A stone inscription recording the paving of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ using oiled bricks, overseen by Amittajoti, alongside his wife and other family members (NS 848)
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Edited by
Nutandhar Sharma
in collaboration with
Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2023-03-14;
Last modified: 2024-12-11
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Abstract
This Stone inscription from inside house of Rāju Vajrācārya to the northwest corner of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ records the paving of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ using oiled bricks, overseen by Amittajoti, alongside his wife and other family members.Diplomatic edition
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1᠀ सम्वत८४८माघकृणˎˎचतुदस्यायांतीथ्व[?]2धनिष्ठानक्षत्रेˎˎशिवजोगेˎˎजथाक[?]महोतल[?]
3[?]वाल[?]मिनरासीगतेसवितरिभरा[?][?]
4[?][?]कुन्हुˎˎश्रीवंतवाहारचिकंनअतवन[?]
5दिनजुरो||पुन्भा[?]श्रीअमित्तजोतिजुवतवाहा
6रयाछायलˎवयाकरात्तदेजानिजुकीजादि
7नजोतिजु[?]मातिजुथुतिसमुहन[?]पुन
8[?]रिजु[?][...]चिकअतवनचिङाजुरो[?]पुन
9[?]ˎˎथ्वअत[?]चेरिस[?]तयमदुजुरोग्वम्हस्येन[?]
10[?]मयासे[?][?][?][?][?]गवानयाकुदितियाक
11[?][?][?][?]हथ्यावार[?]तिहथ्या
12पीर्थहथ्याग्वहथ्यापंचमहापापराकजुरो[?]
13[...]मर्त्यवˎसकल्यंयाविगति[?]घाचधलयाङा
14कारस्यˎˎमहाधमृरावउतेतिजुरो[...]गोम्हसेननिदा
15नमयातसा||[...]तस्यघाचे[...]नं[...]नकेमार
16जुरो❀शुभं||भ[...]ह[...]याङाजुरो
Synopsis
Hail. Under the leadership of the venerable Amittajoti, a group of individuals, including his wife Dejāni, his brother Dinajoti, and his brother’s wife Māti, undertook the task of paving Vaṃ Bāhāḥ with oiled bricks. This was concluded on Saturday, the 14th lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Māgha in NS 848, during following celestial alignment: the constellation Dhaniṣṭhā and the conjunction Śiva, at the appropriate Karaṇa moment, with the sun in Pisces and the moon in Aquarius. It is prohibited to take these bricks, which belong to the bāhāḥ, for paving private ground floor (cheli). Anyone who disregards the instruction or causes harm [to the bāhāḥ] will incur evil gaze (kudṛṣṭi) of the deity and be inflicted by the five great sins, including killing a brahmin, a child, a woman, one's ancestor, or a cow. Whoever acts in favor [of the bāhāḥ], may achieve mahādharma (and) will profit. … should offer food … …. done so … …1
Commentary
This edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 180-181 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1116).