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A verified copy of a phāraka for an expiation fee paid by Rājakumārī Pãḍenī Kṣatryānī (VS 1918)

ID: K_0175_0033


Edited and translated by Rajan Khatiwoda in collaboration with Simon Cubelic
Created: 2015-04-29; Last modified: 2018-06-19
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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, 2017. Published by the courtesy of the National Archives, Kathmandu. The copyright of the facsimile remains with the 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

This document is a verified copy of a phāraka (see the unverified copy in K_0175_0032) confirming receipt of Rs. 2 as an expiation fee (bheṭī) paid by Rājakumārī Pãḍenī Kṣatryānī in atonement for having eaten rice and having had sexual intercourse with her incestuous husband Pṛthī Bahādura Pā̃ḍe Kṣatrī (see K_0175_0018 and K_0172_0058).



Diplomatic edition

[1r]

[...]५५­४७­सही­1१८­सालमा­कारींदालाई­भयाका­फारष
2का­सक्कलवमोजिम­यो­नक्कल­दुरुस्त­छ­भनि­
3सहीछाप­गर्न्या­राईटर­सिद्धिलाल­

1सम्वत्­१९१८­साल­मिति­मार्ग­वदि­९­रोज­३­
2आफ्ना­हाडमा­४­पुस्ताकि­दीदी­पर्न्या­कालुसंग­कर्णिमा­विग्र्या
3का­आफ्ना­विवाहिता­लोगन्या­पृथी­वाहादुर­पाडे­क्षत्रीसंग­
4भेट्घाट्­गरी­नीजका­हातको­भात­पानि­षाई­करणिस्मेत्‌­ सं
5सर्ग­भयावापत्‌­नरदेवि­टोल­वस्न्या­राजकुमारि­पडेनी­क्ष
6त्रेनीको­जिय­१­सुद्धको­प्रायश्चित्तको­भेटी­पै­रू­—२­

Translation

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Signature3

This has been signed and stamped by Writer (rāīṭara) Siddhilāla [in verification of the fact that] “this copy is true to the original phāraka submitted to a government clerk (kāriṃdā)4 in the [Vikrama] era year [19]18 (1861 CE).5

[This is a receipt of] the fee of Rs. 2 in order to undertake expiation (prāyaścitta)6 for the purification of 1 body of Rājakumārī Pãḍenī Kṣatryānī, inhabitant of Naradevī Ṭola [who has been polluted] by having sexual intercourse with her own ritually married husband, Pṛthī Bahādura Pā̃ḍe Kṣatrī who is guilty of committing adultery with his 4th generation female cousin called Kālu, by meeting him and by receiving rice and water from his hand.


Commentary

See the "Commentary" of K_0175_0032.

Notes

1. Crossed out. [⇑]

2. Ante correction: 46. [⇑]

3. This has been written in the left-hand margin. [⇑]

4. The final paragraph indicates that the original copies of such documents were kept by the government for its own records. [⇑]

5. This has been written in the left-hand margin. [⇑]

6. See K_0175_0018 for the discussion of this term. [⇑]