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A bell inscription recording the donation of the bell to the deity of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ by Haridāsa Bhāro and his family (NS 885)

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Edited by Nutandhar Sharma in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2023-03-14; Last modified: 2026-02-28
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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

A bell inscription documenting the donation of a bell to the deity of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ by Haridāsa Bhāro and members of his family.


Diplomatic edition

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1स्वस्ति­||श्रेयोऽस्तु­||सम्वत­८८५­फागुण­शुक्ल­||पूर्णमास्यातिथौ­पूव्वफाल्गुणी­नक्षेत्त्रे­||बृ[?]स्पतिवारसरे­||तस्मि­श्रीचन्द्रग्रास­पर्व्वदिने­||बखनवाहार­छ्वासफरे­[?]||
2यनातागृह­||हरिदास­भारो­||मातृ­रुकुमणिलक्ष्मी­||भार्य्या­शिवरक्ष्मी­थ्वपन­स्वम्ह­समुचयन­||श्री­३­वन्त­वाहार­क्वाचपार­भट्टारका­पीतिन­थ्व­घण्ठ­दुन्ता­जुरो­:शुभ­||
3⟅श्री­इतिलङ्ह­ज्यायके­||वर्मण­सिंजु­||पुट­||छत­मिन­||ज्याङा­जुल्व­||शुभं­:|

Synopsis

A group of three individuals—Haridāsa Bhāro, his mother Rukumānilakṣmī, and his wife Śivalakṣmī—residents of Yentāgṛha in Chvasaphara at Bakhanabāhā, offered this bell with devotion to the thrice-venerable deity of Vantabāhāḥ on the occasion of the lunar eclipse that fell on the full-moon day of the month of Phālguṇa, a Thursday, in NS 996, under the constellation Pūrvaphalguṇī. May all be auspicious. Brahma Siṃha also offered a patāḥ (flag) and a chatra (parasol). May all be good.


Commentary

The edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 189 (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.

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