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A copy of a purjī from C-in-C General Deva Śamśera to Kharidāra Candra Bahādura Sāha re the Dasaĩ rituals at the Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1954)

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Abstract

The purjī from C-in-C General Deva Samsera Jaṅga Rāṇā Bahādura of which this is a copy endorses the regular budget for the rituals performed during the autumnal Dasaĩ festival in the year VS 1954 (1897 CE) at the Pāñcāyana temple, in line with outlays of the previous year. It directs the secretary (kharidāra) of the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā, Candra Bahādura Sāha, to release funds for the projected expenses of 26.2.0.1 rupees in cash and 1 pāthī, 1 mānā in kind, as itemized in the appended details (tapasila) of revenue from the Jaṅgānandaprakāśeśvara Sadābarta Guṭhī.



Diplomatic edition

[37r]

1श्री\­

168­

1श्री­जगनन्दप्रकासेश्वर­
2४­

1स्वस्ति­श्रीमद्राज∙कुमारकुमारात्मज∙श्रीकम्यांडर∙इनचीफ्‌∙जनरलदेवसम्सेरजङ्गराणावहादु∙रक∙
2स्य­¯ ¯१¯तर्फगुठि­षर्च­अडाका­षरीदार­∙चन्द्र­वहादुर­साहके­∙पुर्जि­उप्रान्त­¯ ¯२¯वाटस्थापना­∙गरी­∙वक्स्या
3का­पांचायणमा­¯ ¯३¯स्थान्‌मा­∙वडादसै­मामलि­पुजा­गर्नालाई­∙साविक्‌मा­¯ ¯४¯कासदावर्त­∙गुठिवा
4ट­षर्च­गरी­गुठि­षर्च­अडामा­सनद­भै­काम­चला∙ई­आयाको­हुनाले­र­गुठिगुठिको­दान्‌पत्र­सिलापत्र­∙
5तावापत्र∙मा­नभयाको­∙साविक्‌मा­सनदपुर्जि­भैआयाको­∙काम्‌­जो­छ­∙साविक्‌­वमोजिम्‌को­वषत्‌व
6षत्‌मा­∙सनद­गरी­दीनु­∙भंन्या­यस­अडालाई­∙गरी­वक्स्याका­१२­लम्वरका­सव़ाल­हुनाले­साविक्‌­∙५३­
7साल­∙वमोजीम्‌­षर्च­भयाको­नगदी­२६॥∙।­जीन्सी­∙पाठी­।१।१को­तपसिल∙मा­दर्दाम्‌­ताकियाको­
8छ­तापनि­ज्मामान­वढाई­तिम्रा­नाउमा­भयाका­सव़ाल­सनदको­रित्‌­पुर्‍याई­साछी­राषी­षरीद­गरी­
9निज­गुठिका­स्याहामा­षर्च­लेषी­येहि­५४­सालका­वडादसैका­मामलि­पुजा­चलाउनु­∙वही­वुझडा­
10साछीको­र­लीन्यादिन्या∙को­स्हीछाप­पर्‍याको­स्याहा­वमोजिम्‌­∙मोजरा­होला­भंन्या­षर्च­अडाका­हाकि
11म्‌का­नाउमा­सनद­गरी­वक्सनुपर्ने­ठहराञ्यूं­भनी­¯ ¯१¯तर्फगुठि­वंडोवस्त­अडाका­षरीदार­रत्न[?]­
12सि­
मुषीया­भक्तमान्‌­जोसिले­हाम्रा­हजुर∙मा­विन्ती­पार्दा­जाहेर­भयो­तसर्थ­∙सो­ठहरायाकोमा­∙हा
13मीवाट­पनि­मुनासिव­ठ∙हाराई­सदर­∙गरी­वक्स्याको­छ­∙सो­वमोजिम्‌­∙गर्न्या­काम्‌­गर­————
14तपसिल­

[table1]

1नग्दी­∙ज्मा­रु­[?]∙।­
2पैसा­१६­गंडि­∙रु­११॥///॥।२­के­दर­२५­गंडी∙ले­मोरु­∙७॥∙।­
3जौ­पाथि­१­र­फलफुल­स्मेत्‌के­॥।∙॥­
4गनेशके­नाल­वस्त्रके­/।­
5व्राह्मनका­धोती­उपर्नाके­नैन­कालाट­गल­९­के­२॥//॥।­
6सेतो­वस्त्र­गल­­के­//­
7अैना­वता­धागो­पोटे­चुराके­///॥।­
8तोरनके­कपडा­पाउ­॥­के­//­
9घटस्थापनाके­॥∙­
10वीसरलनका­पुजाके­।∙­नीसान­पुजाके­।∙­
11———————————————---
12घडाके­र­दियो­कलसके­२॥।//॥।२
13नरिव़र­पगरि­जोर­३­के­॥।∙­
14सुपारिके­ऽ॥­
15रेषी­पीठो­चाव़ल­माना­२­के­//॥∙­
16पंचरत्नके­ऽ।­
17वती­धुपके­
18गोकुल­धुपके­//­
19वति­ध्यूके­१///­
20वति­धागोके­।∙॥।­
21तेल­कुर्व़ा­१­के­१­
22अछेताके­चाव़ल­पाथी­१­के­॥/­
23माताका­गाग्री­१­के­/॥।­
24———————————————————---

15स्वतं­१९५०­साल­माघ­वडी­१४­रोज­६­शुभ्म्‌­————

[37r]

1३७­

166­

[table2]

1रागावोकाक­मोहर्रु­[...]­
2मौलामा­हानाके­१२॥∙­
3रागा­१­के­१०­वोका­१­के­२॥∙­
4———————
5पुजाका­वोका­२­के­५­
6कुवीन्दो­४­के­॥­
7षरुव़ा­गल­३­के­१­
8—————————————————————

[table3]

1जीन्सी­।१।१­
2धान­१।५­चाव़ल।∙।४
3———————————————————————
1इती­सम्वत्‌­१८५४­साल­मिती­आश्वीण­वदी­११­रोज­४­शुभ्म्‌­————

Synopsis

The purjī of which this is a copy was issued by C-in-C General Deva Samsera Jaṅga Rāṇā Bahādura and addresses Candra Bahādura Sāha, the secretary (kharidāra) of the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā under [Śrī 3 Sarkāra].1

It quotes a petition made by Kharidāra Ratna[māna] Si and MukhiyāBhaktamāna Josi from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā under Śrī 3 Sarkara to issue a purjī in the name of the chief officer of the [Guṭhī] Kharca Aḍḍā. This petition refers 1) to the fact that in order to perform the customary worship of Baḍādasaĩ at the site of the [family deity]2 in the Pāñcāyana temple that was erected by [Śrī 3 Mahārāja],3 the rituals were traditionally being performed with expenses met by the Śrī Jaṅgānandaprakāśeśvara Sadābarta Guṭhī and 2) to the existence of directive (savāla) no. 12 to their office (i.e. the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā) obliging them to have sanadas issued whenever tasks came up for which sanadapurjīs were called for as authorization because no deeds of gift (dānapatra), stone deeds (śilapatra) or copperplate deeds (tāmāpatra) existed. The petition further determined that the purjī should order the chief of the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā to release the necessary funds on the basis of the costs incurred in the year 1953 and as projected in the details (tapasila) appended, namely 26.2.0.1 mohararūpaiyā̃s in cash and 1 pāthī, 1 mānā in kind. In case the costs exceed the previous outlay, a reimbursement is promised on the basis of the receipts signed by a witness and by the traders involved in the transactions.

In its concluding lines, the sanadapurjī endorses this petition and orders the addressee to act accordingly.

Details:

The overall cash sum (nagada) of 26.2.0.1 morus is broken down into 7.2.0.1 morus for pūjā material and 19 morus for sacrificial animals, both being itemized more specifically.4 The two items in the provisions in kind (jinsī) are husked and unhusked rice.

The document is dated Wednesday, the 11th of the dark fortnight of Āśvina of VS 1954 (1897 CE).


Commentary

The document, relating to provisions for rituals performed during the autumnal Dasaĩ festival at the Pāñcāyana temple at Thāpāthalī, is part of a series of similar documents (see K_0476_0060, K_0636_0036, K_0379_0073, K_0625_0006, K_0614_0029). It follows the earlier document issued in VS 1951 (K_0379_0073) more or less verbatim. For more on the temple, its rituals and their administration, see the Commentaries to K_0476_0060 and K_0636_0036.


Notes

1. Of all honorific references that must have been written in the space above the main text in the original, only the one numbered 4 was copied. Given the parallel documents, the space numbered 1 must have read "Śrī 3 Sarkāra". []

2. On account of the parallels in earlier documents either "śrīkuladevatā" or "śrīiṣṭadevatā" must have been written in the space numbered 2 in the original (see previous note). []

3. Given parallel documents, the space numbered 3 above was likely filled in with "Śrī 3 Mahārāja" in the original. []

4. The lists are congruent with the earlier lists extant in a document from VS 1951 (K_0379_0073). There are, however, some obvious scribal mistakes that have here been corrected on the basis of this earlier account. Moreover, a line reporting a date from VS 1950 has been slotted in—probably accidentally—between the lists of pūjā items and that of sacrificial animals. That this date does not represent the date of issue of the original the present document was copied from is clear not only from the proper date with which the document copy ends, but also from the main text copied above, which refers to VS 1954 as being the current year and to VS 1953 as being the previous one. []