A votive inscription on the backside of a moon image placed on top of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot recording its donation by Dhiṃnara Noko and a clan of Deobhājus (NS 965)
ID: NHDP_0001_0156
Edited and
translated by Simon Cubelic and Rajan Khatiwoda
in collaboration with
Bharat Maharjan
Created: 2023-04-19;
Last modified: 2023-12-19
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Abstract
The inscription engraved on the back-side of an image of the moon records its donation by the Śākya monk Dhiṃnara Noko and a clan of Deobhājus of Lagankhel and mandates that the object is to be placed on top of the chariot during the annual procession.Diplomatic edition
[1]
1⟅शुभसम्वत९६५म्तीसिल्ला2गा८सश्री३करुणामययाकेअ
3स्तमिसिओ।संपुर्णधुनकाओथ्वचं
4द्रकला।रथसतयतदयकाजेष्तएल
5 गंदभुयितायाशाक्यभिक्षुश्रीधिंनरनोको
6लगतओवहयादेओभजुखलकच्छिसमु
7चयनंदुताजुलवर्षपतिंरथजात्रासम\\त
8सेमगाकजुलोथ्ववस्तुसुनानंलोभयायमदू
9जुलो।। ।।शुभ॥
Translation
[1r]
On the 8th of the dark fortnight of Sillāgā1 in the [Nepāla era] year 965, after the service on the eighth [lunar day]2 for the thrice glorious Karuṇamāya had been completed, this moon-shaped item which was made to be mounted on the chariot was donated jointly by the senior (jeṣtae?) Śākya monk venerable Dhiṃnara Noko, [living at a place] west (?) (yitā) of the platform at Lagankhel (text: Lagaṃ) and a single clan of Deobhājus of Lagankhel (text: Laga), Taḥ Bāhāḥ (text: Taovaha). It is obligatory to mount it every year during the chariot procession. No one shall act greedily to this object. Auspiciousness.
Commentary
The inscription is engraved on the backside of an image of the moon made from copper and silver-coated on the front side (NHDP Object ID number LAL0001-028). The original object was donated by Dhiṃnara Noko and a clan of Deobhājus in 1845 and the silver-coating was carried out in 1951, as the inscription on the front part indicates (NHDP_0001_0157). On a photo taken on 02 May 2022 the silver coat was detached from the copper image.3 This object, together with an image of the sun (NHDP_0001_0158) and other items, is placed on the bāymvaḥ fixed on the top part of the chariot.