A votive inscription on the rim of a ritual tray recording the donation of silver and gold to Buṅgadyaḥ for its restoration by a group of devotional singers (VS 2070)
ID: NHDP_0001_0160
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translated by Simon Cubelic and Rajan Khatiwoda
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Bharat Maharjan
Created: 2023-06-21;
Last modified: 2023-12-19
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Abstract
The inscription records the offering of silver for the restoration of ritual tray and gold for the production of an idol set in the tray to Buṅgadyaḥ by a group of nāmasaṁgīti reciters.Diplomatic edition
[1]
1वि.स.२०७०सालथ्ववभुदयकावलेवभुयातौलजेवना४८तोलाजकदुगुजुलमभीगुलिशुद्धयाना२४तोलादुगु:लुयाना. स. द्योगु. स.वुझेयानाकरुणामययायुचावसलेतगुजुल:थ्ववभुलेवहथपेयातवलुयागुद्योद्यकेतखलवचन्दादातातयसतगुजुलुवभुयावह६३तोवलुयाद्यो८४लालदुगुवभु२०७०माघ१गतेश्रीकरुणामययातन्हीछकनामसंगीतिपाथयातचरेयानागुजुल:2खल:छत्रराज:धन , टिका , काजी (द्योकिउम) दान , मोहन , हेरादे. , अष्तमा. , रामप्या. , सरीताति , ह:खायापि.तुननिपुचखलज्ञानु+सुनिता , विद्या , मदन , रमेश , तेज , नानी , पूर्ण , अन्जला , मिनु , अस्त , भा. + ज.अमात्य , क.पाजु , किसिमा. , धर्मर.व. , सत्कार , कर्म , आलुचा , राम , मन्त , चिरि , श्याम , मङ्गलवभुतयारयाम्हराजेन्द:सकली॥संख:
Translation
[1r]
When this silver ritual tray was repaired in Vikrama era year 2070 (2014 CE), its weight was confirmed to be 48 tolā [of silver] due to corrosion (jevanā). Since [this loss of silver] was inauspicious, in order to rectify it, 24 tolā [of silver] and gold for the Na. Sa. (i. e., Nāmasaṅgīti) idol was handed over to the Guṭhī Saṃsthāna for the treasury of Karuṇāmaya. The nāmasaṅgīti group (khalaḥ) donated the missing silver for repairing the plate and gold for making the idol. On the 1st solar day of Māgha, the plate weighting 64 tolā of silver including the idol weighing 84 lāla of gold for daily recitation of the nāmasaṅgīti was offered to glorious Karuṇāmaya. The [members of the] group are: Chatrarāja, Dhana, Ṭikā, Kājī (the one who crafted the idol), Dāna, Mohana, Herāde, Aṣtamā, Rāmapyā, Rītā, and following members of the group from Pitu Nani at Haḥkhā: Jñānu, Sunitā, Vidyā, Madana, Rameśa, Teja, Nānī, Pūrṇa, Anjalā, Minu, Asta, Bhā. + Ja. Amātya, Ka. Pāju, Kisimā, Dharma Ra. Va., Satkāra, Karma, Ālucā, Rāma, Manta, Ciri, Śyāma, Maṅgala Rājendra, the manufacturer of the plate, Sakalī and Saṃkha.
Commentary
The original donation of the silver tray and idol by members of the nāmasaṅgīti group is recorded in an inscription on the backside of the lip of the tray dating from VS 2018 (1972 CE) (NHDP_0001_0159). At this time, the tray weighted 60 tolās of silver and the idol 5 māsās of gold. It becomes apparent that within the 42 years between the initial donation and this inscription, 12 tolās of silver had been lost due to corrosion which the later generation of this group felt responsible to restore. The present inscription recording the restoration is engraved on the rim of the tray.