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A stone inscription recording the paving of the floors of digicheṃ in Vaṃ Bāhāḥ, the establishment of a caitya, dharmadhātu maṇḍalā and Vajrayoginī idol by Amṛtajyoti Vajrācārya and his wife, and the donation of land for annual rituals (NS 848)

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Edited by Nutandhar Sharma in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2023-03-13; Last modified: 2024-12-13
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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 is a stone inscription on a pillar recording the pavement of the digicheṃ of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ with oiled bricks (cikanata) and the establishment of a caitya, a dharmadhātu maṇḍalā, and Vajrayoginī idol by Amṛtajyoti Vajrācārya and his wife Devajānī. It further records donation of four ropanīs of land in Devakhurī for performing annual rituals.


Diplomatic edition

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1᠀श्रेयाऽस्तु­||सम्वत्‌­८४८­नष्ट­श्रा[...]­[...]क्ल­ˎ[...]तुर्द्द[...]तिथौ­
2||शुक्लवार­ˎˎथ्वकुन्हु­ˎओन्तवाहा[...]­श्री­वर्ज्जाचार्य्य­वंद्य­
3छायर­ˎश्री­अमृतजतिजु­ˎˎओया­भार्य्या­ˎदेवजानि­ˎमा
4ताजु­||निह्म­स्त्रिपुरुष­ˎस्यन­समूहन­ˎˎश्री­ओतवाहारस­
5दिगिस­चिकन­अतन­चिङा­जुरो­||श्री­चैत्तवाहार­ˎध
6र्म्मधातु­ˎमण्डर­ˎवज्रयोगिणि­ˎदिगिदेव­ˎथ्वति­था
7पना­यङा­||थ्वतिया­चिन्ता­याक­ˎˎफुकिज­ˎˎकिजा­
8दिनजति­ˎम्हं­१­||नायकजु­म्हं­[...]­ˎˎथ्वपनिस्यन­चि
9न्ता­यायमार­जुरो­||देवखु[...]­बु­रोव­४­थ्वतिया­
10ओरसनन­ˎˎथ्व­सारीक­देव­सकरें­पुजा­याय­
11मार­जुरो­||मयातसा­ˎसमस्त­ˎपंचमहापा
12तक­राक­जुरो­।।      ।।रोहंकरमि­ˎधुनिरा
13जजु­||शुभमस्तु­सर्व्वदा­:||

Synopsis

Amṛtajyoti Vajrācārya (text: Amṛtajati) and his wife Devajānī, residents of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ, paved the [floors of] the esoteric shrine (digicheṃ) of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ with oiled bricks (cikana ata) and established a caitya, a dharmadhātumaṇḍala, and a Vajrayoginī idol as the ancestral deity (digideva) on Friday, the 14th of the bright fortnight of the omitted (intercalactic lunar month of) Śrāvaṇa in NS 848. His brother, Dinajyoti (text: Dinajati), along with the five senior members of the monastery was entrusted with overseeing the donated objects. Additionally, four ropanīs of land in Devakhurī was donated, and the income from this land was designated for the annual worship of the statue and the deities during the anniversary day. Failure of do this will result in incurring the five great sins. The stone carver of the inscription was Dhunirāja. Auspiciousness.


Commentary

This edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 181 (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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