A votive inscription on a gilt copper flag recording the flag's donation by a Maharjana family (VS 2070)
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Abstract
The votive inscription engraved on a copper flag hung on the front part of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot above the sanctum records the flag's donation by Kṛṣṇa and Māyā Maharjana and their family members.Diplomatic edition
[1]
[An embossed image of Buddha Akṣobhya]1श्रीमान्कृष्णमहर्जन,श्रीमतीश्रीमायामहर्जन2छोराश्रीमान्श्रीमतीमंगलकृष्णमहर्जन,पुष्पामहर्जन
3छोरीज्वाईहरु÷बबितामहर्जन,राजेशमहर्जन
4मैयामहर्जन,प्रकाशमहर्जन
5सरीतामहर्जन,राजेन्द्रमहर्जन
6बाटचढायौ।मिती२०७०साल
7दुपाट
Translation
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[An embossed image of Buddha Akṣobhya]
We, Kṛṣṇa Maharjana, the husband, the venerable Māyā Maharjana, the wife, Maṅgala Kṛṣṇa Maharjana, the son, and Puṣpā Maharjana, his wife, and the daughters and son-in-laws, Babitā Maharjana and Rājeśa Maharjana, Maiyā Maharjana and Prakāśa Maharjana, and Sarīta Maharjana and Rājendra Maharjana, offered [this flag]. Date: [Vikrama era] year 2070, [place:] Dupāṭa [Ṭola].