A copy of a rukkā from King Rājendra confirming Lokanātha as master of Rānāgāũ monastery (VS 1889)
ID: K_0469_0003
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Abstract
In the rukkā of which the present document is a copy, the king (according to the date, Rājendra) confirms Lokanātha Gosāī̃ as master (mālika) of Siddha Bhagavantanātha's monastery (maṭha) in Rānāgāũ, Salyan.
Diplomatic edition
[1r]
⟪15⟫⟪1रुजुदुरुस्त2ले•भी
3म्लाल•⟫1[seal] 1सकल्वमोजींनकल्दुरुस्तछभनीसही
2छापगर्नेरानागाऊमठ्काडीट्ठातीलक्
3वाहादुरचँ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯1स्वस्तिश्रीमन्महाराजाधीराजकस्यरुक्का¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯
2आगे•लोकनाथ•गोसाईप्रतीअघीदेषीसीद्धभगवंतनाथवाट
3वंदेजगरिराष्याकोजौनाचेलालाईमालीकगरिवसाईजां
4छंअरुचेलाले•जगाकोटहलगरिउसैमालीकलाईमानीषानु
5अंसवाडोनास्ती•भनीआज४पुस्तासम्मसोहीवमोजीम•
6थामीय़ाकोरहेछ•तीम्रागुरुरुपनाथलेमालीकगरितीमी
7लाईदीगय़ाकारह्याछंसोहीवमोजीम•थामीमोहोरगरीव
8क्स्यौंहामीलाईआसीरवाददीआफ्नाषातीरर्जामासंग
9वस•ईतीसम्वत्•१८८९सालमीतीआषाडवदी५रोज२शुभ्म्
Translation
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[in the margins:]
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Attested as correct [by] Le.2 Bhīmalāla
[seal]3
Tīlak Bāhādura Cã, the ḍiṭṭhā of Rānāgāũ monastery (maṭha), signing in attestation that the copy is true to the original
[main text:]
Hail. [This is] an executive order of the supreme king of great kings.
In an earlier time SiddhaBhagavantanātha put in place [the following] regulation: "Once a disciple is made the master (mālika) and installed [on the throne], the other disciples shall obey that mālika by serving the estate. There is [to be] no partition of property (aṃśabanḍā)." We have come to learn that [the monastery has been run] unchanged in accordance with it for four generations up to the present.4 We have come to learn that your guru Rūpanātha5 made you the mālika—gave you [the office]—before leaving (i.e. before dying). Accordingly, we confirm [this] and [hereby] issue a mohara. Confer blessings upon us and remain dutiful.
Monday, the 5th of the dark fortnight of Āṣāḍha of the [Vikrama] era year 1899 (1832 CE).6 Auspiciousness.
Commentary
The text of this rukkā from King Rājendra is in most respects identical with the text of an executive order Lokanātha's predecessor, Mahanta Rūpanātha, received in VS 1879 (see K_0469_0035).
The document belongs to a batch of more than a dozen copies of similar documents attested by Tīlak Bāhādura Cã, the ḍiṭṭhā of Rānāgāũ maṭha, in VS 1964 (see K_0468_0062 and K_0469_0001 to K_0469_0013).
For another copy of the document, see K_0469_0036.