A deed recording the sale of a slave in Bādikoṭ, Pyuthana (VS 1980)
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translated by Manik Bajracharya
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Raju Rimal
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Last modified: 2018-11-28
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Abstract
This deed officializes the sale of a slave girl aged 15 for rupees 301 in Bādikoṭ, Pyuthana.
Diplomatic edition
[1r]
[?]⟪1१२⟫⟪1२७⟫⟪1१७९नं⟫[Seal reading Śrī Cetamāna Siṃ]1सहीचेत्2मांवादिकोट्1साछि[fingerprint]1प्युठानावादि
2कोट्वश्नेसा•हि
3क्मत्सिंवाहादुरमहत्छेत्रि¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१[fingerprint]1ऐं•वस्नेसेरवाहा
2दुरषतृछेत्री¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१[signature of Lalit Bāhādura Ghartī Chetrī]1लेषत्ऐंवस्ने
2ललित्वाहादुरघ
3र्तिछेत्रि¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१1लेषितम्प्युठानामध्येवादिकोट्गाउवश्नेचेत्मांसिंघर्ति
2छेत्रिमआग्येमेराघरकिकिनुव़ावर्ष१५किषिमिभंनेक
3रिय़ाकमारि१केमोल्मोहरू३०१अछेरुपितिनसये़ये़क
4मास्ववादिकोट्वस्ने•सुंदर•वाहादुरघर्तिछेत्रिलाईनिजक
5मारिकोमोल्पटक्सोलेषिय़ाकारूपैञा३०१कोपरम्भट्ट
6गरिनिजकमारिषिमीकोपरम्भट्टगरिदिञाय़ोकमारि
7कसैकादिकवंदकमालेषिदिय़ाकोछैनकसै•कादिकवंदक
8मालेषिदिय़ाकोठहर्योभनेऐनवमोजिम्मवुझाम्ला
9भनिमेराराजिलेनिजसुंदरवाहादुरघर्तिछेत्रीलाईनिज
10षिमिकोमोल्पटक्दुवोवैनुसमेत्परम्भट्टगरिदिञा
11ये़सकमारिकोषुनषत्छारेरोगझैझगडाकेहिआजअ
12घिकोदनेकोरआजपछिकोलिनेकोभनिमेरामनोमा
13नषुसिराजिलेनिजसुंदरवाहादुरघर्तिछेत्रिलाईपरम्भ
14ट्टगरिदिञाय़ोपरम्भट्टलेषेकोमुकामस्ववादिकोषिम्
15विक्रम्वाहादुरघर्तिछेत्रिकाघरमास्वहिगाउवस्नेललि
16त्वाहादुरघर्तिछेत्रिलेलेषेकोहोये़सपरम्भट्टकासा
17छिपड्केकिनारामालेषिय़ाकासद्रछंइतिसम्वत्१९८०
18साल्भाद्र१२गतेवार३शुभ्म्¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
Translation
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Number 1793
[Seal reading Śrī Cetamāna Siṃ]
Signature: Cetmān [of] Bādikoṭ
Witnesses:
[fingerprint]: Sā4 Hikmat Siṃ Bāhādura Mahat Chetrī, resident of Bādikoṭ, Pyuṭhānā
[fingerprint]: Ser Bāhādura Khatrī Chetrī, resident of the same
[signature]: Lalit Bāhādura Ghartī Chetrī, resident of the same
Written by Cetmān Siṃ Ghartī Chetrī, resident of Bādikoṭ Village within [the territory of] Pyuṭhānā.
Āge: For 301 mohararupaiyā̃s, in words three hundred one, as the price of 1 previously bought 15-year-old female kariyā slave of my house named Khimi, I have written [this] paramabhaṭṭa deed, [recording] the stated price of 301 rupaiyās [for] my own slave, and handed it over to Sundara Bāhādura Ghartī Chetrī, resident of the aforesaid Bādikoṭ. This slave has not been assigned as a pledge (dika bandaka) to anyone else. If it is proven that [she] has been assigned as a pledge to anyone else, I will make compensation according to the law (ain). I have willingly agreed to the price (mol paṭak), [accepted] dubo bainā5 for the aforementioned slave, written this paramabhaṭṭa, and handed it over to the aforementioned Sundara Bāhādura Ghartī Chetrī. Regarding this slave, any [bodily] faults (khunakhat), [such as] epilepsy, [or] conflicts [with anyone else] are until today [the responsibility] of the giver. After today, [the responsibility] will be the taker's. I have freely and of my own volition prepared [this] paramabhaṭṭa and handed it over to the aforementioned Sundara Bāhādura Ghartī Chetrī. This paramabhaṭṭa was scribed at the house of Khim Vikrama Bāhādura Ghartī Chetrī, [of] the aforesaid Bādikoṭ, by Lalit Bāhādura Ghartī Chetrī of the same aforesaid village. The witnesses written in the margin of this paramabhaṭṭa are valid.
Tuesday, the 12th solar day (gate) of Bhādra in the [Vikrama] era year 1980 (1923 CE). Auspiciousness.