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Two stone inscriptions, fixed to the windows flanking the doorway of the Kvāḥpāḥcheṃ of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ, recording the offerings and their date (NS 893)

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Edited by Nutandhar Sharma in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2023-03-14; Last modified: 2026-02-27
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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, 2025. 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

The two stone inscriptions fixed to the windows flanking the doorway of the Kvāḥpāḥcheṃ of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ record offerings along with the dates on which they were made.

Diplomatic edition

[1]

1[?]८९३वैशाखशुक्लतितीया[?]जुरो

[2]

1[?]पतिस्थायाङादिनजुरो||[?]वाहालयालुयाजुव[?]

Synopsis

On the third day of the bright fortnight of the lunar month of Vaiśākha, the icons were offered, as recorded in the stone inscriptions carved on the windows flanking the doorway of the Kvāḥpāḥcheṃ of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ. The inscriptions specify both the offerings and the date on which they were made.

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.