A stone inscription in Vajrayoginī Sankhu concerning the donation of a lion statue by Torādhara Lāota Tejanārāṃ (NS 966)
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Manik Bajracharya
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Last modified: 2018-10-15
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Abstract
This inscription is located on a stone pillar erected in the courtyard of the Vajrayoginī temple in Sankhu; on top of the pillar is a gilded statue of a lion. This statue was offered by Torādhara Lāota Tej Nārāṃ of Madu Ṭola, Kathmandu, and his family in the year 1846 CE (966 NS).
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1\श्री३उग्रतारादेवि2१1\ॐनमश्रीउग्रतारायै ।। ।। जयतिजिनवराघ्रिभास्वत्प्रभोन्मीलसौक्
2द्यंरत्नावलीविचित्रिताशांन्तरामिहिरशिशिररुग्रजाक्षत्रयोन्त्रा
3सितानैकमारासिधारातडिद्दोर्लता ।। अमृतकलितपात्रकर्तृकहस्त
4द्वयामुण्डमालालङ्कृत्यमानोत्कटभुजंगविहितभूषणासोत्पलंविभ्रती ।
5उग्रताराचपायाद्भवस्थान्सदा ।। १ ।। स्वस्तिश्रीगिरिराजचक्रचूडाम
6णिनरनारायणेत्यादिविविधविरुदावलीविराजमानमानोनतश्रीमन्महा
7राजाधिराजश्रीश्रीश्रीराजेन्द्रविक्रमसाहदेववाहादुरस्मसेरजङदेवा
8नांसदास्मरविजयराज्यनाम् ।। ।। दानपतिजजोमाननेपालमण्डले
9काष्ठमण्डपमहानगरेञदेशमदुतोलकोदेविदेग्वालपसलइषासि
10टोलयंताच्छेंयातोराधरलाओततेजनारांसभार्य्याविष्णुमतिप्रमुखा
11दिसकलपरिवारच्छियांधर्मचित्तउत्पत्तिजुयाओविष्णुमतिनताम्रम
12ययासिंहदयकाओसुवर्णनलेपनयाङाओ १ प्रीतिनसंकल्प
13याङाओदोहोलपादीनजुलो ।। श्रेयोस्तुसंम्वत्९६६म्तिआश्विनकृ
14ष्णद्वादसीशनिश्चलवारथ्वकुन्हुजुलोशुभमस्तुसर्वदाकाल ।।
Synopsis
A slightly different transcription of the text can be found in Sharma and Shrestha (2016: 445). The first half of the inscription, in Sanskrit, contains a verse invoking the goddess Ugratārā (another name of Vajrayoginī) and a standard encomium of the reigning king, Rājendra Vikrama Śāha. The second half of the inscription, in the Newari language, memorializes the donation of a gilded copper lion atop a pillar at the Vajrayoginī temple in Sankhu.
The donors—Torādhara Lāota Tej Nārāma, his wife Viṣṇumati and their whole family resident of Madu Ṭola, Kāṣthamaṇḍapa, Nepālamaṇḍala—commissioned the lion and offered it to the deity on the 12th of the dark half of Āśvin 966 NS (1846 CE).