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A copy of a purjī from C-in-C Bhīma Śamśera instructing the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā to disburse funds to the Pūrṇeśvarapākaśālā on the occasion of Baḍādasaĩ (VS 1969)

ID: K_0384_0064


Edited and translated by Astrid Zotter in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya
Created: 2019-04-16; Last modified: 2020-02-12
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Abstract

The purjī from Commander-in-Chief General Bhīma Śamśera of which this is a copy directs officers of the Gūṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā to disburse a customary sum for purchasing sweet breads, sweets and yoghurt to feed the poor on the occasion of the Baḍādasaĩ festival in VS 1969 at the Pūrṇeśvarapākaśālā.



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Śrī Jaṅgānandaprakāseśvara – 3

Śrī Purṇaiśvara – 2

Śrī 3 Sarkāra – 1

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Kha[ridāra]Bhavaprasāda [certifies that] the copy is true to the original. LekhanadāsaSera Bahādura, Signature: ...2

Hail! A purjī of the venerable Commander-in-Chief General Sir Bhīma Samsera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā, a venerable prince born of a prince, KCVO3 , to the chief and clerks of the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā under [Śrī 3 Sarkāra]4 .

Uprānta: Since in the year [19]67 27 mohararupaiyā̃s (text: moharrū) have been allocated [for] feeding suhārī, mālapuvā, sweets and yoghurt for observing Baḍādasaĩ [with a feast] for the poor people who take their meals (lit. "cooked rice") at the kitchen (pākaśālā) of [Śrī Purṇeśvara]5 , in order to observe the Baḍādasai of the current year [19]69 27, [in words] twenty-seven, morus, are granted, in accord with what is usual, for suhārī, mālapuvā, [and] sweets together with yoghurt, for the poor people who take their meals at the kitchen of [Śrī Purṇeśvara]6 . Record the expenditures in the account book (syāhā) of the guṭhī of [Śrī Jaṅganandaprakāseśvara]7 and carry out the task of delivering [the money] into the hands of Pṛthīmaṃgala, the assistant (nāyaba) rāīṭara of the kitchen of [Śrī Purṇeśvara]8 . It will be deducted when accounts are cleared according to the account book and receipt that bear the signature and seal of the said nāyaba rāīṭara.

Saturday, the 20th solar day (gate) of Āśvina in the [Vikrama] era year 1969 (1912 CE). Auspiciousness.


Commentary

The present purjī belongs to a series of similar instructions from the period VS 1955 to VS 1970, that pertain to festive meals at the Pūrṇeśvarapākaśālā during the autumnal Dasaĩ festival (see K_0614_0041, K_0608_0055, K_0660_0052, K_0664_0017, K_0667_0036, K_0488_0009, K_0488_0012, K_0382_0029, K_0395_0041, K_0395_0049).


Notes

1. This number was added by a later hand using Arabic numerals. It refers to the position of the document in the bundle (pokā) number 13 of the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā, microfilmed from K_0384_0005 (no. 1) up to K_0385_0054 (no. 143) (cf. registration number on the catalogue card). There is another series of documents with the same registration number (Po. no. 13 Gu. Bam.) with 141 counted documents microfilmed from K_0381_0064 (no. 1) up to K_0383_0024 (no. 141). The documents of both series, scribed by different hands, are copies of instructions given by the commander-in-chief general to different offices. Many of these concern affairs of institutions operating under the Jaṅgānandaprakāśeśvaraguṭhī. The documents of the present batch were all issued in the year VS 1969. []

2. The signature cannot be deciphered. []

3. The bestowal of the title of "Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order" upon Bhīma Śamśera was announced on 24 December 1911 by King George V during the latter's hunting trip to the Nepalese Tarai, the same day he bestowed upon Bhīma Śamśera's elder brother Candra Śamśera, the ruling Śrī 3 Mahārāja, the insignia of a "Knight Grand Commander" (GCVO), the first class of the same order (Anonymous 1914: 231) []

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