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A purjī ordering the employees of Pustaka-khānā re cataloguing of the books in various languages (VS 1967)

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Edited and translated by Manik Bajracharya and Rajan Khatiwoda
Created: 2014-12-24; Last modified: 2016-04-25
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Abstract

This purjī orders the chief and other staff of the Pustak-khānā to prepare records of the various Sanskrit, Śaivite, Buddhist, English, Tibetan and Chinese books and to send a copy of it to the Nepāla Phā̃ṭa section of the Kumārī Coka.

Diplomatic edition

[1r]

श्री\

1श्रीकुमारी
2१

[seal of Prime Minister Candra Śamaśera]

[seal of Bhīma Śamaśera]

[unknown seal]

1पौस्तकषानाकाहाकिम्‌‌‍‌कारीन्दालेपुर्जिहेरी•तेस्‌पौस्तकषानामारहेका•शिवमार्गिवौद्ध
2मार्गिसंस्‌कृत•भाषाऔअंग्रेजीभोटेचिनीञाअक्षेरकोस्मेत्•जोभयाको•पोस्तकहरु
3कोतायेदातिबमोजिम१प्रतिनकलषडागरिसकलवमोजिम्‌‌नकलदुरुस्तछभंनेसहिछाप्‌‌ग
4री१५दिन्‌भित्र ¯१ ¯ ¯ चोकनेपालफाटमा•वुझाईदिनु•अव•उप्रांत ‌ आयाकोपोस्तकहरुकोपनी
5आउनासाथतायेदातमाचढाईसोवमोजिम्‌१प्रतिनकललेषीयावमोजिम्‌स्हीछाप्‌गरीदि
6न्याकाम्‌‌गरइतिसम्वत्१९६७सालमार्ग१२गतेरोजशुभम्¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Translation

[1r]

Śrī

1Śrīkumārī
21

The chief and other staff of the Pustakakhānā, having seen [this] purjī, shall prepare a copy of the records (tāyedāti) of available books of Śaivism, Buddhism, Sanskrit-language and [also the books written in] English, Tibetan (bhoṭe) and Chinese scripts [kept] in the Pustakakhānā and shall submit it to the Nepāla Phā̃ṭa at the Kumārī Coka within 15 days, after having approved that the copy is in accordance with the original. From now on, for the newly arriving books, register them into the record [book] as soon as they arrive, and accordingly, approve a copy [of the record] in the manner as mentioned [above].

Sunday, the 12th of Mārga in the [Vikrama] year 1967. [May there be] auspiciousness.