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1 | सव़ालमामुली•¯¯¯¯¯¯¯१ | जवाफ्मेरानाऊझुमारजुंउपाध्यावावुकोनाऊ नंदीकेसरउपाध्याजातऊपाध्याव्राह्मणघरसल्ल्यां वडाषोलामाछपेसाषेतीपातीगर्छु•उमेरवर्ष• ३३कोभञा•नीजहरुसंगलेंदेनझैझकडाकेही छैन•¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
2 | सव़ाल•रानगाऊकामहंत•छत्रनाथ• लाइचीनेकाछौ•कीहालकाहाछं¯¯¯¯१ | जवाफ्चीनेकोछुजीवितछैनंप्रलोकभय़ा¯¯¯¯ |
3 | सव़ाल•नीजछेत्रनाथकैलेप्रलोक भय़ा¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्ये़ही६४सालजेष्टमैन्हामाआफ्नाका लगतीलेप्रलोकभय़ा¯¯¯¯¯ |
4 | सव़ाल•नीजप्रलोकहुनेमहंतछे त्रनाथकाचेला•छंछैनन्भय़ाकोहो• | जवाफ्•नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथकाचेलालोक नाथ•छं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
5 | सव़ाल•नीजलोकनाथकतीवर्षऊ मेरकाछंकैलेकेवेहोरासंग•चेलोभय़ा काहुं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्नीजलोकनाथवर्ष१२काभय़ा• नीजमहंतछेत्रनाथले•नीजलोकनाथलाई ५।६वर्षभय़ो•दाङचौघेरारतंनाथका• अस्थानमा•त्यागचुकाईचेलोगराय़ाका हुं¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
6 | सव़ाल•नीजछेत्रनाथले•अरुलाई चेलोतुल्य़ाकाछंकी•भय़ासोमहं त्याञीकोहक•कस्कोहो•¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्•नीजछेत्रनाथकाचेलाअरुछैनं नीजलोकनाथमात्रनीजकाचेलाहुंनीज• छेत्रनाथले•चेलोपनीनीजलोकनाथलाई मात्रतुल्य़ाकारनीजछेत्रनाथ सोर्गेहुनेवषत्मा•य़ोमठ्गद्दीतेरोभयो भनीपाषुरासमाईपीठीय़ामाधाप दीअषतीय़ारीदीय़ाकाहुनालेसोमहं त्याञीकोहक•नीजलोकनाथकोहो |
7 | सव़ाल•महंत्याञीगद्दीवस्तासावी कदरसावीकमाकेगरीआय़ाकोहो• कतीरीतपुर्याईगद्दीवस्नुप्रर्छ | जवाफ्सावीकमहंतछेत्रनाथस्वर्गेग दीवस्ता•नीजछेत्रनाथकागुरुमहंतही रानाथस्वर्गेभय़ापछी•सल्ल्यानागौडा काकर्णेलरनवीक्रमवाहादुरराणजी• लेपलटंकासीपाहीपट्टीरबाजागा• जास्मेत्लीनीजकर्नैलरानागाऊमठमा आफैगै•महंतछेत्रनाथलाईगद्दीमा वसाईसकारमाजाहेरगर्याकाहुंअरुरी तपुर्याउनेकुराथाहाछैन¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |
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1 | सव़ाल•महंतछेत्रनाथप्रलोक हुन्यावषत्मासोमठकोकामती मीलेगर्नु•भनीनीजछेत्रनाथले मलाईअषतीय़ारीदीय़ाको छभनीदेवीनाथजीलेउजुर• गरेकाछसोकुराहोकी¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्महंतछत्रनाथप्रलोकहुन्याव षत्मानीजदेवीनाथलाईअषतीय़ारी दीय़ाकोहोहोइनमलाईथाहाछैन |
सव़ाल•सोमहंतछेत्रनाथकाम ठ्कोआमदानीलगतकतीछ | जव़ाफ्मलाईथाहाछैन ¯¯¯¯¯¯ | |
सव़ाल•य़ोमाथीलेषाय़ाकोसवै कुरादुरुस्तसाँचोहोकी¯¯¯¯¯¯ | जवाफ्य़ोमाथीलेषीय़ाकोसवैदुरु स्तसाचोहोझुट्टाठहरेऐनवमोजीमवु झाऊला |
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[signature of] Da.2 L[ieutenant] C[olonel] Vīra [Bahā]dūra Basynāt Kṣa[trī] - - -
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 MukhiyāJhumāra Juṃ Acārja Upādhyāye, a witness mentioned (lekhīyāko) in the petition (bintīpatra) from Lokanātha which states "inasmuch as Chetranātha,3 the abbot (mahanta) of Rānāgāũmaujā, Salyan district (jillā), has passed away, the right to the abbotship is [now] mine."4
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Question: general [introduction] | Answer: My name [is] Jhumāra Juṃ Upādhyā; [my] father's name [is] Naṃdīkesara Upādhyā. Caste (jāta): Upādhyā Brahman. [My] home is in Baḍākholā, Salyan. Profession: I do farming. Age: 33 years old. I have had no business dealings5 [or] any dispute with the said persons.6 | |
Question: You know Mahanta Chetranātha of Rānāgāũ, or not? Where is he now? | Answer: I know [him]. [He] is not alive [anymore]. [He] passed away. | |
Question: When did the said Chetranātha pass away? | Answer: He died a natural death (āphnā kālagatīle) in the month of Jyeṣṭha of this year, [VS 19]64. | |
Question: Is there a disciple of the said late Mahanta Chetranātha, or not—[someone who] became one? | Answer: There is a disciple of the said Mahanta Chetranātha: Lokanātha. | |
Question: How old is the said Lokanātha? When and in what manner did [he] become a disciple? | Answer: The said Lokanātha is 12 years old. The said Mahanta Chetranātha made the said Lokanātha [his] disciple 5 or 6 years ago at Ratannātha's site in DangCaugherā, 7 after [the latter] had conclusively left [his parents].8 | |
Question: Did the said Chetranātha make others his disciples, or not? If so, who has the right to the abbotship? | Answer: There are no other disciples of the said Chetranātha. The said Lokanātha is the only disciple of the said [mahanta]. The said Chetranātha, too,9 made only the said Lokanātha disciple, and the said Mahanta Chetranātha, when he was about to die, said: "The throne of this maṭha is yours", seized the [disciple's] upper arm, slapped [him] on the back [and] assigned [to him] authority; the right of abbotship is the said Lokanātha's. | |
Question: What is traditionally done in the customary practice once [the selectee is set to] occupy the abbotship [and] the throne? How many rituals have to be completed in order to occupy the throne? | Answer: As customary, once Mahanta Chetranātha [was set to] occupy the throne, after his guru Mahanta Hīrānātha died, Colonel Ranavīkrama Bāhādura Rāṇā-jī of the Salyan district office took a group (paṭṭī) of soldiers of the battalion (palṭana) [who came] singing and playing instruments (bājāgājā), [and] the said Colonel himself went to the Rānāgāũ maṭha, installed Mahanta Chetranātha on the throne [and] informed the government. I do not know of other rituals to be completed. |
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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 not? | Answer: I do not know whether or not Mahanta Chetranātha gave the authority to the said Devīnātha when he was passing away. | |
Question: How much was the said Mahanta Chetranātha's assessment of the maṭha's revenue? | Answer: I do not know. | |
Question: Is all that is dictated above the exact truth? | Answer: All that is written above is the exact truth. If a lie is proven, I will pay the price according to the law. |
Jhumāra Juṃ Acārja Upādhyā - - -
signature Jhumāra Juṃ Acārja Upādhyā, home [village]: Baḍākholā
signature Da.10 L[ieutenant] C[olonel]
Thursday, the 11th solar day (gate) of Śrāvaṇa in the [Vikrama] era year 1964 (1907 CE).11 Auspiciousness.12
For more information about the background to such witness statements and related documents, see the Commentaries to K_0469_0033 and K_0469_0038.