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A sale deed of a slave in Pyuthana issued by Bhiu Siṃ Ghartī Magar (VS 1974)

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Edited and translated by Manik Bajracharya in collaboration with Raju Rimal
Created: 2017-04-11; Last modified: 2018-05-23
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Abstract

This is a deed officializing the sale of a nine-year-old slave girl named Manakali for rupees 330 in Pyuthana.

Diplomatic edition

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श्री\

⟪नं२५⟫

⟪१७७नं⟫

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साछि

[fingerprint of Saṃtavira Puṃ]1दाम्‌रिगा
2उंवस्नेघाट्‌
3वुढासंतविर
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1सहिदाम्‌रिव
2स्नेषिमानं
3दपाध्ये१

1सहिकलम
2कासाछिदा
3म्‌रिवस्नेपरिछेत्‌पा
4ध्ये१

1लेषितम्‌पियुठानामध्येलेघागाउ
2वस्नेमुषिय़ाभिउसिंघर्तिमगर
3मआगेवर्ष९भय़ाकिमनक
4लिभंनेमेरिकमारिमेरासाव
5गास्‌लेरदुषदर्दलेधांननसक्‌
6नालेदाम्‌रिगाउवस्नेसाहुसोभा
7राम्‌पुंलेसोकमारिकोमोल्‌मो
8होररु३३०अंकेरिअछे
9रितिंसय़तिस्‌रूपैञादिदामे
10रोचितवुझ्योमोहोररूतिंसय़
11तिस्‌वुझिपरंम्‌भटलेषिदिञा
12यस्मामेरिकमारिमनकलिभं
13नेकाअंगरोगछारेकुष्टिचंरि
14फाडकेहिषोटठहरेछरहेछभ
15नेतिमिसाहुसोभाराम्‌पुंकारू
16पैञाफिर्तागरिदिम्‌लाभनिमे
17रिकमारिमनकलिसोभाराम्‌पुं
18लाईदिञाय़स्माकसैलेक्रनलाइमे
19रोचितवुझिमेरोमनोमानषुसिरा
20जिलेपरम्‌भटकोकागतलेषिदाम्‌
21रिगाउवस्नेसोभाराम्‌पुंलाइदि
22ञासाछिकिनारमालेषिसहिछाप
23दिय़कासदरछंइतिसम्‌वत्‌१९
24७४सालजेष्टदिनगते१५वार
25२सुभम्‌¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Translation

[1r]

Śrī

No. 251

No. 1772

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Witnesses:

[fingerprint of Saṃtavira Puṃ]: Ghāṭbuḍhā Saṃtavira Puṃ, resident of Dāmri Gāũ - 1

Signature: Khimānanda Pādhye, resident of Dāmri - 1

Signature: witness of the pen (i.e., the scribe)Parichet Pādhye, resident of Dāmri - 1

Written by MukhiyāBhiu Siṃ Ghartī Magara, resident of Leghā Gāu within Pyuthana.

Āge: I have not been able to support the nine-year-old slave girl of mine named Manakali because of my [current] economic status and [other] troubles. Therefore, I was persuaded when the merchant Śobhārām Puṃ, resident of Dāmri Gāũ, [offered to] give me 330 mohara rupaiyās, in words three hundred thirty rupees, as the price of the slave. I have written this paramabhaṭṭā and handed it over [to him] after receiving the mohara rupaiyās three hundred thirty. In it I have given my slave Manakali to you, [with the pledge] to return to you, Śobhārām Puṃ, the money if she is proven to have any defect of limb or [such] blemishes [as] epilepsy, leprosy or skin disorders (caṃriphāḍa). I have written this deed of paramabhaṭṭā willingly, without anyone putting [me] to it, and have handed it over to Śobhārām Puṃ, resident of Dāmri Gāu. The witnesses and the signatures written in the margin are valid.

Monday, the 15th solar day (gate) of Jyeṣṭha in the [Vikrama] era year 1974 (1917 CE). Auspiciousness.

Notes

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

2. 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.
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.