Documenta Nepalica

Diplomatic edition

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1श्री­लाठ्‌साहेव­
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[seal with the legend: श्री­नरजङ्ग­७२­]

1साछि­

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1लिषीतम्‌­लमजुं­१०­थर­ऊपल्लो­घनपोषरा­वस्ने­सुव्वा­नरजङ्ग­गुरुं­आग्ये­:तिमी­धोर्जे­ढंडुलको­
2वावु­सुव्वा­छीमी­धोर्जेको­र­•मेरा­वावा­सुव्वा­मनीलाल­गुरुंका­पाला­मेल्‌संग­काम्‌‌­गरी­आ:
3याको­र­•हामी­२­जनाका­पाला­केहि­अमेल­भय़ाको­हो­तापनी­अवप्रान्त­अघिको­ई
4वि­लाग­केही­नली­हाम्रा­जिय़ाभर­तपसिलमा­लेषिय़ाका­वन्दोवस्त­वमोजिं­गर्नु­ग
5रौंला­¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯
6¯ ¯१¯का­षुव़ा­१८­सै­षोला­२०­गाँऊ­अघि­तीम्रा­वावु­छिमी­धोर्जेले­काम्‌­गर्दा­:तिम्रा­वावु
7को­र­मेरा­वावाका­सल्लाले­:सो­२०­गाँऊमध्ये­रुई­गाँऊ­१­मेरा­वावा­सुव्वा­मनीलाल­गुरुं­[?]ई­
8गाँऊको­कुरीय़ामा­समेत्‌­भर्ना­भै­:तालुक्‌दारी­काम्‌­गर्ने­•र­अरु­१९­गाँऊ­तिम्रा­वावुले­कां­
9गर्ने­गरी­आयाकोमा­:६६­सालमा­जम्मै­२०­गाँऊ­तिम्रा­नाऊमा­पट्टा­कवुलिय़ेत्‌­गरी­तीमी
10ले­लियाको­र­•लार्केमा­साविक्‌­सनद­सव़ाल्‌­र­•थीतीमा­तीमीले­खिचोला­गरी­दीदा­:
11६९­साल्मा­मैले­जम्मै­२०­गाँऊको­ठेक्‌­गनी­महसुल­गरी­•ठेक्का­कवोल­गरी­मेरा­नाऊमा­प
12ट्टा­कवुलिय़ेत्‌­भै­:आय़ाकोमा­:७२­सालसम्म­मैले­काम्‌­गरी­७३­सालका­वालीदेषी­सो­:
13२०­गाँऊ­तिम्रा­नाऊमा­लोकाभारा­पट्टा­भय़ाको­छ­तापनी­:अघिदेषि­मेरा­वावा­र­म­समे
14त्‌‌ले­:रैति­सरह­तिरो­तीरी­•सो­रुई­गाँऊको­कुरीय़ामा­भर्ना­भै­तालुक्‌‌दारी­काम्‌­समेत्‌­ग
15री­आय़ाको­हुनाले­७३­साल्का­वालीमा­तिम्रा­नाऊमा­लोकाभारा­पट्टा­कवुलिय़ेत्‌­भय़ा
16को­छ­तापनी­:सो­रुई­गाँऊको­दाम्‌काम्‌‌­मैले­गरी­रैतीवाट­असुल्‌­गर्नुपर्ने­ठेक्‌­सिर्तो­समे
17त्‌­रैतीवाट­असुल­गरी­¯ ¯१¯का­तहविल्मा­वुझाई­रसिद­भर्पाई­लिंऊला­¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯

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1सही­सु:­सेर­
2वाहादुर­था
3पा­छेत्री­

1लेषका­साछी­सुवेदार­सेर­वाहादुर­थापा­
2छेत्री­लमजुं­पामचोक्‌­वस्न्ये­¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯

Translation

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[In the left margin:]

Witness[es]

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Śrī

Śrī Lāṭha Sāheba3
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[Seal with the legend: Śrī Narajaṅga 72]

Likhitam [by] SubbāNarajaṅga Guruṅa, resident of Upper Ghanapokharā of 10 thara (i.e. Daśathara) in Lamajuṅa

Āge: During the time of Chīmī Dhorje (the father of you Dhorje Dhaṃḍula) and my father Subbā Manīlāla Guruṅa, we worked in harmony, but during the time of the two of us there have been some differences. Even so, from now onwards [both you and I] shall act in accordance with the regulations mentioned in the [following] details (tapasila) for as long as we live, without any of the envy and aversion4 of the past.

When your father Chīmī Dhorje served [as tālukadāra], the practice based on consultations between your father and my father was that, of the 20 villages of the 18 Saya Kholā region which were the khuvā of [lāṭha sāheba]5 , my father, Subbā Manīlāla Guruṅa, performed tālukadārī duties in the 1 village of Rui, and was also registered as a kuriyā in it, and your father performed [those] duties in the other 19 villages.

However, in the year [VS 19]66 (1909 CE), you acquired a written lease agreement (kabuliyata), took all the 20 villages in your name, and when you quarrelled with [provisions of] previous sanadas, savālas and thitis in Lārke, a written lease agreement was drawn up in my name in the year [VS 19]69 (1912 CE) after I computed the contractual amounts for all 20 villages, paid the charges and accepted [the terms of] the contracts. I served [as tālukadāra] till the year [VS 19]72 (1915 CE), and [then] a lokābhāra contract was leased in your name for the said 20 villages for the crops of the year [VS 19]73 (1916 CE) onwards.

However, since my father and I had been paying the rent as any ryot would do, were enrolled as kuriyās of the said village, Rui, and had been doing the work of tālukadāras, a lokābhāra contract was leased in your name for the crops of the year [VS 19]73. I shall nevertheless [continue to] attend to the money matters of the said village, Rui, collecting the ṭheka and sirto taxes exacted from the ryots, submitting them to the tahabila of [the lāṭha sāheba]6 and getting receipts for the same.

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From now onwards I shall, in accordance with the previous thitis and sanadas, continue to work in the manner I have been doing up to now, [both] during the time of my father and my own in Lārke. Do not file any complaints or quarrel about it in the centre or in the rural districts.

For as long as the sarkāra offers us the tālukadārī of the said 20 villages of the 18 Saya Kholā region, I shall do [this] work in the one village of Rui and you shall do it in the [other] 19 villages, just as during the time of our fathers. You will not quarrel over this [arrangement] in Rui village, and I shall not do so [over that] in the 19 villages.

In the case where someone other than the two of us accepts and acquires the contract for the tālukadārī duties in the said 20 villages or quarrels [with us over our contracts], then whatever needs to be done in the centre or in the rural districts will be done in consultation with one another.

If new rakama [offers] in the 18 Saya Kholā region or the 3 villages in Lārke [come] from the sarkāra, then after consulting with one another we shall do whatever needs to be done in the centre or in the rural districts and work towards7 maintaining the previous thitis of the people (duniñā). We two shall not add to or remove [any of] the people's previous thitis.

We shall remain true to the dharma [as] stated above—we two for as long as we live—shall adhere to the dharma from the time of our fathers, not holding any ill will [towards one another] in our minds, or listening to talk of strife and dishonest people or doing anything that goes against [the dharma], knowing [what] the dharma [calls for]. I have thus prepared [this] dharmabandeja8 and handed it over to you, Subbā Dhorje Ḍhaṃḍula Khunu, in the presence of the witnesses [recorded] in the margin of this document.

Friday, the 23rd of Bhādra in the [Vikrama] era year 1974 (1917 CE). Auspiciousness.

[In the left margin:]

Signature: SubedāraSera Bāhādura Thāpā Chetrī

Witness to the deed: Subedāra Sera Bāhādura Thāpā Chetrī, resident of Pāmacok in Lamajuṅa

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