Inscription in the Kalash of Lalitpur Upakarma Guthi

Inscription in the Kalash of Lalitpur Upakarma Guthi 1

Date: 1818 AD (NS 938 Shrawan Shukla Purnima, BS 1875)

Location: Bottom of the Kalash

Donor: Nirjarananda Upadhyaya, Gabahal

मूलपाठ
  1. १ स्वस्तिश्री संवत् ९३८ श्रावण शुदि पूण्णीमा थ्व कुन्हु गाडवाहाल श्री निर्ज्जरानन्दोपाध्यायन उपाकर्म्म पाल फया ग्व १ कलश
  2. पा १ न्हस्क ग्व १ सिंदूरमू ङप (?) १ नयामसः उपाकर्म्म मदुन्ता (?) जुल . शुभ ।।
नेपाली अनुवाद

स्वस्ति । संवत् ९३८ (विक्रम संवत् १८७५) श्रावण शुक्ल पूर्णिमाका दिन गाःबहाल निवासी श्री निर्जरानन्द उपाध्यायले उपाकर्मको पालोमा कलश-१, ज्वाला न्ह्याकं-१, सिन्हमूः-१ चढाउनुभयो । शुभ रहोस् ।

English Translation

May all be well. On Samvat 938 (1818 AD) Shrawan full-moon day Nirjarananda Upadhyaya of Gabahal donated kalasha vessel, jwala nhyaka and sinhamu. May all be well.

Description

The image above is courtesy of Bijay Sharma Rajopadhyaya. The kalasha is used while handing over the turn of the Upakarma guthi upon the completion of the Narasimha Yatra also called Upakala Sa Ya.

Any comment and/or correction to the above reading is highly welcomed.

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