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A moṭha lagata from Nāpī Jāñca to Nāpi Gośvārā recording land and houses owned by tenants and their payable rent (VS 1967)

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Identifier: K_0700_0009
Title: A moṭha lagata from Nāpī Jāñca to Nāpi Gośvārā recording land and houses owned by tenants and their payable rent (VS 1967)
Type, original: moṭha lagata; original

Content

Abstract: This is the list of the trust lands and houses tilled and owned by the tenants named and the rent payable by them are specified.
Issued by and to: Nāpī Jāñca; Nāpi Gośvārā
Place: Mahottarī Maṭihānī Asthāna Tāluka, Janakpur; Maṭihānī Maṭha Guṭhī (Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa)
Donor, king:
Type of endowment: rent
Region of endowment: Mauje Jāvakha Bakanaiyāñ Guṭhī Birtā
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 2298 rupees, 15 ānnās and 3 paisas as a rent of the trust land measuring 246 bighās, 15 katthas and 4 dhuras and 59 dehis and 40 dāhi (house and huts)

Date

Date: VS 1967 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 30.00; 46.00; cm
No. of folios: 3
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: fair; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Sn. no. 32, Tā. no. 8, Moṭha no. ?
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 03/07/2000 as NGMPP K 700/9
Running no., exposures: K 47062; 3

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 1/17/18, 12:00 AM; 4/25/22, 7:22 AM; 18
Notes: card gives type of document as: "motha lagata (list)"
Technical terms: ānnā, paisā, bighā, kaṭṭhā, dhura

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