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A sale deed recording the purchase of two slaves in Pyuthana (VS 1975)

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Edited and translated by Manik Bajracharya in collaboration with Raju Rimal
Created: 2017-04-16; Last modified: 2018-11-27
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Abstract

This is a deed formalizing the sale of two slaves by Candra Bāhādura Thāpā Kṣetrī for 665 mohara rupaiyās..

Diplomatic edition

[1r]

1श्री\

1⟪न२६⟫

1⟪२५⟫

1⟪१७८नं⟫

1सहीचंद्र
2वाहादुरथापा
3क्षत्री

1साछि [fingerprint of Setu Mahat Chetrī] सेतुमहत्‌क्षत्री¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१

1स्हीहिक्‌मत्‌सींवाहा
2दुरक्षत्री¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१

1स्हिसिहविरथापाक्षत्री¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१

1लेषितम्‌अर्घाअर्जुंवस्नेचंद्रवाहा
2दुरथापाक्षत्रीमआग्यमेराघरका
3किनुञाकरियारामेकमारोगंगिक
4मारिसम्‌त्‌जाना२कोमोल्‌मो
5होरू६६५अंकेमोहोरूछसय़पै
6षष्टीमाप्युठांवाडिकोट्‌वस्नेछं
7त्तुचुजालिउपाध्येलाईलेषिञा
8कारूपैञालिनिजरामेकमारोगं
9गिकमारिकोपरम्‌भट्‌टको
10कागजलेषिनिजछंत्तुपाध्येला
11ईदिञाय़सपरम्‌भट्‌टकासछि
12फकेकिनारमालेषिसछापग
13रेकासदरछंय़ोपरम्‌भट्‌टले
14षेकोहिक्‌मत्‌वाहादुरसाहु
15काघरदलांमाहाईतिसम्‌वत्‌
16१९८०सालवैसाकगते१०वा
17र१सुभ्म्¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Translation

[1r]

Śrī

No. 261

242

No. 1783

Signature: Candra Bāhādura Thāpā Chetrī

Witnesses:

[fingerprint]: Setu Mahat Chetrī - 1

Signature: Hikmat Siṃ Bāhādura Chetrī - 1

Signature: Siṃhavira Thāpā Chetrī - 1

Written by Candra Bāhādura Thāpā Chetrī, resident of Arghā Arjuṃ.

Āge: After 665mohara rupaiyās, in words six hundred sixty-five, was written to Chaṃttu Cujāli Upādhye, a resident of Bādikoṭ [in] Pyuthana, as the price for two purchased household slaves (kariyā) of my house—the male slave Rāme and the female slave Gaṃgi—I have [now] received the sum and written a paramabhaṭṭā document regarding the said male slave Rāme and female slave Gaṃgi, and handed it over to aforementioned Chaṃttu Pādhye.

[The names of] the witnesses to this paramabhaṭṭā written in the margin with their signatures are valid. This paramabhaṭṭā was written on the veranda of the house of sāhuHikmat Bāhādura.

Sunday, the 10th solar day (gate) of Vaiśākha in the [Vikrama] era year 1980 (1923 CE). Auspiciousness.

Notes

1. Added in the upper margin by a second hand. [⇑]

2. Added in the upper margin by a second hand. [⇑]

3. Added in the upper margin by a second hand. [⇑]

Word	Notes
āge	[fr. S. agre] adv. lit. "henceforeward" (Riccardi 1976: 150 n. 6), especially used in administrative and legal documents to mark the beginning of a text or paragraph. In its function it is similar to uprānta.
kariyā	var. kariya; n. a slave working in house, a servant
mohararupaiyā̃	var. mohararupaiyām, mohararūpaiyā, moharaṭaṃkā (New.); often abbreviated as moru, morū, moharu, moharū, moharru, mohorru; n. monetary unit based on and equivalent to two eight-anna silver coins (moharas); in calculations usually broken down into four sukās, 16 ānās or 64 paisās (cf. Pant and Pierce 1989: 93) or 256 dāmas; the exchange ratio with paisās was calculated differently at different times and in different parts of the kingdom, depending on the relative values of silver and copper, ranging between 52 and 80 paisās (Regmi 1982: 73). In documents sums are represented in four numerical fractions, with the rupaiyā represented by numbers; the sukās by one to three daṇḍas or the avagraha sign representing zero; the ānās by one to three diagonal dashes, sometimes as a loop with two or three jags; the paisās again by daṇḍas or numbers; the dāmas by numbers or horizontal dashes.
paramabhaṭṭā	[fr. S.] var. parampaṭṭā, paramabhaṭṭa, parambhaṭṭa, parambhaṭṭi, paraṃbhātā, parāṃbhaṭṭa, pārabhātā; n. a deed, prepared by the seller, formalizing the sale of a slave.
śrī	[S.] n. word of blessing, can be used as apprecatio, in which case it means 'good fortune' (Pant and Pierce 1989: 12), can be used as a prefix to names of persons and gods, in which case it means 'venerable' or 'glorious' respectively. The number of śrīs used varies, depending on context.