A wooden pole inscription recording the offering of a gaṃbhāḥsĩ by Candramuni (NS 991)
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Edited by
Nutandhar Sharma
in collaboration with
Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2023-10-03;
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.
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Abstract
This inscription on a wooden pole (gaṃbhāḥsĩ) records the offering of that pole by Candramuni.Diplomatic edition
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1श्रीभगवानदुताजुर2संवत९९१सालमिति[...]मुनि﹨बुद्ध﹨च
3द्रमुनिनगभारगंभीरदुंताजुर||[?]भ
Synopsis
Candramuni offered the sacred gaṃbhāḥsĩ—a ritual pole —to the deity in NS 991. The inscription also includes an invocation to the Buddha.
Commentary
The edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 188 (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.