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A votive inscription engraved on a metal flung hung on the front part of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot recording the object's donation by an Ācārya family (VS 2072)

ID: NHDP_0001_0165


Edited and translated by Simon Cubelic and Rajan Khatiwoda
Created: 2023-09-14; Last modified: 2023-12-19
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Abstract

This votive inscription engraved on a metal flag records the members of an Ācārya family who donated the object.


Diplomatic edition

[1]

[An embossed image of a flower]

1भावना­, सचिन
2लाल­, बिनिषा­,
3बिपाशा­, सुभाज
4लाल­, व­सम्पूर्ण­
5आचार्य­परिवार­
6२०७२-४- गते­
7शुभम्‌­/

[An embossed image of Padmapāṇi Lokeśvara]

Translation

[1r]

[An embossed image of a flower]

[Donated by:] Bhāvanā, Sacinalāla, Biniṣā, Bipāśā, Subhājalāla, including the entire Ācārya family. [On] the ... solar day of the 4th [month] (i. e. Śrāvaṇa) in the [Vikrama era year] 2072 (2015 CE).

[An embossed image of Padmapāṇi Lokeśvara]


Commentary

This is one of four documented inscriptions engraved on metal flags (patāḥ) hung on the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot, the others being NHDP_0001_0161, NHDP_0001_0162 and NHDP_0001_0166. Whereas NHDP_0001_0161, NHDP_0001_0162 and NHDP_0001_0165 are still being hung from the pinnacle of the front part of the chariot, NHDP_0001_0166 which was offered by Juddha Śamśera Rāṇā in 1944 (2001 VS) is preserved in Patan Museum.

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