Diplomatic edition

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1᠀­शुभ­कुसर­वात­˴विचार­भिनकं­हया­अमकन­˴गुसाहि­राय­भात्रिजु­
2प्रमुखन­जयराम­भात्रिजुस्कें­˴वरिवध­पुरिजुस्कें­नारायन­पुरिजुस्कें­
3स्यओरां­भात्रिजुस्कें­खरछिस्कें­˴थन­कंच­पुरिया­˴भाखान­नमोनारायन­
4याङ­हया­˴थन­ल्हासस­˴जि­फया­ख­˴अमकन­छिस्क­खरक­˴छिं­कुसर­जु­
5ओ­मखु­रा­˴विचार­ख­थुति­˴उपरात­ख­आओ­विस्यहया­ल्हासया­मनन­
6कस्तु­मन­६­स्यर­१­सहजापा­सहजामा­मुतु­मोहो­८४००­द्र­स्यरं­मोहो­३५­थु­
7तिन­वछि­राज­भात्रि­काओ­वछि­वरिवध­पुरि­जयराम­भात्रिजुस्त­काओ­
8ङ्हपा­२­विस्यहयागु­दामं­वछि­२­काओ­मखु­रा­रिसर­मदु­रिसर­विया­
9ओ­हिओ­ना­˴˴थननि­वियाओ­हयमजिओ­र­मचार­तओकचिया­भयन­आ­
10ओजां­चारिओ­थुका­अमकन­छमिस्के­थ्यङाओ­चोको­पुर­˴पुस्यार­दको­
11थ्व­प्रति­स्वयतुनं­वियाओ­हयमार­थन­ल्हासस­˴थनिकनस­फाचिन­चुओ­
12थुका­दको­वियाओ­हि­दामया­थास­˴हतास­चाय­मुमार­˴थ्वक­२­ने­हये­थुका­
13उपरात­ख­˴नारायन­पुरिजु­˴सिओरां­भात्रिजु­निम्ह­ननान­थत­छोयाओ­
14हिओ­विरंभ­यायमत्य­पु­˴पुस्यार­मद­सा­˴ननान­ल्हास­वायोना­थन­जित­रि­
15सर­वियाओ­हिओ­˴थ­˴˴उपरात­ख­˴जिन­जोङाओ­˴ओया­पुर­पाथिया­सिरा­छमा­
16र­खुयाओकार­थन­ल्हास­थ्यनकाओ­स्वयान­जां­मदयाओचोन­थ्व­पुरया­ख­
17सकता­कपु­भात्रिजुन­सिओ­थुका­सुयात­मिया­रिस­तयाओ­हिओ­ख­मतया­
18समस्त­˴छमिस्यन­सिओ­˴सम्वत्­८५९­मिति­˴तछोरागा­१२­चोया­प्रति­शुभ­।।

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1᠀­झोरछे­˴मथस­चो
2ङ­˴राय­भात्रिजु­˴वरि
3वध­पुरिजु­निम्ह
4स्त­प्रति­जुरो­शुभ­॥

Synopsis

Sent from Lhasa on the 12th of the dark fortnight of Tachalā (text: Tachorāgā, Jyeṣṭha), NS 859 (1739 CE), this letter from Kaṃca Purī is addressed jointly to Gosāīṃ Rāya Bhāratī (text: Gusāhi Rāya Bhātriju), Jayarāma Bhāratī (text: Jayarāma Bhātriju), Balabhadra Purī (text: Varivadha Puriju), Nārāyaṇa Purī (text: Nārāyana Puri), Śivarāma Bhāratī (text: Syaorāṃ Bhātriju), and their extended monastic clan in Patan. It opens with the traditional greeting Namonārāyaṇa and inquiries after their health.

Purī begins with details of a current consignment of musk pods weighing 6 manas1 and 1 sera according to the Lhasa standard. Valued at 35 moharas per sera, the shipment totals 8,400 moharas. He instructs that the proceeds be divided into two equal shares: one half allocated to Rāya Bhāratī (text: Rāja Bhātri), and the other half shared jointly by Balabhadra Purī and Jayarāma Bhāratī. Purī also inquires whether earlier remittances were indeed partitioned equally as instructed, requesting confirmation in their next reply.

Reporting on regional travel conditions, Purī notes that road blockades imposed during the smallpox outbreak are expected to lift soon. Because demand in Lhasa is exceptionally high, he urges the Patan house to dispatch all available corals and topazes immediately upon reading the letter. Furthermore, he asks his kinsmen to send Nārāyaṇa Purī and Śivarāma Bhāratī (text: Siorāṃ Bhātri) up to Tibet without delay, stressing that the two should travel to Lhasa at once even if they lack sufficient stock of gemstones to carry.

Finally, Purī reports the theft of a coral garland he had brought along, discovering its loss only after reaching Lhasa; he notes that Kapura Bhāratī (text: Kapu Bhātri) is fully aware of the details surrounding the piece. The verso features two single-sentence blocks designating Rāya Bhāratī and Balabhadra Purī of the Jhorachẽ Maṭha as the recipients.

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