A copy of a lālamohara from King Rājendra to Rūpanātha Gosāī̃ reconfirming mortgaged land in the former realm of the king of Phalabang (VS 1877)
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Last modified: 2023-07-10
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Abstract
In the lālamohara of which the present document is a copy, King Rājendra reconfirms a plot of land mortgaged by the state (bā̃dhā) consisting of 20 khetamurīs in the district (ambala) of Phalabang.
Diplomatic edition
[1r]
1241लालमोहर1रुजुदुरुस्तछ2स्हीडिट्टाद्योतीप्रसाद1[seal]1सकलवुझीसकलवमोजीम्नकलदुरुस्तछभनीसहीछापगर्नेमहंतछेत्रनाथजीका
2चेलालोकनाथजी1स्वस्तिश्रीगिरिराजचक्रचुदामणिनरनाराय़णेत्यादिविविधवि
2रुदावलिविराजमानमानोन्नतश्रीमन्महाराजाधिराजश्रीश्री
3श्रीःमहाराजराजेन्द्रविक्रमसाहवहादुरसम्सेरर्जंङ्देवानांसदा
4समरविजयि़नाम्¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
5आगेःरुपनाथ•गोसाईँकेअघीफलावाँङ्काराजातषतमाछ
6दैतिम्रा१६०रुपैय़ालिफलावांङ्काअम्मलमाहुँदावर्न्याषे
7त्मुरि२०वाँधादिय़ाकोरहेछ६७सालमाजाँचकिहेरुले
8जांचीवुझिदोय़मदरकोषेत्ठहराइ८षुटकोदरवाँधीअघीषा
9य़ाकामोहोरमध्ये•कट्टिकेहिनगरिअघिकैएक•सय़सठी
10१६०रुपैय़ाकोवांधाफलावाँङ्काअम्मलमाःडाँडावर्न्याषे
11त्मुरि२०तस्कोसाँधपुर्व•दक्षिणःरैकर•पश्चीमःहरिदत्तःपा
12द्याढकालकोविर्ताउत्तरःमनुजैसीकाजवदिकोसाधःईति[?]
13चारकिलाभित्रकोषेत्थाँमिवाँधाकोमोहोरगरिवक्स्यौं
14आफ्नाषातिरजाँमँसँगवाँधाजाँनिभोग्यगरजहीय़ादामदे
15व़ातहिय़ामाटोलेवःईतिसम्वत्१८७७सालमितिपौषव
16दि५रोज१शुभ्म्¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
Synopsis
[1r]
The lālamohara of which the present document is a copy was issued by King Rājendra in the name of Rūpanātha Gosāī̃ (text: Rupanātha Gosāī) on Sunday, the 5th of the dark fortnight of Pauṣa in the [Vikrama] era year 1877 (1820 CE).1 It reconfirms the land mortgaged by the state (bā̃dhā) for the sum of 160 rupees in the former realm of the king of Phalabang (text: Phalāvaṃṅ) after it had been examined and confirmed by inspectors (jā̃cakī) ten years earlier, in VS 1867 (1810 CE)2 . The plot of land bordering (vārnyā) Ḍā̃ḍā in the district (ambala) of Phalabang (text: Phalāvā̃ṅ) consists of 20 khetamurīs. Its borders are, in the east and the south, raikara land, in the west the birtā of Haridatta Pādhyā Ḍhakāla, and in the north the property (? javadi) of Manu Jaisī. The addressee is to dutifully conceive the bā̃dhā [as his] and enjoy [its fruits].
The copy is attested as correct by MahantaChatranāthajī's disciple, Lokanāthajī, and ḌiṭṭhāDyotīprasāda.
Commentary
Naraharinātha's edition also records the signatures that are on the backside of the original, according to which the lālamohara was channelled through (mārphat) Raṇaudyota Sāhā, Prāṇa Sāhā, Bhīmasena Thāpā, Raṇadhvaja Thāpā, Jagajīta Paṇḍe, Dalabhaṃjana Pāmḍe, Mahāvīra Adhikārī and Udaye Gīrī (all names are spelled as in Naraharinātha VS 2022: 461).
The document is part of a series of confirmations Mahanta Rūpanātha received from King Rājendra in 1820 and the following years (see Naraharinātha VS 2022: 461f.).
The copy edited here was probably prepared in 1907 (VS 1964) to be sent along with a petition (bintīpatra) submitted by Lokanātha, one of Rūpanātha's later successors, to Kathmandu (see K_0469_0033).