A copperplate inscription recording the donation of a Dharmadhātu Caitya and a golden doorway in honor of the two deceased sons of Jñānadharī by Kṛṣṇamunī and his family (NS 870)
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Abstract
A copperplate inscription located on the right side of the Kvāḥpāḥcheṃ of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ records the donation of a Dharmadhātu Caitya and a golden doorway to the Daśavala Bhaṭṭāraka (Buddha) in honor of the two deceased sons of Jñānadharī by Kṛṣṇamuṇī Śākyavaṃśa, a resident of Sūrja Vantā Mahāvihāra, together with his family.Diplomatic edition
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1स्वस्तिनेपाराव्दे﹨﹨विन्दुपर्व्वतनागसंजुते:मासेकार्त्तिकशुक्लतृतीया[...]2चतुर्थ्यान्तिथौमूलनक्षत्रे﹨﹨धृतियोग﹨﹨वृहस्प[?]वासरे﹨﹨एतेदिवसेश्री३वज्रास
3नदशचरभ[?]कप्रीत्यर्थ्य﹨﹨शुवर्ण्णदुवारसंकल्पयादिनजुरो:||दानपति﹨﹨सुर्ज
4वन्तमहाविहालादिष्ठित﹨﹨शाक्यवंशकृष्णमुणि﹨﹨पितामहिज्ञानधरी﹨﹨शभरिधनभ
5री﹨﹨पुत्रीचन्द्रवतीसभरीचिकटी﹨﹨छयधनरक्ष्मी﹨﹨गुनरक्ष्मी﹨﹨जयरक्ष्मीएतेसमो
6हन﹨﹨श्री३देशवरप्रीत्यर्थंदुन्ताजुरो:|पुनज्ञानधरीसुपुत्र﹨﹨धर्मादेवसभातृभागी
7देवजुनिम्हकायदिवंगतजुवन﹨﹨नाम्नेन﹨﹨धर्मधातुचैत्य:शुवर्ण्णदुवारदुन्ता
8थ्वतेयापुन्यण[?]प्राप्तमस्तु:||श्रीवुवाहारयामूलद्ववारयावज्राचार्य्य
9श्रीधजराजजुया﹨﹨जथासाधा﹨था﹨श्री२भगवानप्रीतीन﹨﹨दोहोरपाजुरो:||
10[...]रोभयातशा﹨﹨पंचमहापातराजुलो:।। ।।शुभ:||
Synopsis
Kṛṣṇamuṇi Śākyavaṃśa, together with his grandmother Jñānadharī, his wife (Śanabha)rī, his daughter Candravatī, Cikaṭī (likely his brother’s wife), and his granddaughters Dhanalakṣmī, Gunalakṣmī and Jayalakṣmī, all residents of Sūrja Vantā Mahāvihāra, offered a Dharmadhātucaitya and a golden doorway (suvarṇa duvāra) to the Daśavala Bhaṭṭāraka (Buddha) in the name of Jñānadharī’s two deceased sons, Dharmādeva and Bhāgīdeva. The donation was made on the third or fourth day of the bright fortnight of the lunar month of Kārtika, a Thursday, under the constellation Mūla and the conjunction Dhṛti, in NS 870. The inscription expresses the wish that this meritorious act fulfill the donors’ aspirations according to the religious texts.
Dhajarāja Vajrācārya of Bubahāra also made an offering to the twice-venerable deity. The inscription concludes with a customary warning that anyone who destroys this religious gift will incur the five great sins, and ends with an auspicious benediction.
Commentary
The edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 184 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1116). For documentation of this inscription and Vaṃ Bāhāḥ in the DANAM database, see https://danam.cats.uni-heidelberg.de/report/d2578f40-cfce-4450-a8c1-3092c08ef487