An executive order of the commander-in-chief providing instructions to Rūpa Bāhādura Kavara regarding restitution payments to be made to owners during the emancipation (VS 1982)
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Abstract
This is a copy of an executive order from the commander-in-chief directing Rūpa Bāhādura Kavara regarding restitution payments to be made to owners of the underage slaves during the emancipation in Salyan district.
Diplomatic edition
[1r]
1श्रीकम्याडरइनचीफ•[unknown seal]1नकलवमोजीमसकल•दुरुस्तछ•[seal reading Śrī Bhaktalāla]1ले.क.रूपवाहादुर•कव़रकेयथोचीत•उप्रांतपौख•१गतेकावडापत्र•मास्ही•छाप•गर्नुपर्नेसंमका2उमेरपुगीसकेकाकरीयाकोनामस्हीछापस्मेतनभयाको•य़तीजव़ान•भंन्येसम्मलेखीएका
3करीयाकोमोल•दीनुपर्दैन•भंन्येलेखीयेकोर•कोहीकोहीकरीया•कोनाममात्र•भयाको
4स्हीछापनपरेकोकसै•कोवावुआमाकोनाऊ•लेखीछोराछोरीकोनाऊ•नलेखीनावालख
5भंन्येसम्म•ले•खीयाको•यस्तोकलं•मामोलदीनेनदीने•प्रष्टनखुलेकोलेनीकासापाऊ
6भनीतीमीले८२साल•पौख•१गतेदासत्वमोचन•अडामालेखोट्गरेकोवेहोरासो
7अडा•मार्फत्हाम्राहजुरमाजाहेरभयाकोर•यसैवारेसल्ल्यानागौडावाटजाहेरगरेकोवेहोरा
8श्री३महाराजदाज्यैज्यू•काहजुरमाजाहेरहुंदा•८०सालकोलगतमाजव़ां•कोअंकसम्म
9लेखीयाको•मास्हीछाप•नपरेकाकरीया१६वर्ष•मनीकोरहेछरसकल•लगतभीत्रको
10ठहरर्योभन्येनावालख•सरहकारवाई•गरीसव़ालसनद•कोरीतपुर्याई•मोलदीनुते•
11स्तोजव़ां•कोअंकसम्मलेखीयकानामस्हीछापनपरेकाकरीया१६वर्ष•माथीभयाकोमा
12दीनुपर्दैनभंन्येरलगतहुदादेसपर्देसगैरहेका•वावेरामीभैकाणजनीस्हीछापपर्ननसके
13काकरीयाको•पनीलगतमानामलेखी•याकोरहेछरलगत•भीत्रकैकरीयाठहर्यो
14भन्ये•मोलदीनुपर्दैनभन्ये•स्मेत्हुकुंवक्स्येकाहुनालेसोहीवमोजीमगर्नुसं१९८२
15साल•माघ•१९गतेरोज२शु¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯[unknown seal]
Translation
[1r]
Venerable Commander-in-Chief1
[Unknown seal]
The copy is true to the original [seal of the attester, Bhaktalāla]
To Le. Ka.2 Rūpa Bāhādura Kavara.
Yathocita uprānta: In your letter of the 1st of Pauṣa of the [current] year [VS 19]82 to the Dāsatvamocana Aḍḍā (Manumission Office), you wrote: "It is stated in the royal order (baḍāpatra) of the 1st of Pauṣa: 'Of the kariyā slaves who have reached the age where they are required to provide signatures [but] whose names and signatures are missing, and where only the number of persons is written, no [reimbursement] amount for such slaves need be paid.' For some slaves, only their names are mentioned without signatures, while some have [only] parents' names written but not the names of the [actual] sons or daughters, [the latter] being mentioned [only] as minors. It is not clearly stated whether or not the [reimbursement] amount should be paid for them in such cases. May I have [your] decision [on the matter]?" The details of your letter has been presented to us through the aforementioned office.
When this very matter was brought by the SallyānāGauḍā to the attention of our brother, Śrī 3 Mahārāja (i.e., Prime Minister Candra Śamśera), he ordered thus: "If in the records (lagata) of the year [VS 19]80 only the number of persons (i.e., slaves) has been written down, and if there are slaves below the age of 16 whose signatures are missing, and if they [can] be proven to be recorded in the original lagata, they should be regarded as minors, and the [reimbursement] amount for them shall be paid according to the sanada and savāla. If the number of such persons has been written down but there are no names and signatures, and if they are above the age of 16, no [reimbursement] amount for them need be paid. If, at the time the lagata was being prepared, their signatures are missing because they were abroad or sick, even if the names of such kariyās have been proven to be recorded in the lagata, the [reimbursement] amount for them need not be paid either." Therefore, do according to what has been mentioned.
Monday, the 19th solar day (gate) of Māgha in the [Vikrama] era year 1982 (1926 CE). Auspiciousness
Commentary
This document from the commander-in-chief provides instructions to Rūpa Bāhādura Kavara regarding restitution payments to be made to owners during the emancipation of slaves, in cases where the slaves' names or signatures are missing in the record books. Referring to orders from the prime minister, it states that, of the kariyā slaves whose signatures are missing, only those below the age of sixteen must be compensated for. This duplicate document is attested by one Bhaktalāla.