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A rukkā from the King to chief cultivator re land as khānagī for feeding food to fish and offering flowers to deities (VS 1881)

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Identifier: K_0283_0030
Title: A rukkā from the King to chief cultivator re land as khānagī for feeding food to fish and offering flowers to deities (VS 1881)
Type, original: rukkā; copy

Content

Abstract: This rukkā appropriates some plots of land to Tuisimha, the chief cultivator as a khānagi in form of emolument for purpose of feeding food to fish and offering flowers to the deities. The persons from 15 houses are exempted from the forced labour of any kind.
Issued by and to: king; chief cultivator
Place: Paśupati; Guhyeśvarī Paśupati Gorakhanātha
Donor, king: king (state trust)
Type of endowment: land and homestead
Region of endowment: Bālāju, Kathmandu
Purpose of endowment: for feeding food and offering flowers
Amount of endowment: 2 kheta, 4 murīs

Date

Date: VS 1881 Kārttika dark 2 Sunday
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24; 26; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; unspecified

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Bha. Gu. Baṃ. Po. no. 15
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 06/01/1993 as NGMPP K 283/30
Running no., exposures: K 17402; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 5/12/17, 12:00 AM; 9/17/22, 7:18 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: khānagi, murī, kheta

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