A rukkā from King Rājendra appointing Brahmanātha as priest of Śrī Ratannātha at Phalabang (VS 1891)
ID: K_0636_0012
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Abstract
In this rukkā, the king, who according to the date must have been Rājendra, appoints Brahmanātha to perform the regular and occasional worship of Śrī Ratannātha at Phalabang.
Diplomatic edition
[1r]
1[...]न्नाथ2 ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯१1श्रीः1[royal seal]1श्रीरतन्नाथ
2१1स्वस्तिश्रीमन्महाराजाधिराजकस्यरुक्का¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
2आगेव्रह्मनाथकेफलावाङ्का¯ ¯१ ¯ ¯ कोगुठि•प्रतापनाथकाना
3उकोमोहरहानी•आज•उप्रांत¯ ¯१ ¯ ¯ कोविधिपूर्वकनीत्त्यनैमित्य
4कपुजागर्नुभनीलालमोहरगरिवक्स्यौं•आफ्नाषातीरज्मासंगअ
5घिदेषिषाइचर्चिआयाकोदैदस्तुरात्ली¯ ¯१ ¯ ¯ कोनित्त्यनै
6मित्यकपूजाचलाइ•हाम्रोजय्मनाई•सेषरह्याकोभोग्यगर•इ
7तिसम्वत्१८९१सालमितिचैत्रवदि५रोज४शुभम्¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
Translation
[1r]
[Śrī Rata]nnātha -1-
Śrīḥ
[royal seal]
Śrī Ratannātha -1-
Hail. [This is] an executive order of the supreme king of great kings.
Āge: to Brahmanātha
We [hereby] issue a lālamohara stating: "[We] have annulled the mohara [regarding] the guṭhī of [Śrī Ratannātha]1 of Phalabang (text: Phalābāṅ) [that was issued] in the name of Pratāpanātha;2 from today on [you shall] perform the previous regular and occasional worship according to the rules of [Śrī Ratannātha]3 ." Take, conscious of your duty, the customary fees that have been enjoyed [and] controlled from earlier times onwards, manage the regular and occasional worship of [Śrī Ratannātha]4 , celebrate our triumphs, [and] enjoy what remains [after covering worship expenditures].
Wednesday, the 4th of the dark fortnight of Caitra, in the [Vikrama] era year 1891 (1835 CE).5 Auspiciousness.
Commentary
According to Nārāyaṇanātha's Rājaguruyogīvaṃśāvalī (Naraharinātha n.d.: 69) Brahmanātha was a disciple of the former pūjārī Pratāpanātha. Like his guru before him (cf. K_0014_0009A; Naraharinātha VS 2022: 494), he faced some problems with foreign yogīs (pardesī jogī) but was reappointed as pūjārī in VS 1898 (see K_0008_0032A and K_0636_0010). According to the NGMPP catalogue card, the microfilm image of the present document is of a photo-copy (of the original). For a handwritten copy, see K_0013_0048A.