A copy of a lālamohara from King Rājendra to Rūpanātha Gosāī̃ confirming several birtās in the former realm of the king of Salyan (VS 1877)
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Yogesh Budathoki
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Last modified: 2023-05-31
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Abstract
In the lālamohara of which the present document is a copy, King Rājendra confirms several wet croplands and plots of building land in the districts (ambala) of Pachilla Dang, Hāpur, Deukhuri and Salyan, measured as requiring altogether 175 murīs and 15 pāthīs of seeds.
Diplomatic edition
[1r]
1191लालमोहर1रुजुदुरुस्तछ2स्हीडिट्टाद्योतीप्रसाद1[seal]1सकलबुझीसकलवमोजीमनकलदुरुस्तछभनीसहीछापगर्नेमहंत
2छेत्रनाथजीकाचेलालोकनाथजी1स्वस्तिश्रीगिरिराजचक्रचुदामणिनरनाराय़णेत्यादिविविधवि[...]
2वली•विराजमानमानोन्नत•श्रीमन्महाराजाधिराजश्रीश्रीश्री•महां[...]
3राजेन्द्र•विक्रमसाहवहादुर•सम्सेरर्जंङ्देवानांसदासमरविजयि़नाम्¯ ¯ ¯
4आगे•रुपनाथगोसाईँके•अघिसल्ल्यानकाराजातषतमाछदैवि
5र्त्ता•साँधलाईदिय़ाको•६७सालमाजांचकिहेरुले•जांचिवुझिप
6क्काठहराइथामिदिय़ाकोआजसम्मतिमिले•षाइविहोरि•आय़ा
7को•विर्त्तापछिलीदाङ्काअम्मलमासिरगाँउएककेषेतडिहिसमेत
8के•विजमुरि६०जान्या•औहापुरकाअम्मलमा•वडरुव़ागाँउएक
9के•षेतडिहिसमेतके•विजमुरि३८जान्या•औडाडागाऊएककेषे
10तडिहिसमेतके•विजमुरि५७जान्या•औ•देउषुरिकाअम्मलमाच
11कुव़ागाँउएककेषेतडिहिसमेतकेविजमुरि२०जान्या•औषड्का
12कोटको•तल्लोघद्यारि•औमालनेटाको•अव़लापानीकोवा
13रि•घडेरिकेविजपाथि५जान्या•औसल्ल्यानकावारिघडेरिके
14विजपाथि१०जान्या•जम्माविजमुरि१७५पाथी१५जान्याषेत
15डिहिपाषो•तस्कोलगा•वाँझोभावरसमे[...]थामिविर्ताकोमोहर
16गरिवक्स्यौं•आफनाषातीरजामासगविर्ताजानी•भोग्यगर•इति
17सम्वत्१८७७सालमितिकार्त्तिकवदि१रोज१सुभ्म्¯ ¯ ¯
Synopsis
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The lālamohara of which the present document is a copy was issued by King Rājendra in the name of Rūpanātha Gosāī̃ on Sunday, the 1st of the dark fortnight of Kārttika in the [Vikrama] era year 1877 (1820 CE).1 It confirms the following birtā land grants in the former realm of the king of Salyan (text: Sallyānā) after they had been examined and confirmed by the inspectors (jā̃cakī) ten years earlier, in VS 1867 (1810 CE)2 : in the district (ambala) of Pachilla Dang (text: Pachilī Dāṅ) a plot of wet cropland (kheta) together with elevated dry cropland (ḍihī) in Siragā[ũ] [measured as] requiring 60 murīs of seeds; in the ambala of Hāpura a plot of wet cropland with an elevated dry cropland in Baḍaruvāgāũ [measured as] requiring 38 murīs of seeds and a plot of wet cropland together with elevated dry cropland in Ḍāḍāgāū [measured as] requiring 57 murīs of seeds; in the ambala of Deukhuri a plot of wet cropland together with elevated dry cropland in Cakuvāgāu [measured as] requiring 20 murīs of seeds and a lower (? tallo) plot of building land (ghaḍerī) in Khaḍkākoṭa; a plot of building land (bārī ghaḍerī) [measured as] requiring 5 pāthīs of seeds in the Avalāpānī [section] of Mālaneṭā; and, finally, a plot of building land (bārī ghaḍerī) [measured as] requiring 10 pāthīs of seeds in the ambala of Salyan; in total [land measured as] requiring 175 murīs and 15 pāthīs of seeds together with the unirrigated highlands (pākho) and the barren marshlands (bhābara) attached to it. The addressee is to dutifully conceive the birtās [as his] and enjoy [its fruits].
The copy is attested as correct by MahantaChatranāthajī's disciple, Lokanāthajī, and ḌiṭṭhāDyotīprasāda.
Commentary
Naraharinātha's edition also records the signatures that are on the backside of the original, according to which the lālamohara was channelled through (mārphat) Raṇaudyota Sāhā, Prāṇa Sāhā, Dalabhaṃjana Pāmḍe, Bhīmasena Thāpā, Mahāvīra Adhikārī, Jagajīta Paṇḍe, Raṇadhvaja Thāpā and Udaye Gīrī (all names are spelled as in Naraharinātha VS 2022: 461).
The document is part of a series of confirmations Mahanta Rūpanātha received from King Surendra in 1820 and the following years (see Naraharinātha VS 2022: 461f.).
The copy edited here was probably prepared in 1907 (VS 1964) to be sent along with a petition (bintīpatra) submitted by Lokanātha, one of Rūpanātha's later successors, to Kathmandu (see K_0469_0033).