A report from Vīrajaṅga Sāha correcting a statistic in manumission figures for Pyuthana (VS 1983)
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Abstract
This report from Vīrajaṅga Sāha, the slavery emancipation officer-in-charge for Pyuthana, requests that a clearance certificate be issued to him with respect to ledger accounts for manumission work he had been overseeing. He clears up an apparent discrepancy in the accounts and shows that reimbursement amounts were paid to the correct number of owners mentioned in the lists, locating the error in the number of slaves for whom no reimbursement was paid. Thus the government had not been defrauded of money.
Diplomatic edition
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[seal of Pālpā Gauḍā][seal of Vīrajaṅga Sāha ][unknown seal]1पाल्पातान्सेनवाटप्युठानाजिल्लाकोकरियाअमलेषकांकोअफीसरचौ•मेकवीरजङ्गसाहा2लेजाहेरगर्याकोरीपोट्¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
3श्री५सर्कारगुठीवंदोवस्तवाट८३सालमार्गवेगतेकापुर्जिवमोजीम्प्युठानाजील्लाको
4करियाअमलेषगर्नेकामकोवासीलवाकीजाचदानीसकेकोवेरुजुमारकमीवुझीआ
5येकोउजुरिरीपोट्वमोजींउजुरवुझीफर्स्यौट्गर्नेकामवाकीभनिसावीकलेवुझाय़ाको
6ले•वुझदाभगुव़ामरुव़ावीनादामलेछुटेकोस्मेत्ज्माकरियाजव़ान१२९कोमोलनगय़ा
7को•भंन्येषफारांवाटदेषीय़ाकोभय़ापछीलगतवमोजींकोकरीय़ाजव़ान१५७४म
8ध्ये•मोल•नगये़कोकरिय़ाजव़ां१२९कट्टीगरीवाकीजव़ां१४४५कोमात्रमोलष
9र्चलेषनुपर्नेमा•जव़ान१४४६कोमोलषर्चलेषेकोदेषीय़ाकाले•लगतमध्य
10वढीजव़ान१को•मोल•षर्चलेषेकोदेषीय़ाकोलेषर्चवढी•देषीयाकोजव़ान१को
11मोलसवैभंदावढीदरलेवीगोरू१२०रवढीवुझेका•१२नंऐनवमोजींरू१२०स्मे
12त•ज्मामोरू२४०रुपैञालीनरसनदवमोजींनीजवुझ्नुपर्दालेषनेकांभये़
13कोछ•तसर्थ•सोमाथीलेषीयावमोजींआफ्नुनीस्साप्रमाणस्मेत•राषी•रीपो
14ट्लेखीयसअडामा१दीनभीत्रदाषीलगर्नआउनेकांगरढीलासुस्तीभयो
15भनेऐनवमोजीम्हुनेछभंन्ये८३सालमार्ग२८गतेमापाल्पागौडाकौसलवा
16ट•मेरानाउमापुर्जिलेषीदीय़ाका•सोपुर्जीकोम्यादभीत्रउजुरदाषीलग
17र्ना•लाईप्युठानाको•काममापनिकारींदासोहीप्युठानाकै•भय़कोममा
18त्र•यसकामकोअफीसरहुनालेकामकोनकलकागजहरुनीजैकारींदाहरुजी
19म्मा•प्युठानामारहेकोझीकाईसोकागजआय़ापछीभनेकोवेहोराकोरीपो
20ट्गर्नेछु•श्ववेहोराको•८२सालपौष गतेमा•मैलेरपोट्दीझीकाईसोप्यु
21ठानावाट•आये़कोनकलकागजहरूमाहेर्दालगतवमोजींकोकरीय़ाज
22व़ान१५७४मध्ये•तपसीलमाफाट्मालेषीय़ावमोजीममोलनगय़ाको
23कमारीजना६५कमारा६३ज्माजव़ान१२८श्रेस्तावाटदेषीय़ाकोलेजव़ा
24न१४४६लाई•षुदमोलदीलाउनुपर्नेलाई•मोलदीलाईदीय़ाकोमीलेकैन
25मीले•नदेषीय़ाकोर•सोपुर्जीमा•मोलनगय़ाकोकरीय़ाज्माजव़ान१२९ले
26षीय़ाकोषफारांमाज्मागर्दाकारींदाले•भुलगरेकोवा•सावीकलेवुझाउदा
27कोभुलहो•सोभुललेमात्र१जनावीरीज्मावढीलेषीनगैसोमोलनगय़ाको
28जना•१२९लेषी•आयाको१जनाभुलैलेसोमोलनगय़ाको•तर्फकोज्मा•
29वढी•भय़ाकोकट्टीगर्दामोलनगय़ाकोकरीय़ाजना१२८मोलगय़ाको
30जना१४४६दुवैज्मा१५७४लगतवमोजींमीलेकोमोलनगय़ाकोजना
31१२८मात्रठहर्ने•भै•जना१२९लेषेको१जनासोरकंमावढीज्मामा१ज
32नाभुलभय़ाकैमात्रदेषीन•आय़ाकोलेषासषफारांमा•धनीकरीय़ा
33तालुकदार•सरजमीन•काभलाद्मीसाछीस्मेत्कोइत्यादीप्रमाणपुगी
34लगतैमधेकाजना१४४६लाई•मोलगय़ाकोरमोलनगय़ाकोतपसील
35माफाट्लेषीय़ावमोजीम•करीय़ाजना१२८ठहर्नेमामाथीलेषीय़ाव
36मोजीम•भुलैले•वीराई•१जनावढीगरीज्मामात्र१२९लेषीय़ाको१जना
37ज्मावीरीय़ाकोधुल्याईजना१२८काये़महुनेसोपुर्जीकाजना१२९न
38ठहरीश्रेस्ताकचावाट१२८जनाठहर्नेभय़ापछीमोलगय़ातर्फ१४४६
39त्यै•मोलगय़ाको•काये़मठहर्नेहुदाभुलले१जनामोलनगय़ा़तर्फज्मा•
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40वढीलेषीन•गय़ाको•मात्रमोलनगय़ाकोज्मा१२९भय़ाकोमालेषीय़ा
41वमोजीम•भुलले१जनामोलनगय़ाकोवाहेक•मोलनगय़ाकोजना१२८
42काये़मगरीसोपक्राउगरेकोवढीदरकोवीगोमोरू१२०वीगावमोजीम
43दंडमोरू१२०लागततीर्ननपर्नेहुदा•मोलनगय़ाकोकाये़मीजना१२८को
44फाट्•तपसीलमालेषीउजरातकोरीपोट्जाहेरगरेकोछुयस्मापक्रा
45उछाडीफारषगराईदीनुभंन्यामजकरगुठीवंदोवस्तकानाउमाय
46सैरीपोट्सदरगरीपाउ¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯
47तपसील
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61इतिसम्वत्१९८३सालपौष२०गतेरोज२शुभं[unknown seal][seal of Vīrajaṅga Sāha]
Synopsis
[1r]
This document, dated Monday, the 20th solar day of Pauṣa in VS 1983 (1927 CE), is a report issued by Vīrajaṅga Sāha of Pālpā Gauḍā. It is written in reply to a letter sent earlier on the 28th of Mārga in VS 1883 by the Pālpā Gauḍā Council regarding a discrepancy in the figures relating to the manumission work carried out in Pyuthana district under the oversight of the local Śrī 5 Guṭhī Bandobasta office. The order stated that a total of 1,574 slaves were emancipated in that district, and with reference to the kha form, 129 were reported as the ones for whom a reimbursement amount was not paid. This would mean that the reimbursement amount was paid for 1,445 slaves. However, the data showed that the amount was paid for 1,446 slaves. The Guṭhī Bandobasta had calculated 240 rupees as the sum to be paid back to the government, consisting of 120 rupees as the maximum reimbursement amount for a slave and the same amount as a fine. Vīrajaṅga, after investigating the documentation relating to his manumission work, reports in this document that the number of slaves for whom no reimbursement amount was paid was actually 128, which was written mistakenly as 129. He thus argues that the total number of reimbursed slaves was correctly written in the ledger as 1,446, and asks for that clearance be granted.
This document also provides a breakdown of the 128 slaves for whom no reimbursement amounts were paid. They consist of 7 slaves whose prices were determined incorrectly and therefore excluded from payment, 8 slaves freed by the owners themselves, 74 dead slaves, 30 run away slaves, and 9 slaves who either had bought their own freedom and so were no longer the property of their former owners, or who were automatically freed by the government when their owners died without heir.
Commentary
The issuer of the document, Vīrajaṅga Sāha of the Pālpā Gauḍā, was appointed to be in charge of manumission work in the Pyuthana area in VS 1982 (see K_0188_0061). It seems that a list of registered slaves in the district of Pyuthana was prepared in VS 1880 (see K_0188_0053, K_0188_0054 and K_0188_0060). Other related documents are: K_0188_0055 and K_0188_0055.