A copy of a purjī from C-in-C General Bhīma Śamśera instructing the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā to disburse funds to ascetic institutions on the occasion of Baḍā Dasaĩ (VS 1970)
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Abstract
The purjī from Commander-in-Chief General Bhīma Śamśera of which this is a copy directs officers of the Gūṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā to disburse 38 rupees for rituals to be performed during the Baḍā Dasaĩ festival in VS 1970 to representatives of different ascetic institutions.
Diplomatic edition
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2२1श्रीआर्ज्याघाट्
2३1श्रीरामचंद्र
2४1स्वस्तिश्रीमद्राजकुमारकुमारात्मजश्रीकम्याण्डरइनचिफजनरलसरभिमसम्सेरजङ्गवाहादुरराणा
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3डाअषडाकामहंतसाधुहरुलेयो७०सालवडादसैमापाठपुजागर्नालाईषर्चवक्सेकोपुजापा
4ठगराउदाहुंभनीहाम्राहजुरमाविंतीचढायाकोहुनालेसोतपसिलकाअषडाअषडालाईपु
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6सिलकामानिसहस्तेदिनेकांगरवहिवुझदानिजहरुकास्हीछापपरेकास्याहाभर्पाईवमोजिम्
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[table1]
| 1 | उदासीअषडाका•महंतकोसदाकांगर्नेसाधुउतमदासआठ्रुपैञा | ८।• |
| 2 | नाथअषडामहंतकोसदाकांगर्ने•साधुपरमहंसनाथकोपाचरुपैञा | ५।• |
| 3 | संषमोलअषडाकामहंतकोसदाकांगर्ने•साधुलक्ष्मीदासकेपाचरुपैञा | ५।• |
| 4 | ¯ ¯३¯पारी¯ ¯४¯काअषडाकामहंतकोसडाकांगर्ने•साधुरघुनाथदासकेपाचरुपैञा | ५।• |
| 5 | राजेश्वरीअषडाकामहंतकोसडाकांगर्ने•साधुहरिदासनिर्मलाकोसातरुपैञा | ७। |
| 6 | भस्मेश्वरकामहंतगोपालदासके३तिनरुपैञा | ३। |
| 7 | विष्नुमतिपारीनानकमथकामहंतत्रिवेनिदासकेपाचरुपैञा | ।५।⟪५।⟫ |
10ईतीसम्वत्१९७०सालआश्वींगते१७रोज५शुभ्म्¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
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[table2]
| 1 | सकलवमोजींनकलदुरु स्तछभनिस्हीछापगर्नेष रीडारभवप्रसाडउपाध्या | १ |
| 2 | स्हीलेषन्गोपालउपाध्या | १ |
| 3 | २ |
Translation
[1r]
[p.] 401
642
Śrī 3 Sarkāra – 1
Śrī Jaganaṃda – 2
Śrī Āryjāghāṭ – 3
Śrī Rāmacaṃdra – 4
Hail! A purjī of the venerable Commander-in-Chief General Sir Bhima Samsera Jaṅga Bāhādura Rāṇā, KCVO, a venerable prince born of a prince, to the chief and clerks of the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā under [Śrī 3 Sarkāra]3
Uprānta: The abbots (mahantas) and ascetics (sādhus) of the akhāḍās [listed in the] particulars (tapasila) [each] submitted an application (bintī) to us stating: "I am one [of those] having the worship and recitations performed that you have provided expenses for in order for [such] worship and recitations to be performed during the Baḍā Dasaĩ of the year [VS 19]70." Therefore in order [for them] to perform worship and recitations, altogether 38—[in words] thirty-eight—rupees have been allocated to the different akhāḍās [listed in the] particulars. Write down the expenses in the account book of the [Śrī Jaganaṃda]4 and hand [the money] over to the persons [listed in the] particulars. They will be deducted when accounts are cleared according to the account books and receipts that bear the signatures and seals of the said [persons].
[table1]
| To Sādhu Utamadāsa, acting on behalf of the mahanta of the Udāsīakhaḍā,5 eight rupees | 8 | |
| To Sādhu Paramahaṃsanātha, acting on behalf of the mahanta of the Nāthaakhaḍā,6 five rupees | 5 | |
| To Sādhu Lakṣmīdāsa, acting on behalf of the mahanta of the Śaṇkhamolaakhaḍā, five rupees | 5 | |
| To Sādhu Raghunāthadāsa, acting on behalf of the mahanta of the [Śrī Rāmacaṃdra]7 akhaḍā,8 across from [Śrī Āryjāghāṭ]9 , five rupees | 5 | |
| To Sādhu Haridāsa Nirmalā, acting on behalf of the mahanta of the Rājeśvarī akhaḍā,10 seven rupees | 5 | |
| To the mahanta of Bhasmeśvara, Gopāladāsa,11 three rupees | 3 | |
| To the mahanta of the Sikh (nānaka) monastery (matha for maṭha?) across the Viṣnumati River,12 Trivenidāsa, five rupees | 5 |
Thursday, the 17th solar day (gate) of Āśvina in the [Vikrama] era year 1970 (1913 CE). Auspiciousness.
[table2]
| Certifying that the copy is true to the original: KharidāraBhavaprasāḍa Upādhyā13 | 1 | |
| Signature, Lekhan[adāsa]Gopāl Upādhyā | 1 | |
| 2 |
Commentary
This order allocates provisions for the rituals of the autumnal Dasaĩ to different ascetic institutions in Kathmandu and Deopatan which all operated under the Jaṅgānandaprakāśeśvara Guṭhi (for more on this guṭhī, see the Commentaries to K_0476_0060 and K_0636_0036).
There is a similar order issued five days prior to the present one and copied immediately after the present copy of it (K_0384_0066); it provides two other akhāḍās operating under the same guṭhī—Vairāgīs the one and Daśanāmīs the other—with a sum of 25 rupees each, i.e. with sums three to eight times higher than what was allocated under the present order. In earlier years, the Vairāgī akhāḍā had received as much as 100 rupees on the occasion of the Badā Dasaĩ (K_0382_0036, K_0384_0065). Later the two separate orders were merged (see K_0394_0028 issued in VS 1974).