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A lagata from Gu. La. Jā. Aḍḍā to priest listing ceremonial items offered to Śrī Guhyeśvarī Māī (NS 1012)

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Identifier: K_0593_0017
Title: A lagata from Gu. La. Jā. Aḍḍā to priest listing ceremonial items offered to Śrī Guhyeśvarī Māī (NS 1012)
Type, original: gahanā lagata; original

Content

Abstract: Mention is made of a list of ceremonial items containing a white tail as a fly-whisk, a silver parasol and a copper lion dedicated to the deity. The haft of the fly-whisk weighs 4 tolās and 6 māsās of silver. The parasol weighs 11 tolās of silver and the lion weighs 4 dhārni of copper.
Issued by and to: Gu. La. Jā. Aḍḍā; priest
Place: Deopatan; Guhyeśvarī Māi
Donor, king: Bhāju Kriṣṇa Kumāri
Type of endowment: seto cavara (yak's tail), chatra (parasol), simha (lion)
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 3 items

Date

Date: NS 1012 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details: card gives date as: "V.S. 1949"
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 23.00; 6.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: fair; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card nos. 960-962; Pokā no. 5, Lagata no. 364
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 17/06/1997 as NGMPP K 593/17
Running no., exposures: K 39237; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 6/9/17, 12:00 AM; 11/12/21, 10:15 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: tolā, māsā, dhārnī

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