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A stone inscription documenting the donation of the digiche to the western side of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ, led by Devaratha (NS 820)

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Edited by Nutandhar Sharma in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2023-03-13; Last modified: 2024-12-11
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Published by Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities: Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal, Heidelberg, Germany, 2024. Published by the courtesy of the National Archives, Kathmandu. The copyright of the facsimile remains with the Nepal Rashtriya Abhilekhalaya (National Archives, Government of Nepal). All use of the digital facsimiles requires prior written permission by the copyright holder. See Terms of Use.
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Abstract

This stone inscription, attached to the east of the Gaṇeśa statue, records the construction of the three-storied esoteric shrine (digiche) to the west of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ. The construction work was led by the elder Devaratha.


Diplomatic edition

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1᠀­ॐ­नम­:श्रीशाक्यमुनये­||सम्वत्‌­८२०­चै
2त्रमासे­कृष्णपक्षे­||अष्ठम्यान्तिथौ­||उत्तराषाढा
3यनक्षत्र­||सिधियोग­||आदित्यवार­||थ्वकुन्हु­
4श्री­वंतवाहार­यौता­दिगिछे­स्वंत­छास्यं­ˎ[?]
5न­चेङा­दिन­जुरो­||थवीरपा­श्री­देवरथन­जु[?]­
6श्री­कुतुदेवजु­ˎश्री­शाक्यमुनिजु­ˎश्री­सुनादेव[?]­
7श्री­रत्नजु­ˎश्री­देवजोतिजु­ˎश्री­धनदेवजु­ˎथ्वते­
8प्रमुखन­ˎसंघ­समूहन­ˎदयका­जुरो­||थ्व
9थाय­ˎसएव­श्री­धनदेवजुयाके­जुरो­||शुभं­||

Synopsis

The members of the community (saṃgha) [of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ] led by the elders ŚrīDevaratha, Śrī Kutudeva, Śrī Śākyamuni, Śrī Sunādeva, Śrī Ratna, Śrī Devajyoti, and Śrī Dhanadeva constructed a three-storied esoteric shrine (digiche) to the west of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ and had the roofs tiled (with bricks) on the 8th of the dark fortnight of the lunar month of Caitra, a Sunday, when there was constellation called Uttrāḍhā and a conjunction called Siddhi in NS 820 (1700). Auspiciousness.


Commentary

This stone inscription, attached to the east of the Gaṇeśa statue, records the construction of the three-storied esoteric shrine (digiche) to the west of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ main shrine. The construction work was led by the seven elders of the saṅgha. A vajra, flanked by the moon and sun is depicted at the top margin of the inscription. This edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 179 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1116). For a documentation of this inscription and Vaṃ Bāhāḥ on the DANAM database, see https://danam.cats.uni-heidelberg.de/report/d2578f40-cfce-4450-a8c1-3092c08ef487.

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