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A lagata from the Gu. La. Jā. Aḍḍā recording a cavara offered to Śrī Māhānkāla (VS 1989)

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Identifier: K_0404_0039
Title: A lagata from the Gu. La. Jā. Aḍḍā recording a cavara offered to Śrī Māhānkāla (VS 1989)
Type, original: gahanā lagata; copy

Content

Abstract: This document refers to a cavara (yak’s tail) with a silver shaft (handle) weighing 9 tolās of silver offered to the deity. It weighs 45 tolās.
Issued by and to: Gu. La. Jā. Aḍḍā
Place: Ṭuṇḍikhela; Māhānkāla; Bauddha
Donor, king: Kha. Dharma Bahādur Rajabhaṇḍāri Bhomi
Type of endowment: cavara (yak's tail)
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 1 item

Date

Date: VS 1989 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali, Newari; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 23.00; 9.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card no. 610; Po. no. 3; Gha. Gu. La. Ta. Ms. no. 267
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 21/11/1994 as NGMPP K 404/39
Running no., exposures: K 25795

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 5/24/18, 12:00 AM; 2/4/23, 10:48 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: cavara, tolā

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