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A rukkā of Rānī Umāsundarī Devi granting kuśabirtā land to the Priest Abhayānanda Upādhyā (VS 1938)

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Identifier: K_0631_0067
Title: A rukkā of Rānī Umāsundarī Devi granting kuśabirtā land to the Priest Abhayānanda Upādhyā (VS 1938)
Type, original: rukkā; copy

Content

Abstract: Offering the land to the deity mentioned, the rānī provides the trust land to the priest named as kuśa-birtā (grant of land to a brahmin for which no rent is paid) and allows to enjoy it for generation to generation, for which they have to maintain the activities and rituals of the trust and deity.
Issued by and to: Rānī Umāsundari Devi; Abhayānanda Upādhayā
Place: Deopatan; Dakṣiṇamurti Devatā Pujā Guṭhī
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: land ropani 20

Date

Date: VS 1938 Vaiśākha dark 10 Sunday
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24.50; 35.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Pa. Go. no. 821 (5); Dakṣiṇakālī Devatā Pūjā Guṭhī; Po. no. 19
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 31/03/1998 as NGMPP K 631/67
Running no., exposures: K 42197; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 6/19/16, 12:00 AM; 12/22/21, 7:03 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: kuśabirtā, ropanī

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