A lagata from the Gu. La. Jāñ. Aḍḍā recording three gold ornaments offered to Patan's Taleju (VS 1804)

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Identifier: K_0621_0051
Title: A lagata from the Gu. La. Jāñ. Aḍḍā recording three gold ornaments offered to Patan's Taleju (VS 1804)
Type, original: gahanā lagata; original

Content

Abstract: Mention is made of a variety of golden ornaments containing a heart shaped pendant, tikā (applied in the forehead as a decoration), and a nose-stud with a floral motif of the bela plant offered to the deity. They weigh 1 tolā and 1 māsā of gold.
Issued by and to: Gu. La. Jāñ. Aḍḍā
Place: Patan; Taleju
Donor, king: King Rājya Prakāśa Malla
Type of endowment: hridayaphola (heart shaped pendant), ṭikā, phuli (nose-stud with a floral design of belapatra)
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 3 items

Date

Date: NS 867 Āśvina bright 9 unspecified
Further details: card gives date as: "VS 1804"
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali, Newari; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 26; 8; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card nos. 171-174; Pokā no. 4; Lagata no. 313
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 30/12/1997 as NGMPP K 621/51
Running no., exposures: K 41428; 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 5/16/16, 12:00 AM; 12/11/21, 8:56 AM; 18
Notes: card gives size as: 26 x 8 + 11 cm
Technical terms: tolā, māsā

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