| Identifier: |
PN_0005_0017 |
| Title: |
A copper plate inscription recording pots and pans offered to the deity in memory of donors' deceased son (NS 921) |
| Type, original: |
copper plate; original |
Content |
| Abstract: |
The inscription records the donation of a variety of pots and pans made by a couple in memory of their deceased son Manoratha Siṃha and his wife, who immolated herself into her husband's funeral pyre as a satī, to the temple of Paśupati. |
| Issued by and to: |
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| Place: |
Deopatan; Paśupati |
| Donor, king: |
Hemanta Siṃha and his wife |
| Type of endowment: |
pots and pans |
| Region of endowment: |
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| Purpose of endowment: |
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| Amount of endowment: |
20 items |
Date |
| Date: |
NS 921 Vaiśākha bright 13 unspecified |
| Further details: |
extended date |
| Converted: |
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Script and language |
| Language, script: |
Newari; Newari |
Physical appearance |
| Width, height, and unit: |
16.60; 8.70; cm |
| No. of folios: |
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| Material, binding, and colour: |
copper; unspecified; unspecified |
| Condition: |
damaged; complete |
Institution |
| Institution and reg. no.: |
Paśupati Gośvārā |
| Source and details: |
NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 02/12/1998 as NGMPP PN 5/17 |
| Running no., exposures: |
PN 257 |
Project specific information |
| Created, modified, ID: |
4/8/16, 12:00 AM; 4/8/16, 12:00 AM; 18 |
| Notes: |
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| Technical terms: |
satī |
