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A rukkā from King Rājendra directing Kusles to perform their duties regularly (VS 1898)

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Edited and translated by Marija Grujovska
Created: 2023-02-06; Last modified: 2023-07-17
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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, 2022. 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 executive order of King Rājendra directs eight Kusles who play musical instruments at the rituals of Śrī Tripureśvara Mahādeva to perform their duties regularly and so protect themselves from dismissal.



Diplomatic edition

[1r]

1श्री\­

1५­

1मार्फत­प्रसाद­सिंह­वस्न्यात्‌­•

1श्री­३­त्रिपुरेश्वर­•
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3देषि­तिमिहरुलाई­सांज­विहान­वाजा­वजाऊनु­तिमिहरुको­परि•आयाको­दंडकुंड­मर्‍यो­अपुत
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5ज्याल­तिमिहरुका­संतानका­संतान­षोसमोस­नगर्नु­गरिवक्सयौं­•आफ्ना­षातिरज्मासग­
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1सहनै­वजाऊन्या­नाईक्या­तुई­सिं­१के­धान­मु­१०­/•
2अै­वजाऊन्या­कवीर­१के­ऐं­•१०­/•
3अै­•वजाऊन्या­थाकु­१के­ऐं­१०­/•
4ढोलक­वजाऊन्या­लंद­सिं­१के­ऐं­९­/
5ट्याम्को­वजाऊन्या­अगना­१के­ऐं­७­/•
6झ्यालि­वजाऊन्या­दसमी­१के­ऐं­७­/•
7कर्नाल­वजाऊन्या­सिंहनाथ­१के­ऐं­८­/•
8विजुलि­वजाऊन्या­वीलनाथ­१के­ऐं­८­/•

8ईति­सम्वत्­१८९८­साल­मिति­माघ­वदि­९­रोज­६­शुभ्म्‌­

Translation

[1r]

[Invocatio:]

Śrī

[In the upper margin:]

5 1

[In the left margin:]

through (mārphat) Prasāda Siṃha Basnyāt

[Space above the main text:]

Śrī 3 Tripureśvara -1

[Main text:]

Hail! [This is] an executive order (rukkā) of the venerable supreme king of great kings.2

Āge: To the eight Kusle in the particulars [below] who play musical instruments in the evening and morning at -1 (i.e. the thrice veneralble Tripureśvara [temple]3 ).

You [have been ordered] previously to play musical instruments in the evening and morning. [Concessions in] juditial fines (daṃḍakuṃḍa) and escheat property laws (maryo aputālī) that you have enjoyed in the past have been accorded to please -1 (i.e the thrice venerable Tripureśvara4 ). We [hereby] confirm the previously stablished custom (thiti) and [declare] that [you and] the descendants of your descendants [shall not be subject to] dismissal as long as you regularly attend to your work. Mindful of your duties, enjoy [the particulars listed below] as you have done before. Perform the task unfailingly of playing [your] musical instruments in the evening and morning.

Particulars (tapasila):

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to the 1 nāikeTuī Siṃ playing a sahanaimu[ri]s of unhusked rice10
to 1 Kavīra playing dittoditto10
to 1 Thāku playing ditto ditto10
to 1 Laṃda Siṃ playing a ḍholakditto9
to 1 Aganā playing a ṭyāmkoditto 7
to 1 Dasamī playing a jhyāliditto 7
to 1 Siṃhanātha playing a karnālditto 8
to 1 Vīlanātha playing a bijuliditto 8

Friday, the 9th of the dark fortnight of Māgha [in the Vikrama] era year 1898 (CE 1842). Auspiciousness.


Commentary

The emoluments for the Kusles listed in this document were established in another document (DNA_0012_0016) issued in VS 1876 which lists the land granted to the guṭhī of Tripureśvara temple, as well as the emoluments for the people working for and at the temple.

Notes

1. It is unknown what this number, perhaps added by a later hand in the upper margin, refers to. It could indicate a page number as the number 6 can be found in K_0019_0008, suggesting that these two copies may have once belonged to the same ledger. [⇑]

2. The reigning king at the time the present document was issued was Rājendra (r. 1816–1846). [⇑]

3. Inserted from the space numbered 1 above. [⇑]

4. Inserted from the space numbered 1 above. [⇑]