A copper-plate inscription at Si Bāhāḥ in Khāchẽ, Patan re the replacement of the wooden statue of Śākyamuni, the primary deity (kvāḥpāḥdyaḥ) of Si Bāhāḥ

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Identifier: NHDP_0001_0025
Title: A copper-plate inscription at Si Bāhāḥ in Khāchẽ, Patan re the replacement of the wooden statue of Śākyamuni, the primary deity (kvāḥpāḥdyaḥ) of Si Bāhāḥ
Type, original: Inscription; Original

Content

Abstract:

The inscription records the replacement of the wooden statue of Śākyamuni, the kvāḥpāḥdyaḥ of Si Bāhāḥ by a stone statue at the behest of Thapāḥju Yotiju in NS 798 (1678 CE), as the condition of the previous statue deteriorated.

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Date

Date: NS 798 Caitra (Caita) Dark fortnight 8 Thursday
Further details:
Converted: 1678

Script and language

Language, script: Newari,Sanskrit; Newari ; Pracalita

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Metal/copper ; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: Intact; The lower and upper part of the copper-plate has become rusty. If it is not maintained on time, the letters inscribed on it will be eroded.; Complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Si Bāhāḥ; 85.31956040968964,27.675493201260835; unspecified
Source and details: DOI of image(s): https://doi.org/10.11588/heidicon/1205900; Photographed by NHDP as: LAL0690_I_001
Running no., exposures: 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 4/16/21, 12:00 AM; 4/26/21, 2:55 PM; 18
Notes:

DANAM catalogue entry: 745d8d39-747d-48ee-b4d4-da19bc5ca3ad

Type of writing support: Copper-plate; The copper-plate is nailed to a wooden strcture (probably a door jamb or window frame).

Text legibility: Unspecified;

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Associated secondary literature

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