A copperplate inscription the recording roofing of Vaṃ Bāhā's main shrine and the offering of Buddha statues to a caitya (NS 716)
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Edited by
Nutandhar Sharma
in collaboration with
Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2023-03-10;
Last modified: 2024-12-05
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Abstract
This is a copperplate inscription nailed to the west of the entrance to the sanctum of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ. It documents the roofing of the main shrine of the monastery with tiles. Additionally, it records the placing of two gilt pivakhā (Buddha) statues in a caitya and the offering by a group of artisans of one hundred thousand miniature caityas (lakṣacaitya).Diplomatic edition
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1 ᠀ श्रैयोस्तु||सम्वत्७१६बैशाषशुक्ल||तृतीयाकुन्हुˎश्रीवंतबाहारक्वाचपाडश्रीमतश्रीश्रीसाक्यमुनिभट्टार2कासछेआवनचेस्यंˎश्रीचेतभराडयापिवखानेम्हंलुंनदयकाजुरो||लक्षचेतधम्मुनिवंतबाहारश्रीदेवसे
3नजुतोˎजिकेढगुडिˎजिकेरामढगुडिˎजकेरामभावˎजगतसिहबनिˎजकेभावˎजयनराजढगुडि
4दशाभावोˎरुपराजमलिˎप्रजापतिउल्हाˎप्रजापतिछसिंहˎइद्रराजक्राजिˎप्रजापतिजिकिताज
5चैतकारकेशराजˎचैतकारशकाजˎचैतकारसिंहराजˎचैतकारहेदयसिंहधम्मुनिथ्वते||चिन्तायाक
6चैतकारजयभिमˎचैतकारबितु||भक्तिजुस्यंदुंबिवˎथ्वनकोयातोपाजुरोˎश्वथंचैत्रकारबिजयपाल
7हतषाचैत्रकारकमरजपटकोराछतिलवंताचैत्रकारनाथसिंहˎथ्याखाछेगोबिदसिहभारोˎवंबीरषू
8चैत्रकारजसिराजˎचैत्रकारहाक्वˎचैत्रकारबाबुसिंहˎचैत्रकारजयनराजˎवंतबाहारश्रीदेवसिंहजुतो
9थ्वत्यसमुच्चयनसिधयकाजुरो||शुभमतु||भुयेतंका१शु१सिगोद४दुबिया||
Synopsis
[May there be] success (siddhi). On the third day of the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha in the Nepāla Era 716 (1596 CE), tiled roofs were applied to the shrine of twice venerable Śākyamuni Bhaṭṭāraka—the kvācapāḍa1 —of Vaṃta Bāhāra (i.e., Vaṃ Bāhāḥ), two gilt Buddha images (New. pivakhā) were placed in the venerable caitya [in front of the main shrine] and one hundred thousand miniature caityas (lakṣacaitya) were offered by Dhammuni of Vaṃta Bāhāra together with Jike Ḍhaguḍi, Jikerāma Ḍhaguḍi, Jakerāma Bhāva, Jagatasiṃha Bani, Jake Bhāva, Jayanarāja Ḍhaguḍi, Daśā Bhāvo, Ruparāja Mali, Ulhā Prajāpati, Chasiṃha Prajāpati, Indrarāja Krāji, Jikitāja Prajāpati, Keśarāja Caitrakāra, Śak[r]āja Caitrakāra, Siṃharāja Caitrakāra, Hedayasiṃha [Caitrakāra] and Dhammuni. The managers of this work were Jayabhima Caitrakāra and Vitu Caitrakāra. Vijayapāla Caitrakāra of Svatha (text: Śvathaṃ), Kamraja Caitrakāra of Hatakhā, Nāthasiṃha Caitrakāra of Paṭako, Goviṃdasiṃha Bhāro of Thyākhāche, Jasirāja Caitrakāra, Hākva Caitrakāra, Bābusiṃha Caitrakāra [and] Jayanarāja of Vaṃbīraṣū, Śrī Devasiṃha of Vaṃtā Bāhāra jointly accomplished this work with devotion. Additionally, a plot of land, 1 taṃkā and 1 sukā [of money] and 4 pieces of wood were donated.
Commentary
The edition and synopsis of the inscription presented here is a revised version of the printed edition found in Basukala et al. 2022: 175 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1116).