An inscription recording the installation of the gilded copper icon of Kvācapāladeva at Sūryaoṃta Mahāvihāra by Jagamunī and his family, along with provisions for annual rituals supported by two ropanīs of land from Aphara (NS 977)
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Abstract
A stone inscription located to the west of the entrance to the sanctum records the establishment of a gilded copper icon of Kvācapāladeva at Sūryaoṃta Mahāvihāra by Jagamunī and his family. It also specifies that the income from two ropanīs of land in Aphara is to be used for the deity’s annual worship.Diplomatic edition
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1⟅ॐनमोरत्नत्रयाय॥नमोबुद्धाय॥नमोधर्माय॥नमःसंघाय।। ।।ॐनमःश्रीशाक्यसिंहाय।। o ।।2वंदेश्रीशाक्यसिंहं∙सुरनरनमितं∙सर्वलोकैकनाथं∙निर्जित्याश्वत्त्यमूलेनमुचिमभिगताऽनुत्तरज्ञानपात्रं॥लोकासद
3र्शयत.मथपथिकजनान्.त्रैलताजालहंता:सम्यक्सबुद्धसंज्ञेत्यभिमतफलदोजायतेराजवंशे॥:१॥श्रीसुरेंद्रोनृ
4पःसाहदेवस्यराज्ये∙सपृथ्वीमहीपाल्यकोसौजितारिं॥महासिद्धिखड्गंलभेअनचक्रे∙प्रजापालयित्वाचिरंजीवसंतु
5॥२॥सूर्यवंतोविहारीय∙स्थवीरःश्रीजगमुनि:॥तस्यपत्नीपद्मलक्ष्मीश्वतु:पुत्रोविराजते॥३॥भाजधंमुनीदिवि
6गता:स्वभार्यातेजमतीसतां॥दिवंगत:स्पर्शमुनेरस्यपत्नीथकुंभिध//॥४॥धंचामुने//सभार्याभूज्ञा
7नीथकुन्महामती॥चंद्रमुनिश्चतुर्थ:मनूसिद्धिलक्ष्मीमनोहरी॥५॥धिजधंमुनीज्येष्ठपौत्र:
8शक्तीन्हुक्षथकून्सती॥कालीदासोकुलद्वीपकल्याणप्रियवादिनी॥६॥रत्नमुनीसिंघमुनीहेर्मु
9नीसिद्धमुनीतथा॥आसामदुचक्रमुनि:छत्रमुनिरितिस्मत:॥७॥एते:परिजनै:सार्द्धमिलि
10त्वाचार्य्ययाम्यहं॥एतत्पुण्यप्रभावेण.संवोधिपदमाप्नूयात्॥८॥धातुनानिर्मितंकृत्वासौवर्ण्णेन
11विलेपितां॥प्रतिमाशाक्यकेश्रीयंप्रतिष्ठामकरोङ्गुनः॥९॥नेपालेहायनेवर्षमुनिवाज्यं
12कमीलिते॥फाल्गुणांशुक्लपक्षेतुरुद्रतिथ्या॥पुर्नवसुः॥१०॥सौभाग्येशुक्रवारेचराशौ
13मैथुनचंद्रगे॥प्रतिष्ठांक्रियतेराशौकुंभेसूर्यगतेदिने॥११॥श्लोककर्त्तामहाबौद्धोपास
14कःसूर्यनंदस॥शिल्पकारीवीरधनविश्वकर्माधिवासकः॥शुभम्॥संवत्९७७मितिफागुण
15शुदी११पुनर्वसुनक्षत्रसौभाग्ययोगशुक्रवारकुभराशिगतेसवितरीमिथुनगतेचंद्रमसि.थ्वतेपर्वकालस.
16श्रीसूर्यओंतमहाविहारयाक्वाचपालदेव¯ ¯१¯यासिजलयामूर्त्तिदयकाओलुनसियाओप्रति
17ष्ठायाङादिनजुलो॥शुभंपुनभाषाअफरबुरोव२थोयावरवसान
18वुसाधनयायमारओंतवाहारयानायोजुभोजनयाके
19मारम्ह५ओवाहारयाचकशूलिश्वयंभूपूरानपाथ
20यायमारम्हं१गुवाहाजुंअपरमीतापाथयायमा
21र||थुकियाचिंतायाक||श्रीधंचामुनि||श्रीचद्रमुनि||
22श्रीधिजधमुनि||श्रीकालिदास||थोप्यम्हस्यानंचिंता
23यायमारजुर||शुभ||
Synopsis
The inscription opens with praise of the Buddha, followed by a Sanskrit eulogy of King Surendra Vikrama Śāha.
The family of the venerable Jagamunī, senior member of Sūrya Vaṃtā Mahāvihāra—namely his wife Padmalakṣmī; the late Dhaṃmunī and his wife Tejamati; the late Parśamunī and his wife Thakūṃni; Dhaṃcāmuni and his wife Bhūjñānī Thakun; Caṃdaramunī and Siddhilakṣmī; Dhijadhaṃmunī’s eldest grandson Śaktī and his wife Thakun; as well as Kālīdāsa, Kalyāṇa, Ratnamunī, Siṃghamunī, Hermunī, Siddhamunī, Āsāmadu, Cakramunī, and Chatramunī—established a gilded copper icon of the venerable Kvācapāladeva of Sūryaoṃta Mahāvihāra on the eleventh day of the bright fortnight of the lunar month of Phālguṇa, a Friday, in NS 977 (1857), when the Sun was in Virgo and the Moon in Gemini. The inscription concludes with a benediction for auspiciousness.
The income from two ropanīs of land in Aphara is designated for the annual worship (busādhana). Five senior members (nāyoju) of Oṃta Vahāra are to be provided food. The cakreśvara (senior monk) of the monastery is required to recite the Svayaṃbhū Purāṇa, and a Gubhāju priest is to recite the Aparamitā. Responsibility for maintaining the endowment is assigned to four individuals: Dhaṃcāmuni, Candramunī, Dhijadhaṃmunī, and Kālīdāsa.
The stanza in Sanskrit was composed by Srīcaṃdra, the worshipper of the Buddha, and the artisan Viradhana served as the “abode of Viśvakarma” (Viśvakarmādhivāsakaḥ) in executing the work.
Commentary
The edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 186–187 (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.