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1श्रीले•कर्णेलरणवीक्रमवहादुरराणा[table1-part1]
1 | सव़ाल•¯¯मामुली¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्मेरोनाऊपोषर्यामेरावावुको नाऊ•कुंद्राघर्ति•पेसामठ्कोटहलगरि• षाय़ाकोछुजातमठकोकमारोहुँनीजह रूसंगलीनदीनकेहीछैनऊमेरवर्ष१८को भञा¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
2 | सव़ाल•¯¯स्वमौजेरानगाऊकामहंत• छेत्रनाथलाईचीनेकाछौकी¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्रानगाऊकामहंतछेत्रनाथछेत्र नाथथीय़ानीजछेत्रनाथये़ही•साल जेष्टमैन्हाका१७गतेकादीनप्रलोकभय़ा छैनं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
3 | सव़ाल•¯¯नीजप्रलोकहुन्यामहंत• छेत्रनाथकाचेलापनीकोहींछंकी• | जवाफ्नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथकाचेलालो कनाथछन¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
4 | सव़ाल•¯¯नीजलोकनाथकतीवर्ष काछं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्नीजलोकनाथजमेकोसालमैन्हा कोथाहाछैनअंदाजीवर्ष१२कोनीज लोकनाथकोउमेरभय़ाकोछ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
5 | सव़ाल•¯¯नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथले• नीजलोकनाथलाइकैल्हेदेषीचे• लोवनाय़ाकोहो¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्साल्मैनादीन⟪[fingerprint]⟫⟪कोथाहाछैन⟫⟪[fingerprint]⟫अंदाजीवर्ष६भ य़ा•नीजछेत्रनाथदाङ्चौघेरामापीर वस्तानीजलोकनाथकावावुआमावाट त्यागचुकाईनीजछेत्रनाथलेनीजलोकना थलाइ चेलावनाय़ाकोहो¯ ¯ |
6 | सव़ाल•¯¯नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथप्र लोकभय़ाकाहुनालेसोमहंत्या ञीकोहककस्कोहो¯¯ ¯¯ | जवाफ्नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथपलोकभय़ाकाहु नालेसोमहंत्याञीकोहकनीजलोक नाथकोहो¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
7 | सव़ाल•¯¯नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथकोअरुचेलापनीकोहीछंकी¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथकाअरुचे लाछैनंलोकनाथमात्रहुं¯¯ |
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1 | सव़ाल•महंत्याञीहुन्दासावीक दरसावीकमाकेकेकस्वगरीआ य़ाकोछ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्नीजमहंतकोप्रलोकहुनेअवस्ता भय़ापछीचेलालोकनाथलेसोद्धानी जछेत्रनाथकाचेलाकोपाषुरासमाईपी ठीय़ामा•पीठीय़ामाधापलगाईदीमे रासेषपछीमहंततभैसवस्नुभनीभंन्या काहुंतेतीभैनीजमहंतपलोकभय़ाका हुंप्रलोकभय़ापछीगरीआय़ाबमो जीम्काजकृय़ागरीचेलालेमहंतभैगद्दीमावस्नागरीआय़ाकाछन्¯¯¯ |
2 | सव़ाल•¯¯महंतछेत्रनाथलाइकस्ले• चेलावनाईमहंत्याञीदीय़ाकोहो•¯¯¯ | जवाफ्नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथकोगुरु महंतहीरानाथलेनीजछेत्रनाथलाई चेलावनाइमहंत्याञीपाउनगरीरा ष्याकाहुं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
3 | सव़ाल•¯¯महंतहुनेलेसकारमावक्सा इगद्दीमावस्नेगरीआय़ाकोछकी• आफैवसीआय़ाकोछ¯¯¯ | जवाफ्¯¯¯सोमहंत्याञीगद्दीमावस्ता अघीदेषीसल्ल्यांगौडाकाभारादार संगवक्साइगद्दीमावस्न्यागरीआय़ाका छन्¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
4 | सव़ाल•¯¯महंतछेत्रनाथप्रलोकहु न्यावषत्मासोमठकोकांतीमीले गर्नुभनीनीजछेत्रनाथलेमलाईअ षत्यारगरीदीय़ाकोछभनीदेवीना थजीलेउजुरगरेकोछसोकुराहोकीकस्वहो ¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथप्रलोक हुन्यावषत्मानीजदेवीनाथलाई अषतीय़ारगरीदीय़ाकोहोइननीज चेलालोकनाथलाइदीय़ाकाहुंन् |
5 | सव़ाल•¯¯महंतछेत्रनाथलाईम हंत्याञीदीय़ापछीनीजछेत्रना थगद्दीमावस्नालाईसल्ल्यां गौडाकाभारादारसंगवक्साय़ाको थीय़ोथीये़न ¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्महंतहीरानाथप्रलोकभय़ा पछीनीजकोचेलामहंतछेत्रनाथगद्दी मावस्नालाईऊस्वषत्मासल्ल्यां गौडाकाभारादार¯ ¯ ¯कोपनी सव़ारीभैगद्दीमानीज छ नाथ लाईवसाईसर्कारमाजाहेरगरीला लमोहरहुनगय़ाकोहों¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
6 | सव़ाल•¯¯नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथ• कामठ्कोआम्दानीलगतकती छवयांगर¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्महंतछेत्रनाथकामठको आम्दानीलगतमलाइथाहाछैन¯¯ |
7 | सव़ालय़ोमाथीलेषीय़ाकोव यांतीम्रोदुरुस्तभोकी¯¯¯ | जवाफ्फरकछैनफरकपारीलेषी दीय़ाकोठहर्योऐनवमोजीमवुझा उला ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
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Venerable L[ieutenant] Colonel Raṇavīkram Bahādura Rāṇā
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[signature of] Da.2 L[ieutenant] C[olonel] [Vī]ra Bahādū[ra] Basynāt [Kṣatrī] - - -
Testimony (bakapatra) given, keeping the dharma in mind, in front of L[ieutenant] Colonel Vīra Bahādura Basynāta Chetrī of the Salyan district office (gauḍā) by the lad (keṭā) Pokharyā, a witness mentioned (lekhīyāko) in the petition (bintīpatra) from Lokanātha which states "inasmuch as Chetranātha,3 the abbot (mahanta) of Rānāgāũmaujā, Salyan, has passed away, the right to the abbotship is [now] mine."4
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Question: general [introduction] | Answer: My name [is] Pokharyā; my father's name [is] Kuṃdrā Gharti. Profession: I serve the monastery (maṭha). Caste (jāta): I am the maṭha's slave. I have no business dealings5 with the said people. Age: 18 years old. | |
Question: You knew Mahanta Chetranātha of that6 maujā, Rānāgāũ, or not? | Answer: The mahanta of Rānāgāũ was Chetranātha. The said Chetranātha passed away on the 17th solar day (gate) in the month of Jyeṣṭha of this year, [VS 19]64. [He is] no more. | |
Question: Was there also some disciple of the said late Mahanta Chetranātha , or not? | Answer: There was a disciple of the said Mahanta Chetranātha: Lokanātha. | |
Question: How old is the said Lokanātha? | Answer: The year [and] month of birth of the said Lokanātha I do not know. The said Lokanātha is approximately 12 years old. | |
Question: When did the said Mahanta Chetranātha make the said Lokanātha [his] disciple? | Answer: The year, month [and] day I do not know.7 It was approximately six years ago. When the said Mahanta Chetranātha was residing as head of the monastery (pīra) in DangCaugherā8 [and] the said Lokanātha had conclusively left [his] father [and] mother, the said Chetranātha made the said Lokanātha [his] disciple. | |
Question: Now that the said Mahanta Chetranātha has passed away, who has the right to the abbotship? | Answer: Now that the said Mahanta Chetranātha has passed away, the right to the abbotship is Lokanātha's. | |
Question: There are other disciples of the said Mahanta Chetranātha, or not? | Answer: There are no other disciples of the said Mahanta Chetranātha. There is only Lokanātha. |
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Question: What all is traditionally done [and] how [is it done] in the customary practice when one accedes to the abbotship (mahantyāñī hundā)? | Answer: When the said mahanta was about to die, the disciple Lokanātha asked [him a question].9 The said Chetranātha seized the disciple's upper arm,10 slapped the [disciple's] back [and] said: "After my death make sure that you become11 the mahanta [and] occupy [the throne]." That was the extent of it, and the said mahanta passed away. Traditionally, after [a mahanta] passes away, the disciple performs the kājakṛyā12 according to what is traditionally practised, becomes mahanta [and] occupies the throne. | |
Question: Who made Mahanta Chetranātha [his] disciple [and] gave [him] the abbotship? | Answer: The guru of the said Mahanta Chetranātha, Mahanta Hīrānātha, made the said Mahanta Chetranātha [his] disciple and appointed him [his successor] so that he would receive the abbotship. | |
Question: Is it the tradition that a mahanta-to-be occupies the throne after being authorized by the government, or is it rather the tradition that he occupies [it] on his own? | Answer: Once the [one who is selected for] the abbotship [is set to] occupy the throne, it is the tradition from earlier timesto do so [only] after being authorized by the bhārādāra of the Salyan district office. | |
Question: Devīnāthajī has submitted a complaint, saying "When Mahanta Chetranātha was passing away, the said Chetranātha gave me the authority, saying 'You do the work of [overseeing] the maṭha'." Is it so, or how is it? | Answer: When the said Mahanta Chetranātha was passing away, [he] gave authority not to the said Devīnātha. [He] gave it to the said disciple Lokanātha. | |
Question: After [his guru] gave Mahanta Chetranātha the abbotship, was the said Chetranātha authorized to occupy the throne by the bhārādāra of the Salyan district office, or not? | Answer: After Mahanta Hīrānātha passed away, in order for his (nījako) disciple Mahanta Chetranātha to [be able to] occupy the throne, the then13 bhārādāra of the Salyan district office, [venerable L[ieutenant] Colonel Raṇavīkram Bahādūra Rāṇā], 14 came (savārī bhai), installed the said Chetranātha (on the throne), informed the government [and the process of issuing] a lālamohara was initiated. | |
Question: How much was the said Mahanta Chetranātha's assessment of the maṭha's revenue? Declare [the amount]. | Answer: I do not know [how much] the said Mahanta Chetranātha's assessment of the maṭha's revenue [was]. | |
Question: The declaration of yours written above is15 the exact truth, or not? | Answer: There is no deviation. If it is proven that [the statement] deviates [from the truth], I will pay the price according to the law. |
The lad Pokharyā - - - 1
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signature Da.16 L[ieutenant] C[olonel]
Thursday, the 10th solar day (gate) of Śrāvaṇa in the [Vikrama] era year 1964 (1907 CE). Auspiciousness.17
For more information about the background to such witness statements and related documents, see the Commentaries to K_0469_0033 and K_0469_0038.