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A lagata from Gu. La. Jā. Aḍḍā listing silver necklaces offered to Śrī Guhyeśvarī Māi (NS 986)

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Identifier: K_0591_0059
Title: A lagata from Gu. La. Jā. Aḍḍā listing silver necklaces offered to Śrī Guhyeśvarī Māi (NS 986)
Type, original: gahanā lagata; original

Content

Abstract: Mention is made of a variety of silver necklaces interwoven with different kinds of flowers and seeds of the plants dedicated to the deity. They weigh 17 tolās and 8 māsās of silver.
Issued by and to: Gu. La. Jā. Aḍḍā; priest
Place: Deopatan; Guhyeśvari Māi
Donor, king: Sri Kumāri, Ḍhunja Kumāri Devi and Viṣṇumāyā Subeni
Type of endowment: bhimsenapātimālā, tulsipatramālā, gaugedimālā, lavāmālā, belapatramālā, sukumelamālā (cardamom) (a variety of necklace)
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 8 items

Date

Date: NS 986 Āṣāḍha bright 15 Saturday
Further details: card gives date as: "V.S. 1923"
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 23.00; 22.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: fair; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card nos. 348-357; Pokā no. 5, Lagata no. 364
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 08/06/1997 as NGMPP K 591/59
Running no., exposures: K 39118; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 6/9/17, 12:00 AM; 11/11/21, 8:25 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: tolā, māsā

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