A copy of a rukkā from King Rājendra confirming Lokanātha as master of Rānāgāũ monastery (VS 1889)
ID: K_0469_0036
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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]
⟪137⟫1सहीलोक2वाहादुर
3कंव़रघररा
4नागाऊ•1सकलवमोजींनकलदुरुस्तछभनीस्हीछा
2पगर्ने•लोकप्रवाहादुर¯¯1स्वस्तिश्रीमन्महाराजाधिराजकस्यारुक्का¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯ ¯ ¯¯
2आगेलोकनाथगोसाईप्रतिअघिदेषिसिद्धभगवंत
3नाथवाटवन्देजगरीराष्याकोजौनाचेलालाईमालिक्
4गरीवसाईजान्छंअरुचेलालेजगाकोटहलगरीउसै
5मालीक्लाईमानीषानुअंसवाडोनास्ती•भनीआज४
6पुस्तासम्मसोहिवमोजीम्थामीय़ाकोरहेछतिम्रागु
7रुरुपनाथलेमालीक्गरीतिमीलाईदीगय़ाकारह्या
8छन्•सोहिवमोजींमथामीमोहोरगरीवक्स्यौहा
9मिलाईआसीरवाददि•आफ्नाषातीर्जामासंगवसई
10तीसम्वत१८८९साल्मीतीआषाडवदी५रोज२भ्म्
Translation
[1r]
[in the margins:]
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Signature: Loka Bāhādura Kaṃvara, residence Rānāgāũ
Lokapra[sāda] Bāhādura, 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.2 We have come to learn that your guru Rūpanātha3 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).4 Auspiciousness.
Commentary
The NGMPP reel K 469 contains four copies of documents regarding Bhagavantanātha's monastery which are attested by a person from Rānāgāũ whose name is either spelled Loka Bahādura (K_0469_0034 and K_0469_0037), Lokaprasāda (K_0469_0035) or (as here) Lokapra[.] Bāhādura and whose signature usually reads as Loka Bāhādura. The present document provides also the last name of this person: Kaṃvara.
For another copy and further discussion of the content of the document, see K_0469_0003.