A votive inscription by C-in-C General Deva Śamśera recording his donation of gold and silver in the name of his deceased wife (VS 1952)
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Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal, Heidelberg, Germany, 2023.
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Abstract
This votive inscription records a donation of gold and silver by C-in-C General Deva Śamśera in the name of his deceased wife Rāni Karma Kumarī Devī.Diplomatic edition
[1]
1श्रीःकर्मकुमारिदेवीकानाउमा•श्रीःदेवशम्सेरजङ्गराणावहादुरवाट•2मिती१९५२सालमार्गशुदि३रोज३मा•चढायाको•कंपनीतौल्
3सुनतोला११।३चाँदितोला१०५।१
Commentary
This inscription is engraved on a silver-coated wooden pole which serves as a flagpole erected on the pinnacle of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot. Since Deva Śamśera's wife Karma Kumārī Devī died in the same year this inscription is dated one might assume the donation was made on her behalf in relation to her death rites.2 Part of the donated silver might have been used to create the cover layer of the pole.
Notes
2. Karma Kumārī Devī lived from 1867 to 1895 (see http://www.royalark.net/Nepal/lamb5.htm).