A door-jamb inscription in the Gaṇeśa Shrine at Kṛṣṇa Mandira, Vala Ṭol, Lalitpur re its renovation by Krișņagopāla, his brother Rāmagopāla and the latters wife Cīghnī Meju (NS 1009)

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Identifier: NHDP_0001_0020
Title: A door-jamb inscription in the Gaṇeśa Shrine at Kṛṣṇa Mandira, Vala Ṭol, Lalitpur re its renovation by Krișņagopāla, his brother Rāmagopāla and the latters wife Cīghnī Meju (NS 1009)
Type, original: Inscription; Original

Content

Abstract:

The inscription records the renovation of the Gaṇeśa temple and Jaladhenu made by Kriṣṇagopāla, grandson of Dūtānanda, son of Dhīrjavīra and his brother Rāmagopāla with his wife Cīghnī Meju in NS 1009, i.e. VS 1946.

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Date

Date: NS 1009 Jyeṣṭha (Jeṭha) unspecified Full Moon Thursday
Further details: Inscription gives additional year as : "VS 1946"
Converted: 1889

Script and language

Language, script: Hybrid-Sanskrit,Newari; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Stone ; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: Good; Complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Ganeśa Shrine at the Kṛṣṇa Mandira in Vala Ṭol, Lalitpur; 85.3211583106995, 27.67338741778165; unspecified
Source and details: unspecifed; Photographed by NHDP as: LAL0370_I_002
Running no., exposures: 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 4/16/21, 12:00 AM; 5/3/21, 7:48 AM; 18
Notes:

DANAM catalogue entry: 4b1c0b32-b342-4a88-8c72-95d6629926ad

Type of writing support: Door-jamb

Text legibility: Mostly legible; The indentations of the inscription are not very deep, so the contrast powder did not hold everywhere.

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