A votive inscription on the pinnacle of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot by Kīrti Bhakti Kumārī Devī and Ḍamvara Jaṅga Bahādūra Rāṇā recording the donation of a Vajrasattva idol (VS 1937)
ID: NHDP_0001_0142
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Abstract
This votive inscription from Jaṅga Bahādura's wife Kīrti Bhakti Kumārī Devī and her son Ḍamvara Jaṅga Bahādūra Rāṇā records the donation of a tympanum with a Vajrasattva idol and a crest-jewel.Diplomatic edition
[1r]
1स्वस्तिश्रीमदतिप्र[?]ण्दभुजदंडेत्यादिश्रीश्रीश्रीमहाराजजङ्गवहादुरराणाकापत्निश्रीश्रीश्रीमहरनिकिर्तिभक्तिकुमारीदेवीपुत्रश्रीजनरलदम्वरज2वहादुरराणासहितडम्वरजङ्ग
2वहादुरराणासहितभैसम्वत्१९३७सालमितिवैसाखसुदि१कादिनसंकल्पगरि पाटनश्रीमछिन्द्रनाथपरमेश्वरप्रितिगरिजात्रागर्न्यारथकाग[...]
3रमाचादिकातोरणरसोतोरणमाचादिकोवर्जसत्वदेवताकामूर्तिवनाइसुनकोमोलंवाठुलो१समेत१०टासिसुनकाचुदामणिवनाइचढाया[...]लेलो
4भानीपापानीगर्या[?]न्यापंचमाहापातकलागलासुभम् ¯ ¯ ¯
Translation
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Hail! The wife of the thrice venerable Mahārājā Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā (who is eminent, very mighty and has arms like a staff etc.), the thrice venerable Mahārānī Kīrti Bhakti Kumārī Devī1 together with [her] son, the venerable General Ḍamvara Jaṅga Bahādūra Rāṇā, made on the 1st of the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha in the [Vikrama era] year 1937 a ritual declaration (saṃkalpa) and had—out of love for the glorious Macchindranātha of Patan, the supreme lord—[the following objects] constructed and offered [to the deity]: a tympanum (toraṇa) made of silver for the pinnacle of the chariot to be used for the procession; for that tympanum, an idol of the deity Vajrasattva made of silver and a golden crest-jewel (cūḍāmaṇi), to which [latter] are affixed 1 big and 10 [smaller] gold pieces (molaṃvā). Whoever acts greedily or sinfully will incur one of the five great sins (pañcamahāpātaka).
Commentary
This is one of three votive inscriptions by Rāṇā family members applied to the surface of the pinnacle (Nev. cunāmvaḥ) of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot, the other two being NHDP_0001_0141 and NHDP_0001_0143. The inscription is documented by NHDP as LAL0041_I_010 and the inscribed object as LAL0001-023 under LAL0001. The Vajrasattva statue mentioned in the inscription, documented as LAL0001-024, is fixed to the top surface of the chariot.