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A document listing a donation offered to Kirtipur's Bāgabhairava by Melapā Vajracārya (NS 928)

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Identifier: K_0256_0083
Title: A document listing a donation offered to Kirtipur's Bāgabhairava by Melapā Vajracārya (NS 928)
Type, original: unspecified

Content

Abstract: This is the donation offered to the deity by Melapā Vajracārya as stated in the document. It weighs about 4 1/2 tolās of silver.
Issued by and to:
Place:
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 928 Māgha bright 9 unspecified
Further details: card gives date as: "VS 1865"
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24.00; 3.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; brown
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; 17; Kirtipur Bāgabhairava Gahanā Guṭhī, Kathmandu; Gu. La. no. 159 Po. no. 2
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 20/07/1992 as NGMPP K 256/83
Running no., exposures: K 15678

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 8/25/17, 12:00 AM; 8/25/17, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: tolā

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