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A lālamohara from the King to Mahanta Balavanta Girī authorizing him as monk to perfrom rituals etc. (VS 1913)

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Identifier: K_0356_0086
Title: A lālamohara from the King to Mahanta Balavanta Girī authorizing him as monk to perfrom rituals etc. (VS 1913)
Type, original: lālamohara; copy

Content

Abstract: This lālamohara authorizes Mahanta Balavanta Girī as the monk of the trust to function rituals and distribute sadāvarta alms to the mendicants out of the rent collected from the land donated.
Issued by and to: king; Mahanta Balavanta Girī
Place: Jhuditaiyā, Mahottari Pragannā Pari ; Jhuditaiyā Maṭha Mahādeva Nitya Pūjā and Sadāvartā Guṭhī; Śaiva
Donor, king: Rāja Guṭhī
Type of endowment: land
Region of endowment: Jhudiataiyā, Mahottari
Purpose of endowment: to conduct rituals and sadāvarta charity
Amount of endowment: land

Date

Date: VS 1913 Pauṣa dark 4 Monday
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25.00; 26.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; unspecified
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card nos. 1-186; Kausi-Tośākhānā, Book no. 1; Bha. Gu. La. Ta. Ms. no. 110
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 21/02/1994 as NGMPP K 356/86
Running no., exposures: K 21924; 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 4/13/18, 12:00 AM; 12/7/22, 9:34 AM; 18
Notes: card gives upper marging as: "maṭha of juhuditaiyā mahādeva nityapūjā sadāvarta"
Technical terms: mahanta

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