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A rukkā from King Rājendra authorizing the priest to operate the trust (VS 1883)

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Identifier: K_0474_0004
Title: A rukkā from King Rājendra authorizing the priest to operate the trust (VS 1883)
Type, original: rukkā; copy

Content

Abstract: This document authorizes the priest to operate the trust of the deity out of the produce from the land and the corvee from the houses.
Issued by and to: King Rājendra; priest
Place: Dailekha; Ḍuṅgeśvara; Nātha
Donor, king: Rājendra Vikrama; king
Type of endowment: land and houses
Region of endowment: Dailekha
Purpose of endowment: to earn merit
Amount of endowment: 1.45 khetas

Date

Date: VS 1883 Māgha bright 4 Wednesday
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 31; 20; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: fair; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Po. no. 1 Gu. La; Bha. Gu. Po. 1 Gu. Bam.
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 01/09/1995 as NGMPP K 474/4
Running no., exposures: K 30886; 1

Project specific information

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Notes:
Technical terms: kheta

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