The Living Example of Newar Architecture Nyatapola Temple

An article entitled ‘नेवार वास्तुकलाको ज्वलन्त उदाहरण ङातापोल देगः’ Newār Vāstukalāko Jwalanta Udaharana Nyātāpola Degah (The Living Example of Newār Architecture Nyātāpola Temple) in the volume ‘चाँप गुरास नेवार विशेषाङ्क’ Cāpa Gurās Newār Visheshānka published by the Newārs of Sikkim, India

Contains the following text :
‘‘मल्ल राजाहरूले विशेष अवसरमा ठूलठूला यज्ञहरू गर्दा तलेजुका पुरोहित वर्ग (ब्राह्मण, जोशी, आचाःजु)द्वारा गराउने चलन रहेको कुरा ज्ञात हुन आएको परिप्रेक्ष्यमा राजा भूपतीन्द्र मल्लले पनि यस देगःको प्रतिष्ठा गर्दा तलेजुकै पुरोहितद्वारा ‘सिद्धाग्नि कोट्याहुति यज्ञ’ गर्न लगाएका थिए र त्यस अवसरमा राजाले उनीहरूलार्इ स्वर्णमुकुट प्रदान गरेका थिए भन्ने कुरा थाहा पाइन्छ । तीमध्ये कर्माचार्य पुरोहितले प्राप्त गरेको स्वर्ण मुकुट चाहिं अद्यापि सुकुलढोकास्थित त्रिपुर विद्यापीठ आगममा छ ।’’

Translation of the text:
In the context when the fact comes to be known that the Malla Kings employed the purohitas (Brāhmans, Joshi, Ācāju) to perform grand yagyas on special ceremonies, Bhupatindra Malla too employed the purohitas of Taleju to perform ‘Siddhāgni Kotyāhuti Yagya’ in order to install this deity (degah) and it comes to be known that on that occasion the king gave golden crowns to them. Among them, the golden crown of Karmācārya purohita is still in the āgama of Tripura Vidyāpeetha, Sukuldhokā.
The Brāhmans purohitas of Taleju mentioned in the text are the Rājopādhyāya priests of Taleju Temple, Bhaktapur.

Citation by Shrestha, Surendra Man, Newa Sanskriti ya Itihas (Indra-Jawaha Charitable Trust, 1992), pg 60.

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