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A lālamohara from King Rājendra appointing Devi Datta Purī as abbot of Mahottari Maṭha (VS 1894)

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Identifier: K_0589_0071
Title: A lālamohara from King Rājendra appointing Devi Datta Purī as abbot of Mahottari Maṭha (VS 1894)
Type, original: lālamohara; copy

Content

Abstract: This lālamohara of King Rājendra Vikram Śāha appoints Devi Datta Purī to the post of the abbot of the monastery for which five villages are assigned to conduct ritual charity.
Issued by and to: King Rājendra
Place: Mahottari; Mahottari Maṭha Guṭhī
Donor, king:
Type of endowment: mahottari pragannā
Region of endowment: Rādi, Itarhawā, Mauje 5: Cakra Bikrampur, Suni Gamā, Dokhar Panava, Bhedā
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: VS 1894 Bhādra dark 14 Wednesday
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24.00; 31.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: fair; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card no. 5; Pokā no. 6
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 23/05/1997 as NGMPP K 589/71
Running no., exposures: K 38985; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 4/27/18, 12:00 AM; 11/8/21, 1:07 PM; 18
Notes: card gives type of document as: "lālamohara (decree)" and upper margin as: "unrecorded"
Technical terms: maṭha

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