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A sale deed of a slave in Purkoṭ area (VS 1976)

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Edited and translated by Axel Michaels in collaboration with Manik Bajracharya, Rajan Khatiwoda and Raju Rimal
Created: 2017-03-03; Last modified: 2018-06-19
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Abstract

This is a deed of sale recording the purchase of a slave by a man from Pyuṭhānā (VS 1976).

Diplomatic edition

[1r]

श्रीः

नं२०

१७२नं

[fingerprint of probably Buddhidhara Bhusāl]

साछि:

[signature of Sobhārāṃ Bhusāl]

1पुर्कोट्तेलवश्नेसाहुं
2सोभारांभुसाल्‌¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१

[fingerprint of probably Sotī Bhusāl]

ऐंवश्नेधनीसोतीभुसाल्‌¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१

[signature of Prarmānanda Bhusāl]

1लेषत्‌कापुर्कोट्‌वस्तु
2वश्नेप्रर्मानंन्दभुसा
3ल्‌¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१

1लेषितंहीर्यापुर्कोट्‌मध्येसीराउलासी
2मवश्नेवुद्धीधरभुसाल्‌आग्येहा
3म्राघरकीवर्ष१२कीहिरीकरीय़ा
4कमारिकोवये़नापटक्‌मोल्‌मोहो
5रू३२६अछेरूपितिनसये़छवी
6स्‌प्युठानामध्येवेल्‌वास्‌वश्नेती
7लाब्रह्मण्‌वाटसोरुपैञाबुझीनीजहि
8रिकमारिकपरंम्‌भट्टसोपुव़ाको
9कागजलेषिदिञाऐनलेफिर्ताली
10नेरो७षोझैझगडाठहरेतीम्रोदामफि
11र्ताल्दींलासोकमारिफिर्तालींलाभ
12नीमेरामनोमानषुसीराजीलेपरां
13भट्टलेषिदिञासंम्वत्१९७६साल
14माघ२७गतेवार६शुभ्म्¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Translation

[1r]

Śrīḥ

Number 20

Number 172

[fingerprint of probably Buddhidhara Bhusāl]

Witnesses:

[signature of Sobhārāṃ Bhusāl]

The merchant Sobhārāṃ Bhusāl, resident of Purkoṭ Tela --- 1

[fingerprint of probably Sotī Bhusāl]

Sotī Bhusāl, resident of idem --- 1

[signature of Prarmānanda Bhusāl]

The scribe Prarmānanda Bhusāl, resident of Purkoṭ Vastu --- 1

Written [by] Buddhidhara Bhusāl, resident of Sīrā Ulāsīma in Hīryā1 , Purkoṭ. Āge: I have received, [including] the earnest money, an amount of mohara rupaiyā 326, in words three hundred twenty-six, from Tīla Brāhmaṇa, resident of Belbās in Pyuṭhānā, for the 12-year-old domestic servant Hirī, a female slave in our house. I have written the paramabhaṭṭā deed for the aforementioned slave Hiri. I have freely and of my own will written the paraṃbhaṭṭa, stating that the period for returning [the slave] is 7 days under the Ain, and if there is a dispute regarding deficiencies [of the slave], I will return your money and take back the slave.

Friday, the 27th solar day (gate) of Māgha in the [Vikrama] era year 1976 (1920 CE). Auspiciousness.

Notes

1. This word is unclear in the original. [⇑]

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.