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A stone inscription recording the establishment of the Dharmadhātuvāgīśvara Caitya (NS 1002)

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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

A stone inscription located at the base of the Jvālāvalicaitya of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ records the establishment of the Dharmadhātuvāgīśvara Caitya during the reign of King Pṛthvī Vīra Vikrama Śāha.


Diplomatic edition

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1ॐ­नमो­श्रीधर्म्मधातुवागीश्वराय­नम­:||इसेस्वामि­प्रजा­[...]पालामहीन्द्र­﹨﹨भा­स्वा­[?]दत्तारि­दण्डपरि­जयवलि­जिद्वित्तदा­[?]त्रप[?]­इत्यतद्वासग­[?]णतिथारजन­
2[?]वाधाम्यजा­[?]पात्रदत्तारि­दन्तु­नत­मग­चजनी­चक्रपाणि­सजीय­[?]स्तष­शुन्यमेकं­माधवे­कृष्णपक्षे­﹨﹨त्रयोदस्यांम्‌तिथौ­﹨﹨हप­[?]क्षशशीवार­﹨﹨आयुष्मान­रामयोगे­||यतत­दिने­श्री­
3[?]धर्म्मधातु­[?]टि­[?]अव्वयता­||श्रयोस्तु­संवत­१००२­वैशाषमास्य­कृष्णपक्षे­﹨﹨त्रयोदस्वान्तिथौ­अशुनि­नक्षेत्र­||आयुष्मानयोगे­यथाकर्ण्णमूहुते­||सोमवारसरे­||वृषरासिगते­सवितरे
4मेषरासिगते­चद्रमसि­थुषुन्हु:­श्री­ओन्त­महाविहार­वज्राचार्य्य­﹨﹨पाता­||

Synopsis

The Dharmadhātuvāgīśvara Caitya was established with devotion on the 13th day of the dark fortnight of the lunar month of Vaiśākha, Monday, in NS 1002, during the reign of the Great King of Nepāl, Pṛthvī Vīra Vikrama Śāha. The installation took place under the Aśvinī constellation, during the Āyuṣmāna conjunction, at the appropriate Karaṇa moment, when the Sun was in Taurus and the Moon in Aries. It was dedicated to the deity of Oṃta Mahāvihāra.


Commentary

The edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 190 (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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