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A lagata from the Guṭhī Jā̃ca Lagata Aḍḍā listing a neck-piece ornament offered to Bhaktapur's Śrī Navadurgā (NS 969)

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Identifier: K_0372_0049
Title: A lagata from the Guṭhī Jā̃ca Lagata Aḍḍā listing a neck-piece ornament offered to Bhaktapur's Śrī Navadurgā (NS 969)
Type, original: gahanā lagata; original

Content

Abstract: This is a Kaṇṭhī neck-piece ornament with an image of Vārāhī made of gilded copper offered to the deity. It weighs 30 tolās of copper.
Issued by and to: Guṭhī Jā̃ca Lagata Aḍḍā
Place: Bhaktapur, Kwāthaḍon; Nava Durgā Bhagavatī Gahanā Guṭhī (Kumārī); Śākta
Donor, king: Rāja Guṭhī
Type of endowment: kaṇṭhī
Region of endowment: Bhaktapur
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 1 kaṇṭhī

Date

Date: NS 969 Mārgaśīrṣa bright 10 Thursday
Further details: card gives date as; V.S. 1906
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24.00; 11.50; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card no. 126; Bha. Gu. La. Ta. Ms. no. 372
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 05/05/1994 as NGMPP K 372/49
Running no., exposures: K 23118; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 9/6/16, 12:00 AM; 12/29/22, 9:28 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: tolā

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