A votive inscription by Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā recording his donation of the present pinnacle for the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot (ŚS 1772)
ID: NHDP_0001_0141
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Abstract
This votive inscription by Jaṅga Bahādura Jaṅga records his donation of a silver pinnacle to be placed at the top of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot. It consists of a Sanskrit part and its Nepali translation.Diplomatic edition
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1[?]1 स्तिश्री [?]लिके प्रमिते [?]न[?]सिते पक्षे चतुर्द[?] गुरुवास[?]2[?]त्तरभाद्रन[?][?]योगे एतादृशगुणयुक्ते ऽस्मिन् [?] कुँवरकुलभूषणे [?]र नाम्ना स[?]
3[?]न • मया •ल[?]नस्थाय• मत्सेन्द्रनाथाय रथाय रजतनिर्मितो ऽयं चूडा[?]रर्पितम्अत
4रंदेशभाषास्व[?][?][?]के१७७२सालमितिवैशाखवदि2 १४रोज५कादिनस्वस्तिश्री[?]जकुमारात्मज[?]
5[?]म्मिनिष्टरयान्ड[?]रइनचिफजनरलजङ्गबहादूरकुवरराणाजीमईले[?]मारह्याकामत्स्येन्द्र[?]
6थमाथिचादिकोयो[?]णिमत्स्यन्द्रनाथपृतिगरिचढाञाँएषचूडा[?]णि[?][?]नुष्यलोभानिपापा
7नीमापसलातेस[?]लाईपंचमहापातकलागलाशुभ्म्
Translation
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Hail! On Thursday, on the 14th day of the bright fortnight in the nakṣatra of Uttara Bhādra in the [...] yoga in the Nepāla era [year ...], on a day of such merit, I, an ornament of the Kũvara family, [Jaṅga Bahādūra Kũvara] by name, offered this pinnacle (lit. "crest jewel") made of silver for the chariot of Matsyendranātha, who resides in [Lalitapāṭana]. Further, in the language of the country: Hail! On Thursday, the 14th of the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha in the Śāka era year 1772—hail!—I, a venerable prince born of a prince, the venerable Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief General Jaṅga Bahādūra Kũvara Rāṇā-jī, out of love for Matsyendranātha, offered this pinnacle made of silver [to be placed] at the top [of the chariot] of Matsyendranātha [when] dwelling in Patan. The person who enters [to act] out of greed and sin towards this crest-jewel will incur [the punishment for] the five great sins (pañcamahāpātaka).
Commentary
This is the earliest of three votive inscriptions by members of the Rāṇā family found on the pinnacle (Nev. cunāmvaḥ) of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot, the other two being NHDP_0001_0142 and NHDP_0001_0143. The inscription is documented by NHDP as LAL0041_I_010, and the object as LAL0001-023 under LAL0001.