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A lālamohara from the King granting land to Mahanta Banamāli Dāsa for conducting ritual at Motihāni Asthāna Viṣṇu and Maṭha Guṭhī (VS 1863)

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Identifier: K_0343_0008
Title: A lālamohara from the King granting land to Mahanta Banamāli Dāsa for conducting ritual at Motihāni Asthāna Viṣṇu and Maṭha Guṭhī (VS 1863)
Type, original: lālamohara; copy

Content

Abstract: This lālamohara grants the land as revenue free to Mahanta Banamāli Dāsa for a purpose of conducting rituals and dispensing sadāvarta charity. The land dedicated to the trust by Makawani King and King Pratapa Siṃha was exempted from all kinds of taxes.
Issued by and to: king; Mahanta Banamāli Dāsa
Place: Motihāni Asthāna, Mahottarī; Motihāni Asthāna Viṣṇu and Maṭha Guṭhī; Vaiṣṇava and Nātha
Donor, king: Rāja Guṭhī (Makawāni King and King Pratapa Siṃha)
Type of endowment: land and homestead
Region of endowment: Mahottarī: Motihāni, Bhaktapur, Patan, Kathmandu, Deurāli etc.
Purpose of endowment: to support the trust for its rituals and sadāvarta charity
Amount of endowment: 5 maujās, 4 khetas, 72 muris and 6 homesteds

Date

Date: VS 1863 Mārgaśīrṣa dark 12 Sunday
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25.00; 50.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; unspecified
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card nos. 1-12; Jaisi-Kothā; Bha. Gu. La. Ta. Ms. no. 202
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 14/12/1993 as NGMPP K 343/8
Running no., exposures: K 20978 ; 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 4/27/18, 12:00 AM; 11/28/22, 8:52 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: sadāvarta, mahanta, maujā, kheta, murī

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