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A purjī from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā to the Kausī Tosākhānā requesting the disbursement of funds for installing a new Kumārī (VS 1980)

ID: K_0214_0047


Edited by Astrid Zotter in collaboration with Raju Rimal
Created: 2018-10-25; Last modified: 2019-06-05
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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, 2019. 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 purjī issued by the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā supports the claim of the pūjārī Vimalāramaṇa Rājopādhyā to material provisions for installing a new Kumārī in time to be worshipped during Baḍādasaĩ at the Patan Taleju temple as being a rightful one. The Kausī Tosākhānā is requested to disburse 9.25 Rs. for clothing.



Diplomatic edition

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1⟪13­⟫

1श्री­५­सर्कारतर्फ­गुठी­वन्दोवस्त­अडावा­      कौसी­तोसाषानाके­


2पुर्जी­


3उप्रान्त­पाटं­श्री­तलेज्युमा­वडाडसैको­•पुजामा­र­अरु­पर्व­पर्वमा­स्मेत­पुजा­गर्न­श्री­कु
4मारी­७६­साल्का­षुन्‌­भै­फेर्डा­गुलवंडाको­लहंगा­११।­पत्ता­तीन­षापको­चोलो­१­
5लाल­वपडाको­पछ्यौरा­१­स्मेत्‌को­र­कौसी­तोसाषानावात­मोरु­९।२५­भो
6ज्को­चाहीने­ठेकडारवात­मोरु­२०।­स्मेत­ज्मा­मोरु­२९।२५­षर्च­गरी­स्थापना­भ
7येकोमा­हाल­सो­कुमारीको­डाट्‌­झरी­षुन­भय़ाकोले­य़ो­८०­साल्को­वडाड
8सैलाई­अर्को­नञा­कुमारी­स्थापना­गर्नुपर्ने­भये़कोले­जाहेर­गरेको­
9 छु­सावीक­ वमोजीं­ पाउं­ भंने­ स्मेत­ वेहोराको­ पुजारी­वीसलारमण­राजोपा
10ध्याको­
जाहेरी­ डर्षाष्‌­ ये़स­अडामा­डीय़कोले­वुझडा­डर्षाष्‌का­वेहोरा
11वात­पोसाक्‌­वापत­मोरु­९।२५­तेस­अडावात­पाये़को­भंन्य­लेषिय़को­दे
12षिनाले­सो­डर्षास्त­वमोजींको­षर्च­चाहीने­मध्ये­तेस­अडावात­पाउ
13ने­भनी­लेषिय़ाको­हो­मोरु­९।२५­को­हरुव़ा­लेषने­कां­भय़को­छ­तस
14र्थ­माटी­लेषिय़ाको­व्येहोरा­वुझी­सो­कुमा­फेर्दा­लेषिय़­वमोजीं­पोसा
15कके­मोरु­९।२५­तेस­अडावात­जाने­डरवंडी­सन­भये़­हाल­षुन­भै­अ
16र्को­कुसपी­स्थापना­गर्नालाई­पनी­मोरु­९।२५­नौ­रुपैञा­पचीस­पैसा­ऐं­
17सव़ालको­रीत­पुर्याई­नीज­पुजाहारी­हस्ते­डीने­कां­भया­वेस­होला­सं­८०­सा
18ल­आश्वीं­      गते­रोज­      शुभ्म्­¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Synopsis

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This purjī is issued by the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā under Śrī 5 Sarkāra and is addressed to the Kausī Tosākhānā.

It quotes an application (darkhāsta) by the pujārīVīmalāramaṇa Rājopādhyā in connection with material provisions needed for installing a new Kumārī. The sum applied for amounts to 29.25 mo[hara]rū[paiyā̃]s, including 9.25 morus for clothing, to be provided by the Kausī Tosākhānā, and 20 morus for the attendant feast, to be provided by contractors (ṭhekadāra). The application quoted gives as the reason why a new Kumārī needs to be installed the fact that the present one, installed in VS 1976 with the same sums being spent, shed blood while losing a tooth. As the Kumārī was worshipped during the autumnal Dasaĩ festival at the Pāṭaṃ Śrī Talejyū [temple], a new Kumārī needed to be installed before the upcoming Baḍādasaĩ of VS 1980.

The darkhāsta quoted is supported as being in accordance with the usual practice. The applicant's claim to receive the 9.25 morus for clothing is forwarded to the Kausī Tosākhānā with a request to disburse these funds.


Commentary

This document seems to have been copied from document K_0214_0045. Strong indications of this are reading mistakes that seem to be the direct result of misinterpretations of the text as written down in the latter document. In line 4 the unclear script in K_0214_0045 invites the reading 11 । pattā for 1 vāpatta, in l. 13 ho for so and haruvā (or something similar) for hakamā, in l. 16 kusapī for kumārī. The only differences that cannot be related to K_0214_0045 are an addition of aḍā after guṭhī vandovasta (l.1) and the rendering of pujārī as pujāhārī in line 17. These do not, however, mitigate against the assumption that this is a direct copy, as both modifications could have easily been made by an office scribe. In copying, the scribe of the present document retained the writing of ḍa for da, as done in K_0214_0045, but corrected that of ṭa for ta. The latter correction has resulted in the "overcorrected" rendering of the postposition -vāṭa as -vāta (ll. 5, 6, 11, 14). Among other mistakes, the present scribe's tendency to omit akṣaras (ll. 1, 14, 15) is worth noting.

For a translation and further comments, see the Commentary to K_0214_0045. For further thoughts on the case in question, see the Commentary to K_0214_0044.


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