An inscription on a vajradhātumaṇḍala at Subāhāḥ recording the endowment of it by Lakṣmīdhaṃ and his family (NS 1009)
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Abstract
This inscription records the installation of a vajradhātumaṇḍala by Lakṣmīdhaṃ and his family in Subāhāḥ in NS 1009.Diplomatic edition
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1ओंनमरत्नतयायनम।।नमोश्रीधर्मधातुवागीस्वरायश्रीधर्मधातुवागीस्वरायनम।।संवत१००[...]2रितजयमनोहरमहाविहारसबिज्याकम्ह।।श्रीपश्चिमाभिमुखवज्राअस्ति।।[?]
3चक्रजोति।।तताभानिथकुं।।ततारानिथकुं।।पुत्रिरानिथकुं।।पुत्रिरक्ष्मिथकुं।।पुत्रिज्ञानि[?]
4तियासुभकल्याणजुयेमारशुभ[A row of embossed floral motifs]
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1[...]ष्ठ[...]ष्णअष्टमि।[?]।।सुकवारस[?]2[...]मुनि[...]तानभद्र[?]।। ।।[?]पिताभाजुपति।।माताहेरामति।।चमाजु[?]
3[?]भोछि[?]याधर्मचितउत्पतिजुयाओ।।वज्रधातुमण्डरदयकाओ।।[A row of embossed floral motifs]
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1[?][?]सवितर।।मिनरासि[?]चन्द्रमसि।।थुखुनु[...]न्द्रदेवसंस्का2[?]। ।।[...]पतिरक्ष्मिधपमुषं।।तिरिवुरक्ष्मि।।पुत्रसिधिराज।।पुत्रमुनजोति।।पुत्र
3प्रानप्रस्थायानादिनजुलो।।थुगुधर्म्मजगतसंसारउधारजुयमार।।दानप
[A row of embossed floral motifs]
Synopsis
On Friday, the 8th of the dark fortnight of Jyeṣṭha in NS 1009 (1888 CE), in honour of the west-facing Buddha enshrined in Subāhāḥ, Lakṣmīdhaṃ (text: Rakṣmidha) along with his wife Buddhalakṣmī (text: Burakṣmi) and the rest of his family installed a vajradhātumaṇḍala in the name of his parents Bhājupati and Herāmati. This donation was meant to contribute to the salvation of all the people in the world and lead to auspiciousness and to the welfare of the donors.
Commentary
This is a record of the installation of a vajradhātumaṇḍala in the Subāhāḥ courtyard. Locally, a vajradhātumaṇḍala is called a dharmadhātu. Each image records only a part of the text. The text continues on the corresponding line of the next image. It is inscribed on three sides of this octagonal structure below the double lotus throne that serves as the base for the vajradhātumaṇḍala, a maṇḍala in the Vajrayāna tradition. The Niṣpannayogāvalī, a Sanskrit text on maṇḍalas, gives Vajradhātu as the name of the Dhyāni Buddha Vairocana in his form displaying four faces and eight arms and sitting on a lion (Bhattacharya 1949: 54). The vajradhātumaṇḍala has an important role in consecration rituals. At the time of the adhivāsana, when the deity is summoned and invited to enter into the image to be consecrated, nine bathing vessels are prepared by imbuing them with the presence of the 53 deities of the vajradhātumaṇḍala (von Rospatt 2010: 210).