A bond entered into by Kamāne Bhoṭe with Kulamāna Girī to pay compensation for a period of unauthorized absence (VS 1963)
ID: K_0348_0039
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Abstract
This is a bond obligating the bond servant Kamāne Bhoṭe to pay back the creditor Kulamāna Girī for losses sustained during a period during which he had run away. Kamāne Bhoṭe thereby agrees to remain as a bond servant at the creditor’s house until the debt is paid off.
Diplomatic edition
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1श्री\1श्रीमैन्द्रदल2१⟪४५⟫1लीषीतम्सागाचोकमध्ये•षाल्साडढुवाडाडाछापटारवस्न्या
2वर्ष१८कोकमानेभोटेआगेमेरावावुविक्मान्सिंभोटेले
3पीरमहंतकुल्मान्•गीरीसगसावामोहरू३७।५०कर्जापाईमेरो
4ज्यूभोगवाधालेषीदीय़ावमोजीम्•मेराषुसिराजीसग[...]
5सालफागुनमैनादेषीनीजसाहुकाघर्माभोगवाधाभैका[?]
6काजगरीवसेकामामेरासौतीन्नादाज्यू•वुधिमान्भोटे
7ले•मलाईफकाई६०सालकात्तीक्मैनादेषीसाहुकाघर
8वाटभगाईकाठेसिंवुडेरागरीवस्न्या¯ ¯ १ ¯ ¯पल्टन्१०पट्टी
9सुवेदारारामनाथभाटराना•काघर्मादर्माहदारगराई
10राषेमामस्मेत्लेसोकुरोदवाईसाहुकोकाम्हानी[...]
11र•आजकामीतीमापक्राउभैआय़ाकोहुनालेसाहु
12कोकाम्हर्जाभय़ाकोवर्ष२।५कोऐनवमोजीम्•दीन
13१कोपैरू।४काहीसावलेमोरू३४।८०रसावास्मेतमा
14सिकीस्तगर्दामेरोचीत्तवुझ्यो•सोरूपैञाहाल्तीर्नाकोसा
15वगास्छैननीमेक्मोरू३४।८०मध्येनीजदाज्यूवुधी[...]
16भोटेवाटभर्नाआय़ाकोनगतमोरू५र•साहुलाईतमसु
17कलेषीदीय़ाकोमोरू७स्मेत्ज्मामोरू१२कट्टागरीवाकी
18मोरू२२।८०रसावामोरू३७।५०ज्मामोहरू६०।३०साठी
19रुपैञातीस्पैसामासावीक्वमोजीम्मेराज्यूसाहुका
20घरभोगवाधा•भैवस्न्यामाराजीभञाअवउप्रान्त[?]
21ठैप्रहरसाहुकाघरवसीकाम्काजगरुँलासोवमो[?]
22नगरीभागीनसीकाम्हर्जागराञाभनेपक्रीऐन[?]
23जीम्•गरीनीमेक्स्मेत्लीनु•माथी•लेषीय़ावमोजीम्
24ज्मामोरू६०।३०तीरेकादीन•मलाईछाडीदीनु•वेउ
25जुरभनीमेरामनोमानषुसीराजीसगकीनाराकासा
26छीसदरगरी•नीजवुधीमानेलाईज्यूज्मानीदीआ
27ज•अ•घी•काम्हर्जागराय़ाकोनीमेस्मेत्थपगरीमं
28जुरीकोकागजलेषीनीजसाहुलाईदीञाइतीसंव
29त्१९६३साल्वैसाष६गते४वारशुभ्म्¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
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⟪8⟫[unknown fingerprint][fingerprint of Budhīmāna Bhoṭe][signature of Vṛṣa Bāhādura Thāpā][fingerprint of Māna Bahādura][signature of Māhāvīra Khatrī][signature of Jayanārāna Pādhyā Ḍhuṃgānā][signature of Jīvarāja Pādhyā]1साछी2भोगवाधामेरोसौतीनेभाईकमानेभोटेभागीनसीगय़ोभनेनीजलाईपक्री
3ल्याईज्यूहाजीरगराउला•सोगर्नसकीनभनेनीजकावदलामेरोज्यूभो
4गवाधाभैवसुला•भनीषुसीराजीसगज्यूज्मानीभैसहीछाप्गर्ने•सोहीछा
5पटारवस्न्यावुधीमानभोटे¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯१
6पु.गो८पट्टीक.वृषवाहादुरथापादोल्षाफेदा¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१
7ऐ.९पट्टीमीमानवहादुरथापातील्पुं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१
8[?]महीन्द्रदल्१०पट्टीमाहावीरषत्रीसीपावडहरे¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१
9भोटुभंन्याजय़नारानपाध्याढुंगानाछालीं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ १
10लेषकजीवराजपाध्यावानेश्वर¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१
Translation
[1r-part1]
Venerable Mahīndradala1 – 1
452
Written by Kamāne Bhoṭe, aged 18, a resident of Khālsā, Ḍaḍhuvā Ḍāḍā, Chāpaṭāra within [the confines of] Sāgācoka.
Āge: In accordance with my (mero jyū, lit. "my body") having been approved as a bond servant (bhoga bā̃dhā) by my father Vikmān Siṃ Bhoṭe after he took a loan of 37 mohararupaiyā̃s 50 paisās as the principal (sāvā) from PīraMahantaKulmān Giri, I willingly lived and worked in the house of the aforementioned creditor (sāhu) as a bond servant from the month of Phāguna of the year [...]3 . [While I was doing so], my elder half-brother, Budhimān Bhoṭe, beguiled me into running away in the month of Kārttika of the year [VS 19]60, and had me made a salaried employee (darmāhadāra) at the house of Rāmanātha Bhāṭa Rānā—the subedāra of the 10th Squad (paṭṭī) of -1- (i.e., Mahīndradala) palṭana—residing temporarily at Kāṭhe Siṃbu4 . Since I kept this matter a secret and caused harm to the creditor's work, and now that I have been caught, I agree that [an amount of] 34 mohararupaiyā̃s 80 paisās should be added to the principal, as calculated according to the law (ain), at the rate of 4 paisās per day as compensation for loss caused to the creditor's work for [a period of] 2 years and 5 months. Currently, I have no prospect [of being able] to pay this sum. Of the amount 34 mohararupaiyā̃s 80 paisās for the value of the daily work (nimeka), after subtracting a total of 12 mohararupaiyā̃s compensated by my elder brother—5 mohararupaiyā̃s in cash and 7 mohararupaiyā̃s as written in a written agreement (tamasuka) handed over to the creditor—there remains 22 mohararupaiyā̃s 80 paisās along with the principal 37 mohararupaiyā̃s 50 paisās, amounting to a total of 60 mohararupaiyā̃s 30 paisās, [in words,] sixty rupaiyās thirty paisās. [For this money,] I have agreed to remain, according to the rule (sāvikbamojima), a bond servant in the house of the creditor. From now on I will remain throughout [all] eight praharas (i.e., around the clock) in the house of the creditor and work [for him]. In case I fail to do so, or cause loss to the [creditor's] work by running away, catch me and take the daily fine according to the law. Set me free on the day I pay off the aforementioned amount of 60 mohararupaiyā̃s 30 paisās. I will not file any [future] complaint. I have willingly written this deed—[wherein I] declare the witnesses [mentioned] in the margin as valid, assign the aforementioned Budhimān as bondsman (jīu jamānī), and [accept] the addition of the daily [amount] for the loss in work I caused earlier—and have handed it over to the creditor.
Wednesday, the 6th solar day (gate) of Vaisākha in the [Vikrama] era year 1963 (1906 CE).
[1r-part2]
[unknown fingerprint]
[fingerprint of Budhimān Bhoṭe]
[signature of Vṛṣa Bāhādura Thāpā]
[fingerprint of Māna Bahādura]
[signature of Māhāvīra Khatrī]
[signature of Jayanārāna Pādhyā Ḍhuṃgānā]
[signature of Jīvarāja Pādhyā]
Witnesses:
Budhimān Bhoṭe, resident of the same Chāpaṭāra, I who willingly stand as bondsman and have signed, stating: "If my half-brother Kamāne Bhoṭe, the bond servant, runs away, I will capture him and present him back to you. If I fail to do so, I will stay as bond servant in his place." - 1
Pu. Go Squad 8 Ka. Vṛṣa Bāhādura Thāpā [of] Dolkhā, Phedā5 - 1
Ditto Squad 9 Mī. Māna Bahādura Thāpā [of] Tīlpuṃ - 1
Mahīndradala, Squad 10 Māhāvīra Khatrī [of] Sīpā Baḍahare - 1
Jayanārāna Pādhyā Ḍhuṃgānā aka Bhoṭu [of] Chālīṃ - 1
Scriber Jīvarāja Pādhyā [of] Bāneśvara - 1
Commentary
Kamāne Bhoṭe was assigned as a bond servant by his father, Vikmān Siṃ Bhoṭe, in VS 1956 (see document K_0348_0040 for the original bond). However, the original debtor Vikmān Siṃ is not mentioned in this document and one can assume that he must have passed away during the gap of six years the two documents were written. If it is the case, this may also be considered as a case of debt inheritance.
The document stipulates that the bond servant Kamāne Bhoṭe is to pay a fine of four paisās per day for the period during which he had run away. This amount is in accordance with the Ain of 1854 (MA-KM 1854/80 §9) which states that daily nimyāka of a bond servant is one ānā (= 4 paisās) as long as the accumulated total of nimyāka is less than the original amount of money (thaili), in the case when a runaway bond servant is captured.