution or an official to another institution or to a person.
sanada	var. sanad; n. a regulation, order, decree or certificate of appointment, esp. from the prime minister (prāimaminisṭara yaṇḍa kamyāṇḍara ina cipha) or the commander-in-chief general (kamyāṇḍara ina cipha janarala); "government orders" (Karmacharya 2001: 327).
sermā	n. an annual homestead tax collected in cash on pākho land (see e.g. M.C. Regmi 2002: 302).
sindūra	[S.] var. sindura, sīṃdura, sīṃdhura; n. red powder used in rituals and applied to the parting of a married woman.
śrī 3 mahārājā	var. māhārāja, mahārāja. lit. "thrice venerable great king"; title referring to the Rāṇā prime minister. On August 6 1856, King Surendra, through a lālamohara, conferred upon Jaṅga Bahādura the title of mahārāja of Kaski and Lamjung (cf. Agrawal 1976: 10). The title was subsequently passed on to all Rāṇā prime ministers.
śrī 5 sarkāra	lit. "five-times venerable ruler"; commonly used to refer to the Śāha king (cp. Whelpton 2005: 266) and often indistinctively to his government (Lecomte-Tilouine 2015).
subbā	var. subā; n. 1) governor or chief administrative officer of a province or district (cf. Kumar 1967: 168; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 185; M.R. Pant 2002: 135; M.C. Regmi 1999: 137; M.C. Regmi 2002: 303). 2) civil officer ranking higher than a mukhiyā, but lower than a sardāra (Stiller 1981: 382). According to Edwards subbās were stationed at Gorkha (cf. also Michael 2012: 134) and Chitwan, “with five others being administrators in the Terai” (Edwards 1975: 106). Edwards further mentions that “men of subba rank were also assigned in the capital to the Kumari Chowk, and Kat Bhandar offices, where they were the deputies of the kaji and kapardar in charge” (ibid.). 3) headmen of the Limbu community in the far-eastern hill regions (M.C. Regmi 1978: 229; cf. also 1978: 865).
tharī	var. thari; n. 1) head of a clan (thara), elder; 2) "nonofficial tax collection functionary (in the hill districts)" (M.C. Regmi 1978: 867).
uprānta	var. uprāṃta, ūprāṃnta, ūprā̃nta, prāṃta; also yathocita uprānta; conj. after that, besides, in addition to, hereafter. In earlier prose and official documents, this word marked the beginning of a text or paragraph. It has no equivalent in English (Clark 1989: 231). In some (mostly Rāṇā period?) documents, it takes the form of yathocita uprānta.

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