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श्रीसर्वेश्वर

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1स्वस्ति­श्रीगिरिराजचक्रचूडामणिनरनारायणेत्यादि•विविधविरुदावली•विराजमानमान्नोत•
2श्रीमन्महाराजाधिराजश्रीश्रीश्रीमहाराजराजेंद्रविक्रमसाहवहादूरसम्सेरजङ्गदेवानां­
3सदा­समरविजयीनाम्­¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯
4आगे­•चोपदार­वंसिधर­लामिछान्याके­संवत्­१८८०­साल­मिति­माघ­शुदि­५­रोज­५­का­दिन­•हा
5म्रा­•उपनयनमा­•वाहुलीवाट­संकल्प­भयाकों­षेत­मध्ये­षेत­मुरि­।२०­तस्को­सरह­वमोजीमको­
6घड्यारि­स्मेत्­विर्त्ता­गरि­वक्स्याको­मोहर­ताम्वापत्र­गरि­वक्स्यौं­•पाटनका­अंवल­मध्ये­मनोहरा­•म
7ग­•षेत­मुरि­।२०­घड्यारि­पाषो­मुरि­।४­तस्को­साँध­पूर्व­•रैकर­•षेतको­आली­साँध­लुहुकील­•द
8छिन­•उत्तर­•सिद्धपुरिको­विर्त्ता­षेतको­आली­साँध­लुहुकील­•पश्चिम­•सानु­वाटो­साँध­लुहुकी
9ल­•एति­सिमाना­भित्र­•घड्यारि­मुरि­।४­पाषाको­पानी­षेत­दिदा­डेढो­घटाई­•षेत­मुरि­२।१३।२­
10।६­षेत­घड्यारि­ज्मा­मुरि­वाईस्­•पाथि­तेह्र­•माना­दुई­•मुठी­छका­पैदावारले­¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ को­गुठी­
11चलाई­•हाम्रो­जय­मनाई­•विर्त्ता­जानि­•संतान­दरसंतान­पर्यंत­परम­सुष­भोग्य­गर­•यो­विर्त्ता­
12संकल्प­हुदा­•संकल्प­वाक्य­पह्र्न्या­पुरोहित­•रघुनाथ­पंडित­अर्ज्याल­•पानी­हालन्या­काजी­द
13लभन्‌जन्‌­पाडेँ­•साध­लाउन्या­सधियार­•थरघर­मोदनाथ­अर्ज्याल्­•मित्र­सर्मा­पंथ­•गोकु
14ल­षनाल्­•मेहर्सिं­वोहरा­•व़वाहा­टोलको­•विंनर्सिं­•डगोल­•विज्यापूरको­•पुनसिं­डगोल­•मोहि­
15नाईक्या­लाष्याँ­•जसराम­भागिदत्त­•पुन­सिरि­•भीमनारान्­•सिनामुगलका­•दामोदर­दाहा
16ल­•रवि­वाँसकोटा­•रामभद्र­घिमिर्या­•वनमाली­सुवेदी­•काल्या­नगार्चि­•जसकर्ण्या­भेरिवा़ल­
17विर्त्तवा़रले­किला­भन्दा­•अर्घ्यालो­नचापनु­•विना­तक्सीर­जवद­नगर्नु­•जो­एस­वंधेजमा­र
18होईन­•सो­एस­श्लोकमा­भन्याको­पातकी­होला­•स्वदत्तां­परदत्तां­वा­यो­हरेद्‌­वै­वसुंध
19राम्­•षष्ठीवर्षसहस्त्राणि­विष्टायां­जायते­क्रिमिः॥­ईति­संवत्­१८८७­साल­मिति­
20फालगुन­वदि­६­रोज­५­शुभम्­¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Translation

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[[synopsis]]

This lālamohara issued on Thursday, the 6th day of the dark fortnight of Phālguṇa in the Vikrama era year 1887 by King Rājendra to Copadāra Vaṃsidhara Lāmichānyā deals with a land grant made during the auspicious occasion of the former’s initiation (upanayana). It states that the land grant together with a ghaḍerī was made on the occasion of the initiation of Rājendra in his own hand in the form of a ritual declaration (saṅkalpa) on Thursday, the 5th day of the bright fortnight of Māgha in the Vikrama era year 1880. It further states that the [lāla]mohara was engraved on copper. According to the description of the land in the document, it was located in an area of Patan. The document tells us that the land grant was meant to support the guṭhī of a Sarveśvara-temple. The addressee of the document, Copadāra Vaṃsidhara Lāmichānyā is directed to run the guṭhī from the usufruct of the granted land, celebrate King Rājendra's victories and enjoy the land from generation to generations as a birtā. The document further lists the following people who have been involved during the process of granting the land or marking its boarders: the reciter of the ritual-declaration was the royal preceptor Raghunātha Paṇḍita Arjyāla; the pourer of water was Kajī Dalabhañjana Pā̃ḍe; those marking the boarders who were members of the six noble families (tharaghara) were Modanātha Arjyāla, Mitra Sarmā Paṃtha, Gokula Khanāla and Meharsiṃ Boharā; and those other than members of the six noble families were Viṃnarsiṃ Ḍagola of Babāha Ṭola, Punasiṃ Ḍagola of Vijyāpūra (i.e., Vijayapūra), Mohi Nāīkyā Lākhyā̃ Jasarāma, Bhāgidatta Puna, Bhīmanārān, Dāmodara Dāhāla of Sināmugala, Ravi Vā̃sakoṭā, Rāmabhadra Ghimiryā, Vanamālī Suvedī, Kālyā Nagārci and Jasakarṇyā Bherivāla. Furthermore, the document stipulates that the holder or holders of the land should not encroach on the land beyond the fixed boundaries, and no one is to seize the granted land unless a crime has been committed which warrants such punishment. It finally cites a verse stating: “Whoever seizes land given by himself or by others will be a worm in excrement for sixty thousand years.

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