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Copy of a purjī from the Thāpāthalī Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā to Biseṭa Diṭṭhā Siddhimān ordering the termination of haṇḍīs for two Daśanāmī ascetics at Kālamocanaghāṭa (VS 1944)

ID: K_0583_0048


Edited and translated by Christof Zotter
Created: 2024-10-09; Last modified: 2024-10-22
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Abstract

In the purjī of which the present document is a copy, the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā instructs Biseṭa Diṭṭhā Siddhimān to terminate the daily food supplies (sīdhā haṇḍī) of two named ascetics who formerly stayed in the Daśanāmī akhāḍā at Kālamocanaghāṭa.



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Translation

[In the left margin:]

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Through (haste) ḌiṭṭhāHarṣa Bāhādura

[Main text:]

Hail! [This is] a purjī from the Thāpāthalī (text: Thāpāthali) Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā to Biseṭa Diṭṭhā (text: viseṭ [ḍi]ṭhā) Siddhimān.

Uprānta: Since the 2 sādhus in the details [below], who had been living in the Daśanāmīakhāḍā at Kālamocanaghāṭa, Thāpāthalī, left the akhāḍā Thursday, the 8th of the bright half of the second Caitra, the 2 daily food supplies (sīdhāhaṇḍī) of the two said sādhus stopped as of that date. Perform the task of terminating [these food supplies].

Details (tapasila):

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Sivarāja Giri - - - 1Syāma Giri - - -1

Sunday, the 11th of the bright half of second Caitra in the [Vikrama] era year 1944 (1887 CE). 2 Auspiciousness.

Notes

1. This archival number, added by a second hand (when the document was filmed by the NGMPP?), is a running number used for that part of bundle (Po. for poka) no. 8 of 3 Sa. (Śrī 3 Sarkara) Gu. Ba. (Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā) Pan. 3 (?) which brings together purjīs sent to the biseṭa .diṭṭhā concerning the daily food supply (sīdhāhaṇḍī or haṇḍā) for ascetics, students, Brahmins etc. in different akhāḍās and temples in the Thāpāthalī area. The said number—in the present document given as "1A" because "1" was already used for a document pertaining to the Rāma temple south of Paśupatinātha (K_0583_0047)—is the first in a series that runs up to K_0584_0039 (no. 67) and continues from K_0587_0064 (no. 68) to K_0588_0025 (no. 105). [⇑]

2. That in VS 1944 a second Caitra was added as an intercalary month (adhimāsa) is attested in numerous documents, e.g. a document regarding the marriage of Dharma Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā (E_2783_0037). [⇑]