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A copperplate inscription at Vaṃ Bāhāḥ praising the Pañcabuddha (VS 2012)

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Edited by Nutandhar Sharma in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2023-03-16; 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 copperplate inscription affixed to the left side of the doorway of the Kvāḥpāḥcheṃ at Vaṃ Bāhāḥ, recording a praise of the Pañcabuddha.


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1तारेमां­तारेमां­पंचबुद्ध­श्रीभग
2वान­जय­बुद्ध­जय­धर्म­जय­संघ­त्रि
3रत्न­श्रीपंचबुद्ध­भगवान­की­जे­:॥
4सं­२०१२­साल­

Synopsis

The inscription opens with an invocation—“Save me, Mother! Save me, Mother!”—and proceeds to extol the Pañcabuddha as venerable deities. It conveys salutations to the Buddha, the dharma, and the saṅgha, the triratna (three jewels), as well as to the Five Buddhas. The record concludes with the date, VS 2012.


Commentary

The edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 193 (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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