A tablet inscription at Gaṇeśa Bhajana Phalcā, Su Bāhāḥ, written by Pātravaṃśa Rāvurtta Śivarāma Bhāro et al. to memorialize the site's renovation and annual offerings to Buṅgadyaḥ (NS 746)
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Abstract
This tablet records the renovation of the Gaṇeśa Bhajana Phalcā (text: capāḥ) and the endowment of land sponsoring the annual offerings to Buṅgadyaḥ during the chariot procession on the day when the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot is pulled from Gā Bāhāḥ to Nugaḥ, Sundhara in Patan.Diplomatic edition
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[A carved lotus image in the middle of the top margin flanked by an image of the moon (left) and sun (right)]1᠀शुभ॥सं७४६माघशुक्ल॥दुराख2वृहस्पतिवालकुन्हु॥यंछुराछयौता
3गृह॥पात्रवंशरावुर्त्तशिवरामभारो
4प्रमुखनˎश्लकोवाहारलंयोताचपाडल्हो
5ङनदामटंका६पुवाफं२०दुंतस्यंगुथि
6चिनकाˎश्रीवुगंयातनोग्लातकुन्हुफरेसम
7तंप्वाथ१४यिनायेस्तप्वाठ१छोयेकंदानवि
8यशियाफके।फं२थ्वक्येफं३दवथ्यंरादं४
9क्रगुरिदं१हेयपा६धलिकु३वजिम्वात
10थ्वतेदानवियˎचिंतायाकगुथिनायछेवेखा
11हाकुरामजयचन्दजसिराजथ्वतेजुरो
12रोपयातसनंथ्वचपारसˎकुसिल्याजुगी
13तरसनपञ्चमाहापातकराकजुरो॥
14थ्वचपालल्होङायाचितायाकˎखदुभुज्या
15रित्वारमोररथनचन्द्रमाहान॥शुभ॥
16जुगीयातवोछवोया
17वियमार।
Translation
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[A carved lotus image in the middle of the top margin flanked by an image of the moon (left) and sun (right)]
᠀1 Hail! On Thursday, the 2nd of the bright fortnight of Māgha in [Nepāla Era] year 746 (1626 CE), the capāḥ to the west of Ślako Bāhāra2 was renovated and a guṭhī was set up by endowing land with an income of 20 pāthīs of rice (puvā), [worth] 6 ṭaṃkās. The renovation was led by Pātravaṃśa Rāvurtta Śivarāma Bhāro, a resident of a house west of Yaṃchurācha3 . On the day of the Nugaḥyāḥ (text: Noglāta)4 , 14 [butter] lamps are to be lighted at the phalcā [of the capāḥ]. One lamp is to be lighted in honour of Gaṇeśa5 . [Additionally,] 2 pāthīs of syāḥbaji, 3 pāthīs of thvã (rice beer), meat worth 4 ṭaṃkās, peas worth 1 rupee, 6 clay pots of yoghurt, 3 kuruvās of beaten rice, and soybeans are to be donated [to the capāḥ]. Bekhā (from the household of the guṭhī chief), Hākurāma, Jayacanda, [and] Jasirāja are the persons responsible [for collecting these donations]. Anyone who, acting out of greed, houses kuslejogīs here at the capāḥshall incur Pañcamahāpāpa. Rathanacandra from Kadhu Bhujyāritvāra is the chief of this renovation work. Auspiciousness! One portion [of a feast] must be given to a jogī.
Commentary
The inscription was installed upon the completion of the renovation of the capāḥ. Interestingly, the team that carried out the renovation also set up a trust to celebrate the arrival of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot to Nugaḥ. The inscription instructs the responsible persons to collect certain donations and light butter lamps at the capāḥ and the Gaṇeśa temple nearby. An edition of the inscription is also available in Vajrācārya VS 2056, 63-64.