A sale deed of a slave in Pyuṭhāna area (VS 1979)
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translated by Axel Michaels
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Manik Bajracharya, Rajan Khatiwoda, and Raju
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Last modified: 2018-06-19
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Abstract
This document is a sale deed transferring ownership of a slave for rupees 200 in Pyuṭhāna.
Diplomatic edition
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श्री\⟪नं४⟫⟪१५६नं⟫[fingerprint of Hirāsiṃ Ghartī Chetrī]साछि[fingerprint of Sem Lāl Pā̃ḍe]सेम्लाल्पाडे¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१[fingerprint of Vīnu Puṃ]जंदारवीनुपुं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१[Signature of Domāṃ Śrīrcālāla Jaisī]दोमां श्रिर्चाला⟪ल⟫जैसि१[Seal of Phauda Bāhādura]1ले.जी.फौदवा2हादुर¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१1लेषितम्प्युठानामौजेवरौलाधाईरेषरकगाउवश्ने
2वर्ष१६कोहिरासिंघर्तिछेत्रीआग्येमेराअंसकोवर्ष
3१३कोयेमेकमारोमेरासाग्लेथाम्ननसक्दामेरा
4षुसिराजीलेवेचनुपर्दाऐंगाउवस्नेवावादांवाहा
5दुरघर्तिछेत्रीलेलीदासोकमाराकोमोल्मोरू२००।
6दुईसये़रुपैञादिदामेरोचित्तवुझ्योसोयेमेकमा
7रोलाईपंचरनसावुदछ:केहिकुराकोषोटोपं
8चरत्नमादोषिरोगिमाहारोगछारेरोगरहेछ
9भनेऐनसव़ालवमोजीम्७दिन्भीत्रफिर्ताग
10रिदिनुभनीपरंभट्टकोकागजगरिदिञाईती
11सम्वत्१९७९साल्मिती•चैत्र३गतेरोज६शुभम्
Translation
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Number 4
Number 156
[Fingerprint of] Hirāsiṃ Ghartī Chetrī
Witnesses:
[Fingerprint of] Sem Lāl Pā̃ḍe --- 1
[Fingerprint of] JaṃdāraVīnu Puṃ --- 1
[Signature of] Domāṃ Śrīrcārāla Jaisī --- 1
[Seal of] Le. Jī.1 Phauda Bāhādura --- 1
[Fingerprint of an unknown person]
Written by the 16-year-old Hirāsiṃha Gharti Chetrī2 , resident of Dhāīle Kharaka village, Baraulā within the territory of Pyuṭhānā. Āge: Since the 13-year-old-male slave [called] Yeme, a part of my inheritance, cannot be maintained by [me and] my kin3 , I had to sell him, freely and of my own will. I am satisfied with the slave being taken by Bābā Dāṃ Bāhādura Ghartī Chetrī from the same village, and mohara rūpaiyā 200, in words two hundred rupees, being given as the price. This Yeme, the slave, is us unspoiled; [he is in possession of] the five gems.4 I have made a paramabhaṭṭa deed, stating that if something wrong—any flaw to the five gems, [such as] a [minor] disease, a major disease, or epilepsy, turn up, one should return him within 7 days according to the Ain and [the pertinent] savāla.
Friday, the 3rd solar day (gate) of Caitra in the [Vikrama] era 1979 (1923 CE). Auspciousness.
Commentary
It seems that the inheritor of the slave Yeme could not maintain the boy because he himself was only sixteen years old, and so was forced to sell him. Interestingly, the document refers to an amendment (savāla) of the Mulukī Ain.