A stone inscription recording donation of a caitya by Kṛṣṇamuni and his grandmother Jñānadharī in honor of his late father Dharmadeva, and the offering of a golden idol in memory of his late uncle (NS 854)
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Abstract
This stone inscription, affixed to the wall of a house of the northern wing of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ, records the construction of a caitya by Kṛṣṇamuni and his grandmother Jñānadharī in honor of his late father Dharmadeva. They also donated a golden icon dedicated to his late uncle Bhāgīdeva. Additionally, it records the annual ritual to be performed using the income from four ropanīs of land in Baramadu.Diplomatic edition
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1᠀ॐनम:वुर्द्धाय ˎˎशधर्म्मपुण्डलीकाक्षˎˎसर्व्वज्ञकरुणायकˎˎसमस्तवुर्द्ध2सदासतारंˎˎसाक्षसिंहनमाम्यहं||श्रैयोऽस्तु:संम्वत्८५४वैशाषमास्य
3कृष्णपक्षˎˎत्रयोदस्यान्त्रिथौअशिणीनक्षत्रेˎˎआयुकुमानजोगेˎˎजथा
4कण्णमुहुर्त्तकेˎˎआदित्यवारशˎˎवृषरासिगतेसविर्त्तलˎˎमेषरासिग
5तेचंन्द्रमसिˎˎतस्मीवृषसंक्रान्तिदिनेˎˎथ्वकुन्हुश्रीचैत्रभारपतिष्ठाˎˎ
6यास्यंˎˎम्ह१लोकेश्वलप्रतिष्ठायाङादिनजुरो||श्रीकृष्णमुणीजुˎˎश्रीज्ञा
7नधलीमात्राजुˎˎथ्वपनिअजिछयनेम्हसमुहनˎˎसंकल्पयाङाजुरो
8स्वपिताश्रीधम्मदेवयानामन||चैत्रभारदयकाˎˎकनेष्टपृति
9क्यश्रीभागीदेवयानामन||रुयालोकेश्वलदयकाजुरोˎˎपुनभा
10षावरमदुवुरोवपि४थ्वतेयावरसाणन||वुसाधनकुन्हुजज्ञे
11यायमार||क्वायपारदेवपुजायायमार||पिन्द्रथयमारजुरो
12थ्वतेयाचिन्तायाक||श्रीपनजु||श्रीधर्म्मजतिजु||श्रीभैरवजु||
13श्रीदेवरायजु||श्रीकृष्णमुनिजु||थ्वपनिङाम्हसेनचिन्ताया
14यमारजुरो||चिन्तामयाकारेपंचमहापातकराकजुरो||
15चिंन्तायाकारे||उर्त्तमजुरो||
16||श्रीधर्म्मदेवयाभाय्याधनश्वलीमात्राजु||श्रीभागीदेवयाभाय्या
17चेकतिमात्राजु||कनेष्टभगीनिचन्द्रवतीमात्राजु||गुनवतिमा
18ताजु||धर्म्मदेवयापुत्रीधनलक्ष्मीमात्राजु||गुनलक्ष्मीमाताजु
19भागीदेवयापुत्रीजयलक्ष्मीमात्राजु||शुभं।। ।।
Synopsis
Siddhi. Oṃ. Obeisance to the Buddha. The one who has eyes resembling to the lotus blossom of fine dharma, one who is omniscient, full of compassion and who is the teacher of Samantabhadra, I bow to such Śākyasiṃha.
Kṛṣṇamuni, together with his grandmother Jñānadharī, made a vow and established a caitya in honour of his deceased father Dharmadeva, and a golden icon of Lokeśvara in memory of his deceased uncle Bhāgīdeva. This was done on Sunday, the 13th of the dark fortnight of Vaiśākha, when the Sun was in Taurus and the Moon in Aris, the constellation called Aśvinī and the conjunction called Āyuṣmāna, in NS 854.
For the annual worship, the rituals should include a fire-sacrifice, worship dedicated to the main deity (Kvāḥpāḥdyaḥ), and offerings of piṇḍa (rice ball) for the (annual) death ritual (śrāddha). The annual worship should be performed from the income of four ropanīs of donated land from Baramadu. The responsibility for maintaining this endowment falls on five individuals: ŚrīPana, Dharmajyoti, Bhairava, Devarāya, and Kṛṣṇamuni. Failure to uphold the responsibilities will incur the five great sins. If they take care of (what is mentioned), they will prosper. Other family members mentioned include Dhaneśvarī (text: Dhanaśvalī, the wife of Dharmadeva, Cekati, the wife of Bhāgīdeva, Candravatī and Guṇavatī, the younger sisters, Dhanalakṣmī and Guṇalakṣmī (text: Gunalakṣmī), and the daughters of Dharmadeva and Jayalakṣmī, the daughter of Bhāgīdeva. Auspiciousness.
Commentary
This edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 182 (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.