A copy of a copy of the deed of gift (dānapatra) issued by Queen Consort Devarājalakṣmī, Queen Śivakumārī and Queen Maheśvarakumārī sponsoring the education of five Brahmin students (VS 1932)
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Abstract
This deed of gift (dānapatra) records the establishment of a gūṭhī by Queen Consort Devarājalakṣmī, Queen Śivakumārī and Queen Maheśvarīkumārī to educate five Brahmin students under the supervision of Pandit Vācaspati Upādhyāya Panta. The donors’ gift aimed to remove worldly obstacles and to lead to their self-realization and liberation. It was sanctified with a ritual declaration in the presence of witnesses.Diplomatic edition
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2क्रमादीत्यासम्वत्.१९३१साल्.कार्तीक.मासेशुक्लपछेनवम्यांटीथौ.सतभीषानछे
3त्रे.व्याधी.य़ोगेवुध्दवासरे.॥तदीनेकास्यवगोत्रश्रीरुपनाराय़णेत्यादीकुमारकुमारा
4त्म.श्री.माहीला.रानी.सीवकुमारीश्रीकांछी.रानी.महेश्वरी.कुमारीले[?]¯ ¯१¯वा
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6सरणपाईमुक्तिहव़स.भन्या.अपेछ्या.ले.वीद्यार्थी.व्राह्मणजना५ले.वर्षवंदी
7वालीषाईनीश्चींतसंगव्राह्मणद्वारावाटवीद्यासीकाईवीद्याकोपारहव़स्.भंनानीमीत्त
8श्रीराजाथमंवाहादुर.साहीचौतारी.य़ा.वीरनाराये़नसाहीदलभींवीक्रम्साहीहरु
9साछीराषी.जौतील्.कुसजलराषी.आफैले.वाछेसंकल्प.गरी.लुभुकाअम्बल्ल
10हुसाझाषेत्.मुरी.।११ससांवुषेत्.मुरी.|८९ज्माषेत १।.।जगागुठी.राषी.चढा
11ञा.सोषेतकापैदाव़ार.ले.वीद्यार्थी.व्राह्मण.जना५लाई.जोपुग्याको.वाली.दीवी
12द्यासीकाउनु.य़ोअर्पनभय़ाका.षेत्.को.परपजनी.काठमाडौफसीकेवटोलवस्न्ये
13पंडीत्वाचस्पती.उपाध्या.पंतलेगर्नुनीज्का.तजवीजकावीद्यार्थीव्राह्मण
14लाई.वर्षवंडी.वालीदी.वीद्यासीकाईगुठीकोपालनागर्नुभनीदानपत्रगरीदी
15ञ्यौ.जोकोही.सुवुद्धीलेय़ोगुठीकरपालना.गर्लायोमाठीलेषिय़ावमोजींउत्तरो
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17वासहोला॥ये़सहीकोसाछीपृथ्वीआपतेजवायुचन्द्रसुर्येयमरजाभय़ो॥
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Translation
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Glorious Parameśvara Nārāyaṇa---2
Glorious Viṣṇu---3
Glorious Sun and Moon---4
The youngest (kāṃchā) queen consort of the venerable supreme king of the great kings, five times venerable Devarājalakṣmī---11
[This document is a copy made from a previous copy of the original dānapatra].This copy remains faithful to the original.
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Hail! Homage to glorious Gaṇeśa. Now in the vernacular language (deśabhāṣā):
In the auspicious (śrī) Śaka era year 1796 and Vikramāditya era year 1931, on the ninth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kārtika, under the [constellation] Śatabhiṣā and the Vyādhi yoga, on a Wednesday, on this very day: With the aim that all ignorance (ajñāna) and misfortune (ariṣṭa) in this world be removed, and that they attain self-realization (ātmajñāna), and at the time of their death (antakāla) that they may remember -2- (i.e., Glorious Parameśvara Nārāyaṇa) and thereby attain liberation, the venerable middle (text: māhīlā) queen Śīvakumārī (text: Sīvakumārī), the venerable youngest (text: Kāṃchī) queen Mahēśvarīkumāri, and -1- (i.e. venerable Queen Consort Devarājalakṣmī), who were born to a prince from the clan of the sage Kaśyapa (kāśyapagotrīya)—[a prince who shines with manifold rows of eulogies such as] Rūpanārayaṇa—established a gūṭhī, endowing the following plots of land [to it]: | 11 murīs of a paddy field (kheta) [called] Lahusā(khvā) under the jurisdiction of Lubhū, | 89 | murīs of a paddy field called Sasāṃbu, [together] totalling 1 || kheta.2 [The purpose of the endowment is] to give 5 Brahmin students the annual crop yield (bālī) and be taught by Brahmins so that, free of worry, they may attain mastery over knowledge. [The endowment was consecrated] by reciting a ritual declarative sentence (saṃkalpavākya) with barley (jau), sesame seeds (tila), kuśa-grass and water—performed by the queens themselves with the venerable king Thaman Bāhādura Sāhī, CautarīyaVīranārāna Sāhī and Dalbhima Vikram Sāhī as witnesses. From the output of these fields, the 5 Brahmin students shall [yearly] be provided the crop yield, however much it be, and be taught. Paṇḍita Vācaspati Upādhyāya Panta, residing in Kathmandu's Phasikevãṭola, shall conduct the annual reassignment (parapajanī) of the gūṭhī land.3
He is to provide the Brahmin students, [chosen at] his own discretion, with the yearly crop yield, teach them and maintain (pālanā) the gūṭhī. After his lifetime, his descendants, from generation to generation, are to maintain the gūṭhī as [herein] written. Having stated this, we hereby issue this deed of gift (dānapatra).
Whatever wise person who sustains this gūṭhī in accordance with what is written above will increase in knowledge and wisdom, obtain the grace (sudṛṣṭi) of -2- (i.e., Glorious Parameśvara Nārāyaṇa), and reside in the other world—in the world of -3- (i.e. Glorious Viṣṇu)—for as long as -4- [i.e. the Sun and Moon] remain.
Earth, water, fire, wind, the moon, the sun and Yamarāja (i.e. the god of death) are witnesses to this act.
On Monday, the 30th of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhādra in the [Vikrama] era year 1932 (1876 CE). Auspiciousness.
Commentary
This copy of the dānapatra was made from another copy, as noted in the document's margin. That other copy is likely K_0442_0054 or K_0094_0021. Both K_0442_0054 and K_0094_0021 have been edited separately.
For a brief contextualization of the dānapatra, refer to the 'commentary' on K_0442_0054.
Note that this document is edited in Kafle and Khatiwoda (2025: 247–271).