Documenta Nepalica

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1स्वस्ति­श्रीगणेशाय़­नम:­।।      ।।अथ­देसभाषा­॥श्रीसाके­•सम्वत्‌­•१७९६­विक्रमा•दित्त्य­
2सम्वत्‌­१९३१­साल­कार्तिकमासे­•शुक्लपक्षनव़म्यां­•तीथौ­•सत•भिसानक्षेत्रे­व्याधि
3य़ोगे­•वुध्दवासरे­•॥तद्दिने­काश्यव­गोत्र­श्री­•रुपनाराये़णे•त्यादी­कुमार•कुमारात्म
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9साही•­दलभिम­विक्रम्‌­साही•हरु­साछी­राषि­•जौ­तिल­कुश­•जल­राषी­•आफै
10ले­•वाक्यसंकल्प­गरी­•लुभूका­•अम्वल­•लहुसाष्वा­षेत­•मुरी­।११­ससांवु­षेत­मु
11रि­।८९।­ज्मा­येक्‌­षेत­१।।­जगा­गुठी­•राषी­•चह्राञाँ­•सो­षेत•का­पैदाव़ारले­वि
12द्यारथी­व्रांह्मण­•जना­५­लाई­जो­•पुग्याको­वाली­दी­•विद्या­सीकाउनु­य़ो­गुठी­•
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18वमोजीम्‌­उत्तरोत्तर­ज्ञान­•वुध्दी­•भै­¯ ¯२¯ कोसुदृष्टि­पाई­परलोकमा­¯ ¯३¯लो
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Translation

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Glorious Parameśvara Nārāyaṇa---2

[Glorious Viṣṇu]---3

Glorious Sun and Moon---4

The youngest (kāṃchā) queen consort of the venerable supreme king of the great kings, fivefold venerable Devarājalakṣmī Devī---11

Yaka Nārāna Tīmīlasīnā from Kaṭuṃjye, Bhādgāũ who inspected the original and signed and stamped this copy, stating that the copy is true to the original.

Signature; Yaka Nārāna Tīmalsīnā [from] Kaṭuṃjye.

Auspiciousness

Hail! Homage to glorious Gaṇeśa. Now in the vernacular language (deśabhāṣā):

In the auspicious (śrī) Śaka era year 1796 and Vikramāditya era year 1931, on the ninth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kārtika, under the [constellation] Śatabhiṣā and the Vyādhi yoga, on a Wednesday, on this very day: With the aim that all ignorance (ajñāna) and misfortune (ariṣṭa) in this world be removed, and that they attain self-realization (ātmajñāna), and at the time of their death (antakāla) that they may remember -2- (i.e., Glorious Parameśvara Nārāyaṇa) and thereby attain liberation, the venerable middle (text: māhīlā) queen Śīvakumārī (text: Sīvakumārī), the venerable youngest (text: Kāṃchī) queen Mahēśvarīkumāri, and -1- (i.e. venerable Queen Consort Devarājalakṣmī Devī), who were born to a prince from the clan of the sage Kaśyapa (kāśyapagotrīya)—[a prince who shines with manifold rows of eulogies such as] Rūpanārayaṇa—established a gūṭhī, endowing the following plots of land [to it]: | 11 murīs of a paddy field (kheta) at Lahusākhvā under the jurisdiction of Lubhū, | 89 | murīs of a paddy field called Sasāṃbu, [together] totalling 1 || kheta.2 [The purpose of the endowment is] to give 5 Brahmin students the annual crop yield (bālī) and be taught by Brahmins so that, free of worry, they may attain mastery over knowledge. [The endowment was consecrated] by reciting a ritual declarative sentence (saṃkalpavākya) with barley (jau), sesame seeds (tila), kuśa-grass and water—performed by the queens themselves with the venerable king Thaman Bāhādura Sāhī, Cautarīya Vīranārāna Sāhī and Dalbhima Vikram Sāhī as witnesses. From the output of these fields, the 5 Brahmin students shall [yearly] be provided the crop yield, however much it be, and be taught. Paṇḍita Vācaspati Upādhyāya Panta, residing in Kathmandu'sPhasikebaṭola, shall conduct the annual reassignment (parapajanī) of the gūṭhī land.3

He is to provide the Brahmin students, [chosen at] his own discretion, with the yearly crop yield, teach them and maintain (pālanā) the gūṭhī. After his lifetime, his descendants, from generation to generation, are to maintain the gūṭhī as [herein] written. Having stated this, we hereby issue this deed of gift (dānapatra).

Whatever wise person who sustains this gūṭhī in accordance with what is written above will increase in knowledge and wisdom, obtain the grace (sudṛṣṭi) of -2- (i.e., Glorious Parameśvara Nārāyaṇa), and reside in the other world—in the world of -3- (i.e. Glorious Viṣṇu)—for as long as -4- [i.e. the Sun and Moon] remain.

Earth, water, fire, wind, the moon, the sun and Yamarāja (i.e. the god of death) are witnesses to this act.

On Monday, the 30th of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhādra in the [Vikrama] era year 1932 (1876 CE). Auspiciousness.

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