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1श्रीलेकर्णेलरणवीक्रम्वहादुरराणा[table1-part1]
1 | सव़ालमामुलि¯¯¯¯ \ | जवाफ्मेरोनाउउदैराम•वावुको नाउरतिनाथ•पेसासोमौजेरा नागाउकोघाटुवुढारषेतीगर्छु•घर सोहीरानागाउमाछवर्ष६७को उमेरभयो•¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
2 | सव़ालसोमौजेरानगा उकामहंन्तछेत्रनाथ लाईचींन्दछौकी¯ ¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ \ | जवाफसोमौजेरानगाऊकामह न्तछेत्रनाथथियोनीजयेहि ६४साल्काजेष्टमैन्हामाप्रलो कभयादीनवारकोसम्झनाछैन |
3 | सवालनीजप्रलोकहुने महंन्तछेत्रनाथकोचेला पनीकोहीछंकी¯ ¯ ¯ \ | जवाफनीजमहंन्तछेत्रनाथको चेलालोकनाथछं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
4 | सवालनीजलोकनाथ कतिवर्षकाछन्¯ ¯¯ \ | जवाफ्नीजजन्मेकोसालमैना सम्झनाछैनअंदाजी१२वर्षका नीजलोकनाथकोउमेरभयो हो¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯ |
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[table1-part2]
1 | सव़ाल•नीजमहंन्तछे त्रनाथलेनीजलोकना थलाईकैलेदेषीचेलोवना याकोहो¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ \ | जवाफ्साल्कोदुरुस्त•थाहछैन अदाजी४।५वर्षभय़ोहोनीज महंतछत्रनाथपीरवस्दानीज लोकनाथकावावुआमावाटत्[...] ग•चुकाई⟪[fingerprint]⟫⟪दांचौघेरामा⟫⟪[fingerprint]⟫नीजछत्रनाथलेनीज लोकनाथलाई चेलावनाय़ाको हो¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
2 | सव़ाल•महंन्तछेत्रनाथ प्रलोक्भय़ाकोहुनाले• सोमहंत्याइकोहककस्कोहो | जवाफमहंन्तछेत्रनाथपर्लोकभ याकोहुनालेसोमहंत्याइकोह कनीजलोकनाथकोहो¯¯¯ |
3 | सव़ालनीजमहंन्तछेत्र नाथकोअरुचेलापनी छंकी¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ \ | जवाफछेत्रनाथमहन्तकोअरु चेलाछैन¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
4 | सव़ाल•महंत्याइहुदा सावीकदरसावीकमाकेके गरीआयाकोहो¯¯¯¯ \ | जवाफ्महंन्तकोप्रलोक्हुनेअव स्ताभय़ापछी•चेलालेगुरुमै लेकेगर्न्याहोभनि•सोद्धा•पाषु रासमाईचेलाकोपीठ्माधाप् मारीदीमहंत्याईभैवस्नुभनीभने पछीरसोमहंन्तप्रलोक्भयापछी गरीआयाबमोजीम्काजकृया गरीचेलालेमहंन्तभैगद्दीमा•व स्नागरीआयाकोछ¯¯ ¯¯¯¯ |
5 | सव़ालमहंन्तछेत्रना थलाईकस्लेचेलाव नाईमहंत्याईदीय़ाको हो•¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯\ | जवाफ्नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथको गुरुमहंन्तहीरानाथलेनीजछेत्र नाथलाईचेलावनाई•महंत्याईपाउने गरी•राषेकाहुन्¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
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[table1-part3]
1 | सव़ालमहंतहुनेले•सकार• मावक्साई•गद्दीमावस्ने गरीआयाकोछकीआफैव सीआयाकोछ¯¯¯ | ज्वाफसोमहंत्याञी•गद्दीमावस्ता अघीदेषी•सल्ल्यांगौडाका•भारा दारसंग•वक्साई•गद्दीमावस्न्या गरीआयाकाछन्¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
2 | सव़ालमहंतछेत्रनाथ• प्रलोक्हुनावषतमा• सोमठकोका⟪[fingerprint]⟫⟪म्⟫⟪[fingerprint]⟫तिमीलेगर्न भनि•नीजछेत्रनाथलेम लाईअषत्यारीदीय़ाको छभनिदेवीनाथजिलेउजुर गरेकोछसोकुराहोकी ¯\ | जवाफ•महंतछेत्रनाथ•प्रलो क्हुन्यावषतमानीजदेवीना थलाईअषत्यारी•दीयाको• होहोईनमलाईथहाछैन |
3 | सव़ालसोमहंन्तछेत्रनाथ लाई•महंन्त्याईदीयापछि निजछेत्रनाथगद्दीमा वस्नालाईसल्ल्यांगौडा काभारादारसंगवक्सा याकोथीय़ोथीये़न¯¯¯ \ | जवाफ्•महंन्तहीरानाथप्रलोक भय़ापछी•निज्कोचेलामहंत छेत्रनाथगद्दीमावस्नाला ईउसवषतकासल्ल्यांगौडा का•भारादार¯ \ ¯कोपनी सव़ारीभै•गद्दीमानीजछेत्रना थवस्याकाहुन¯¯ ¯¯¯¯ |
4 | सव़ाल•सोमहंन्तछेत्र नाथकामठकोआंदा नीलगतकतिछ¯¯¯¯¯\ | जवाफमलाईथहाछैन |
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[table1-part4]
1 | सव़ाल•य़ोमाथीलेषी य़ाकोसवैदुरुस्तसाचोहोकी¯¯¯¯¯¯\ | जवाफ•योमाथीलेषायाकोस वैदुरुस्तसाचोहो \ \ • \ \ |
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Venerable L[ieutenant] Colonel Raṇavīkram Bahādura Rāṇā
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[signature of] Da.2 L[ieutenant] C[olonel] Vīra Bahādūra Basynāt Kṣatrī - - -
Testimony (bakapatra) given, keeping the dharma in mind, in front of L[ieutenant] Colonel Vīra Bahādura Basynāta Kṣetrī of the Salyan district office (gauḍā) by Ghāṭu Buḍhā Udairāma Kavara, a resident of Rānāgāũ [and] witness mentioned (lekhīyākā) in the petition (bintīpatra) from Lokanātha which states: "inasmuch as Chetranātha, the abbot (mahanta) of Rānāgāũ maujā , Salyan district (jillā), has passed away, the right to the abbotship is [now] mine."3
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Question: general [introduction] | Answer: My name [is] Udairāma; [my] father's name [is] Ratinātha. Profession: I [am known as] the ghāṭu buḍhā4 of Rānāgāũ maujā and I do fieldwork. [My] home is in the same, [namely] Rānāgāũ. [My] age is 67 years. | |
Question: You knew Mahanta Chetranātha of Rānāgāũ maujā, or not? | Answer: The mahanta of Rānāgāũ maujā was Chetranātha. The said [Chetranātha] passed away in the month of Jyeṣṭha this year, [VS 19]64. The day [and] weekday I do not remember.5 | |
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 [person] I do not remember. The age of the said Lokanātha is approximately 12 years. |
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Question: When did the said Mahanta Chetranātha make the said Lokanātha [his] disciple? | Answer: The year I do not know exactly. It was approximately 4 or 5 years ago.6 When the said Mahanta Chetranātha was residing as head of the monastery (pīra) [and] the said Lokanātha had already left [his] father [and] mother, the said Chetranātha made the said Lokanātha [his] disciple in DangCaugherā.7 | |
Question: Now that Mahanta Chetranātha has passed away, who has the right to the abbotship? | Answer: Now that Mahanta Chetranātha has passed away, the right to the abbotship is the said Lokanātha's. | |
Question: There are other disciples of the said Mahanta Chetranātha, or not? | Answer: There are no other disciples of Chetranātha, the mahanta. | |
Question: What all is traditionally done in the customary practice when one accedes to the abbotship (mahantyāñī hundā)? | Answer: When the mahanta is about to die, the disciple asks: "Guru, what shall I do?" [The mahanta] seizes [the disciple's] upper arm, slaps the disciple's back [and] afterwards says: "Accede to the abbotship [and] occupy [the throne]." And after the mahanta passes away, the disciple performs the kājakṛyā8 according to what is traditionally practised, becomes mahanta [and] occupies the throne. [This is what] is traditionally done. | |
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. |
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Question: Is it the tradition that a mahanta-to-be occupies the throne [only] 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 times to 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'." It is so, or not? | Answer: I do not know whether or not authority was given to the said Devīnātha when Mahanta Chetranātha was passing away. | |
Question: After Chetranātha was given the abbotship (by his guru), 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 Chetranātha to [be able to] occupy the throne, the then bhārādāra of the Salyan district office, [venerable L[ieutenant] Colonel Raṇavīkraṃ Bahādūra Rāṇā], 9 came (savārī bhai) [and] the said Chetranātha occupied the throne. | |
Question: How much was Mahanta Chetranātha's assessment of the maṭha's the revenue? | Answer: I do not know. |
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Question: Is all that is written above the exact truth, or not? | Answer: All that is written above is the exact truth. |
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Ghāṭu Buḍhā Udairāma Kavara - - -
signature Da.10 L[ieutenant] C[olonel]
Thursday, the 10th solar day (gate) of Śrāvaṇa in the [Vikrama] era year 1964 (1907 CE). Auspiciousness.
For more information about the background to such witness statements and related documents, see the Commentaries to K_0469_0033 and K_0469_0038.