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An inscription spanning six struts installed by Ciṃtāmani Vajrācārya and others at Vaṃ Bāhāḥ (NS 800)

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Edited and translated by Nutandhar Sharma in collaboration with Ravi Acharya, Pabitra Bajracharya and Rajendra Shakya
Created: 2024-04-15; Last modified: 2024-12-10
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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, 2024. 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 six wooden struts on the first floor of Kvāḥpāḥcheṃ recording struts installed by Ciṃtāmani Vajrācārya and others.


Diplomatic edition

[strut1]

1वज्राचाजे­चितामनि­ˎˎप्रमुष­
2ससिवा­ˎˎजेतधर­ˎˎम­
3भाव­ˎˎश्रावन­ˎशुक्र­अटमि­
4वता­।।      ।।शुभ­

[strut2]

1सुषुरि­भाव­
2ग्वविराम­भाव­

[strut3]

1᠀देसिंङ­भाव­
2सम्वत्‌­८००­

[strut4]

1मरिचा­भाव­
2चिकिधीक­ˎˎ

[strut5]

1ग्वमिराम­भाव­

[strut6]

1अमिराज­भाव­
2थ्वति­समोहण­तया­

Translation

[1]

[The group] headed by Ciṃtāmaṇi Vajrācārya, along with Sasiva1 , Jetadhara, ... on the 8th of the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa. Auspiciousness.

Sukhuri Bhāva, Gvavirāma Bhāva2

Desiṅa Bhāva, dated NS 800 (1680)

Maricā Bhāva, Cikidhīka

Gvamirāma Bhāva

Amīrāja Bhāva. These people have collectively installed [the struts].


Commentary

The text of this inscription, written in Pracalita Newa script, is spanning across six wooden struts supporting the roof of the first floor of the main shrine of Vaṃ Bāhāḥ. This edition and synopsis presented here are revised from the printed version published in Basukala et al. 2022: 178 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1116).

Notes

1. The reading is unclear in the original. [⇑]

2. The readings of both the names are unclear in the original. [⇑]