A reply from Guru Prasāda Śāha and Raṇaśera Śāha acknowledging receipt of an unidentified letter (VS 1890)
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Abstract
This document is a short acknowledgement from Guru Prasāda Śāha and Raṇaśera Śāha of an unidentified letter dated Tuesday, the 13th of the bright fortnight of Mārga in VS 1890.
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Translation
No. 37
Arjī---
Uprānta: The letter with [expressions of] favour kindly sent [by you] on Tuesday, the 13th of the bright fortnight of Mārga arrived [here] on Saturday, the 2nd of the dark fortnight of Pauṣa. [We] read it line by line and bowed down [our] heads [to your feet].
Saturday, the 2nd of the bright fortnight of Pauṣa in the [Vikrama] era year 1890 (1834 CE).2 Auspiciousness.
Crores and crores of salutations in eight-limbed prostration (sāṣṭāṅgadaṇḍavat) from Guru Prasāda Śāha [and] Raṇaśera Śāha.
Commentary
The document is a reply from two sons of Prāṇa Śāha,3 Cautariyā Guru Prasāda Śāha and Kājī Raṇaśera Śāha, to an as yet unidentified letter. Guru Prasāda was appointed as one of the members of the Bhārādārī Kausala in 1840, which was headed by Prime Minister Phattya Jaṅga Śāha, and later, after the Kot massacre, kept under house arrest. The enmity between Prime Minister Jaṅga Bāhadura and Guru Prasāda ended after the former restored to the latter all his confiscated property and appointed him as a colonel in the army (see Regmi et al. 1981: 62-63). Raṇaśera Śāhā, the fourth and youngest brother of Guru Prasāda (see Regmi et al. 1981: 158) is mentioned as one of the witnesses to the promulgation of the Mulukī Ain of 1854 (see, MA-KM p. 3).