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A purjī to Biṣeṭ Ḍiṭṭhā Kulamān Siṁha Sāhu re to supply four dhārnīs of sugar to Mahanta Vajraṅ Dāsa for offering prasāda (VS 1938)

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Identifier: K_0588_0055
Title: A purjī to Biṣeṭ Ḍiṭṭhā Kulamān Siṁha Sāhu re to supply four dhārnīs of sugar to Mahanta Vajraṅ Dāsa for offering prasāda (VS 1938)
Type, original: purjī; copy

Content

Abstract: The document directs official named to supply 4 dhārnīs of sugar to Mahanta Vajraṅ Dāsa for offering Prasāda (food offered to the deity) at the time of Mālapuwā Bhaṇḍārā ( A feast, containing the cake made of meal cooked with ghee given to the Jogis) in occasion of Śivarātrī for the year V.S. 1935 and V.S. 1936.
Issued by and to: Biṣeṭ Ḍiṭṭhā Kulamān Siṁha Sāhu
Place: Śaiva
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Date

Date: VS 1938 Pauṣa dark 10 Thursday
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25.50; 6.50; cm
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Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; unspecified

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card no. 153; 3 Sa. Gu. Ban. Pan. 3 Po. no. 8
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 15/05/1997 as NGMPP K 588/55
Running no., exposures: K 38895; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 10/25/16, 12:00 AM; 11/8/21, 12:00 PM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: dhārnī, prasāda, bhaṇḍārā, śivarātrī

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