A purjī from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā to the Tīnadhārā Pākasālā assigning tax collection on the potā land at Thimi khuvā (VS 1954)
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Abstract
This purjī from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā concerns potā lands registered as khuvā at Thimi under the Tīnadhārā Pākasālā Guṭhī. Following a petition by potādāra Māna Bahādura Gubhāju regarding unpaid potā revenues since VS 1943 (1886 CE), the order directs the concerned officials to act according to the Ain and savālas, confirming the assignment of tax collection on these trust lands to the designated collector.Diplomatic edition
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1⟪43⟫1स्वस्तिश्रीश्री३सर्कारतर्फगुठिवंदोवस्तअडाकस्यतिन्धारापाक्सालाकोहाकिम्कारीन्दाकेपुर्जिउप्रा2न्तथीमिषुवामादरीयाकापोतारकम्काजगामध्येतपसिलकाजगापाक्सालागुठिमादर्तागरीव
3क्स्याको४३साल्देषीपोतापायाकोछैनसोतपसिलमालेषीयाकापोताकोरुपैञादीनुभंन्यासनद
4गरीपाउभनीठिमीषुवाकापोतादारमानवहादुरगुभाजुलेविन्तीपत्रचह्रायाकोमापोतापाउ
5न्यारहेछभन्यासर्कारमाजाहेरगरीसनदगराईलिपोतादीनेरअैनसवाललेनपाउन्यारहेछभंने
6सोहीवेहोराकोनिजपोतादारलाईसुनाईदिनुभंन्याकठमांडौपोतावंदोवस्तअडावाट
7तेकवोल्याकोमा५४सालआषाडसुदि१रोज४मासनदगरीवक्स्याकोहुनालेतेसअडाका
8नाउमालिषीत्गरीवाकीपत्रलिनताहापठायाकोछअैनसवालकोरीत्पुर्याईसोसदरभया
9तोक्वमोजिम्गर्न्याकामगरईतीसम्वत्१९५४सालमितीश्रावणसुदी४रोज२शुभ्म्
Translation
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Hail! This purjī is issued from the Śrī 3 Sarkāra Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā to the Hākima and clerks (kārīndā) of the Tīnadhārā Pākasālā.
Henceforward (uprānta): Regarding the petition submitted by Māna Bahādura Gubhāju, potādāra of the khuvā lands at Thimi, stating: “Among the potā and rakama land plots registered as khuvā in Thimi, the potā-tax of certain plots—entered in the particulars below2 —registered in the Pākasālā Guṭhī by the śrī 3 sarkāra has not been received since [VS 19]43 (1886 CE). Therefore, arrange for a sanada instructing payment of the due potā amount for the said lands,” the Kāṭhmāṇḍau Potā Bandobasta Aḍḍā issued a written order (toka) stating: “If the petitioner is entitled to receive the said potā, submit the matter to the śrī 3 sarkāra and arrange for a sanada to be issued so that he may receive it. If he is not entitled to the potā in accordance with the Ain or savāla, inform the potādāra accordingly.”
[Concerning this matter,] the śrī 3 sarkāra issued a sanada on Wednesday, the 1st of the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha, [Vikrama] Era [19]54 (1897 CE). Therefore, this written purjī is sent to your office, and our representatives are dispatched to obtain the remaining documents from your records. Act in accordance with the written order (toka), once verified and approved in conformity with the Ain and savālas.
Issued on Monday, the 4th of the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, [Vikrama] Era 1954 (1897 CE). Auspiciousness.
Commentary
This document, from a set of over two hundred records concerning the Tīnadhārā Pākasālā, illustrates how late nineteenth-century Nepal regulated guṭhī lands and revenues through the Guṭhī Administration Office. It records potādāra Māna Bahādura Gubhāju’s petition for unpaid potā revenues since VS 1943 (1886 CE) and the reissued sanada of VS 1954 (1897 CE), reflecting the state’s reliance on archival precedent and legal procedure. The Tīnadhārā Chātrāvāsa (boys’ Sanskrit hostel), managed by the Tīnadhārā Pākasālā Guṭhī, later gained prominence during the Jayatu Saṃskṛtam movement, linking traditional learning with broader social and political change (Panta 2025: 187–209).