A copy of an executive order from King Rājendra waiving taxes of fifteen persons required to offer lotus flowers to Śrī Tripureśvara (VS 1886)
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Abstract
This copy of an executive order by King Rājendra exempts 15 persons tasked with supplying the Tripureśvara temple with lotus flowers from various and levies and unpaid labour.Diplomatic edition
[1r]
1श्रीत्रीपुरेश्वरो•1सेनं१५१2३०५नं
3रुजु1३०५नं[Seal of the Pāhāḍa Baṃdobasta Tahabila Phā̃ṭa]1
2 काम•टहलगर्नु•कव़लकाफुलर•अरुजातजातकाफुल•साग¯ ¯ ¯कास्थान्मापु•
3 र्याऊनु•वाकीपोषरी•कापैडावा़र•माछाकव़लकापात•सवैले•वाडीषानु•ईपंन्ध्रजना•प्र•
4 जाहरु•लाईझारावेठ•वेगार•ऊघाव़नि•पुघाव़नि•सीभडेल•ढलवासाहानपाल•को•रक•
5म्माल•माफगरी•चिताईगरीवक्स्यौंआफ्ना•षातिर•ज्मासीत•टुडीषेल•कमलपोष
•[Seal of the Pāhāḍa Baṃdobasta Tahabila Phā̃ṭa][Seal of the Pāhāḍa Baṃdobasta Tahabila Phā̃ṭa]1 ||३२३|| 1स्हिडीप्
6माआठौप्रहर•रुजुरही•वमोजीमतपसील्का•प्रजाजना•१५ले•पालोसीत•वस्नुजसले•
7षीचलागरी•टहलमा•रुजुरहैन•ऊस्कोसट्टाहाल्नु•¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯
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[table1]
| 1 | सहरकाठमाडौ•काप्रजाघर | ११ | |||
| 2 | गोफलेटोल•फसीगामको•नईक्या• | ऐंमस्तराम् | १ | ||
| 3 | लछीनर | १ | पोषलद्यंङ्को•विस्नुसीधी | १ | |
| 4 | ऐजनवत | १ | ऐंतेजनारांन् | १ | |
| 5 | ऐजन•गजा•धर• | १ | ऐं•कृस्न•सीध्दी•सालमी | १ | |
| 6 | ऐजनचीमन् | १ | दुगंवहील•जुग | १ | |
| 7 | व्रह्मन•टोलको•जगतसीं | १ | मंजेश्वरी•विस्नुसीं | १ | |
| 8 | —— | —— | —— | —— | —— |
[table2]
| 1 | सहर•पाटनका•प्रजाघर• | ४ | |
| विनरसीं | १ | ||
| मैहसीं | १ | ||
| लाषचा | १ | ||
| वहाछे | १ | ||
| —— | —— | —— |
9ईति•संम्वत•१८८६साल•मीती•पौषशुदी९रोज•१शुभ्[Seal of the Pāhāḍa Baṃdobasta Tahabila Phā̃ṭa]
Translation
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[Space above the main text:]
Śrī Tripureśvara (text: Tripureśvaro)
[In the left margin:]
se no. 1511
No. 305 2
Attested (ruju)
[Main text:]
Āge:
To the 15 persons [listed in the particulars below], including the leader (naīkyā) Lachīnara:
Attend to the work concerning the lotus pond 3 of — [i.e., glorious Tripureśvara] [in] Ṭuḍīkhela (text: Ṭhaḍikhel). Supply the temple of — [i.e., glorious Tripureśvara] with lotus flowers, other types of flowers, and greens. What remains [over] of the pond's produce, [such as] fish and lotus leaves, all of you are to enjoy as a surplus. We have decided to exempt these fifteen persons from jhārā, beṭha [and] begāra corvée, ughāunī paghāunī (text: ūghāvanipughāvani) homestead taxes, sībhaḍela4 , ḍhalvā and sāhānāpālarakama service [and the supply of other] goods5 .
[Seal of the Pāhāḍa Baṃdobasta Tahabila Phā̃ṭa]6
[Seal of the Pāhāḍa Baṃdobasta Tahabila Phā̃ṭa]
[In the left margin:]
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[In the right margin:]
Signature: Ḍīp8
[Main text:]
The fifteen subjects listed in the particulars [below] shall remain present, mindful of their duties, at the lotus pond in Ṭuḍīkhela for [all] eight praharas (i.e., around the clock), staying [there] in turns. Replace anyone who quarrels and does not attend to his work.
[table1]
| 1 | Subjects' households [located] in Kathmandu | 11 | |||
| 2 | The headman of Phasīgāma from Gophale Ṭola | Mastarām [from] ditto | 1 | ||
| 3 | Lachīnara | 1 | Visnusīdhī from Pokhaladyāṃṅ | 1 | |
| 4 | Vata [from] ditto | 1 | Tejanārāṃn [from] di[tto] | 1 | |
| 5 | Gajādhara [from] ditto | 1 | Kṛsnasīdhdī Sālamī [from] di[tto] | 1 | |
| 6 | Cīmana [from] ditto | 1 | Juga [from] Dugaṃvahīla | 1 | |
| 7 | Jagat Siṃ from Brahmana Ṭola | 1 | Maṃjeśvarīvisnu Sīṃ | 1 | |
| 8 | ——--- | ——--- | ——--- | ——--- | ——--- |
[table2]
| 1 | Subjects' households [located] in Pāṭana | 4 | |
| Vinara Sīṃ | 1 | ||
| Maiha Sīṃ | 1 | ||
| Lāṣacā9 | 1 | ||
| Bahāche10 | 1 | ||
| ——--- | ——--- | ——--- |
Sunday, the 9th of the bright fortnight of Pauṣa [in the Vikrama] era year 1886 (1830 CE). Auspiciousness.
[Seal of the Pāhāḍa Baṃdobasta Tahabila Phā̃ṭa]
Commentary
The document suggests that the land endowed to the Tripureśvara Temple under the guṭhi tenure included a pond (pokhari) located in Tundikhel or else that the pond was administered under another arrangement but could be used for the temple's ritual purposes. It appears that this pond no longer exists, as no other ponds besides Rani Pokhari can currently be identified in or near the Tundikhel area. According to the temple's current priest, the temple had a pond in the location of today's Dasharatha stadium, which used to be the southernmost section of Tundikhel (https://kvuhp.nepalpicturelibrary.org/resource/tales-from-tundikhel/). K_0013_0025B, dated VS 1874, mentions a lotus pond within Tundikhel, but it is unclear whether this refers to the pond mentioned in the present document.