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Inscriptions recording eleven donor effigies carved on the effigy of the bell stand, with their names inscribed below each figure

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Edited by Nutandhara Sharma in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2024-04-12; 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

An inscription on the bell stand records eleven carved effigies of donors, each accompanied by the donor’s name inscribed below the respective figure.


Diplomatic edition

[1]

1श्री­आशामान­शाक्य­­
2२०५४.५.९­

[2]

1पर्समुनी­थकु­

[3]

1कालिदास­मुनि­थकु­

[4]

1आसामदु­मोति­लानि­

[5]

1संघरत्न­रत्न­थकुं­

[6]

1रत्नचूदामनि­रत्न­थकुं­

[7]

1धर्मरत्न­

Synopsis

[1r]

The names of the eleven donors carved below their effigies on the lintel of the bell are: Parsamunī and Thaku, Kālidāsa and Munithaku, Āsāmadu and Motilāni, Saṃgharatna and Ratnathakuṃ, Ratnacūḍāmaṇi and Ratnathakuṃ, and Dharmaratna.


Commentary

This undated inscription, carved on the bell stand of the large bell at the Kvāḥpāḥcheṃ of Vaṃbāhā, is written in Newari using the Devanāgarī script. Measuring 140 cm in length and 24 cm in width, the lintel features eleven effigies of devotees carved in relief, each with an accompanying name inscribed in a single line below the corresponding figure. The edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 192 (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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