A stone slab inscription at Seto Gaṇeśa Guṭhī Capāḥchẽ in Lalitpur re the construction of a three-bay phalcā and the installation of three idols by Lalita Siṃha Bhāro (NS 877)
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Abstract
This inscription records the construction of a three-bay phalcā at Seto Gaṇeśa Guṭhī Capāḥchẽ and the installation of three statues there under the sponsorship of Lalita Siṃha Bhāro in memory of his deceased father.Diplomatic edition
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[Embossed image of Candra and Sūrya][Embossed image of Nārāyaṇa][Embossed image of Candra and Sūrya]1⟪संवत्र९२७वैसाखवदि१२⟫[Two lines of ornamental carvings]1 ⟅ श्रीनारायणायनम:यस्यहस्तेगदाचक्रगरुडो2यस्यवाहन:समेकरोतुकल्यानंपद्मनाभो
3जनार्दनश्रेयोऽस्तुसम्वत्८७७चैतकृष्णए
4कादशीसतभीषनक्षत्रेशुक्लयोगेबृहस्पति
5वासरेथ्वकुन्हुओबाहारलाछेयंतासतलत
6लभुजओ१क्रीलकास्यंफलेकवडस्व३दय
7कंपश्चिमकवडसपितादिवंगतगो
8पारसिंहभारोयातनामनश्री३नारायण
9मूर्त्तितस्यदथ्वकवडसश्रीविष्णुप्रीतिनश्री३वि
10ष्णुमुत्तितस्यपूव्वकवडसश्री३गणेसमुर्त्तितस्यं
11थ्वसंवत्सरलोहोतस्यंदिनयज्ञयास्यप्रतिष्ठायाङादिनजुरोदानपतिवंवाहालननियं
12तागृहललितसिंहभारोसनथ्वफले
13दयकंश्रीदेवतयाजुरोवर्षवन्धयातआ
14यदुंन्ताअफरबुरो२।।पुनमोहरटंका२५१थ्वतेया
15बरसाननबजिसफुरिसकियातकोअभिछिन्नयाङन
16गुथिभारोसनयायमारबिरभद्रसिंहजिओद्नसिंसि
17वविष्णुनारांरुद्रसंखदानपतिपुत्रप्रतासिंहथ्वतेस
18परियास्यंगूथीङायकेमारजुरोशुभ
Synopsis
The inscription starts with an invocatory verse dedicated to Nārāyaṇa who is holding a club (gadā) and disc (cakra) in his hands and is mounted on Garūḍa. It records that on Thursday, the dark fortnight of Caitra, in NS 877 Lalita Siṃha Bhāro, a resident of Oṃ Bāhāḥ constructed in memory of his deceased father a three-bay addition to a resthouse (phalcā) located to the north of Om Bāhāla Lāchi. A statue of Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu and Gaṇeśa was enshrined in the western, middle and eastern bays of the phalcā, respectively. In order to cover the expenses for the annual worship (varṣabandhana) for the deities, Lalita Siṃha Bhāro endowed a guṭhī with a plot of land measuring 2 ropanīs 2 javās situated at Aphala and also deposited 251 moharas in its treasury. The revenue generated from the land was to be used for the performance of annual acts of worship to these deities. The guṭhī members Birabhadra SiṃhaJiodna Siṃ, Siva, Visṇunārāṃ, Rudra, Saṃkha and the donor’s son Pratāpa Siṃha are made responsible for the management of the guṭhī.
Commentary
Seto Gaṇeśa Guṭhī Capāḥchẽ is located to the west of Seto Gaṇeśa Mandira (NHDP LAL0157) in Om Bāhāḥ Lāchi. It appears that this capāḥchẽ was initially built as a phalcā by Revāju Bhāro in NS 857. It was probably a five-bay phalcā then. Two decades later, in NS 877, the phalcā had three more bays, as recorded in this inscription, which identifies the building as a satala. This suggests that within that period the phalcā had been converted into a sataḥ. The date inscribed at the top of the inscription to either side of the central image of Nārāyaṇa (the 12th of the dark fortnight of Vaiśākha in NS 927) is clearly a later addition, but it remains unclear what event it records. The 2015 earthquakes cracked some of the walls of the building and the guṭhī members repaired them.