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A lagata from the Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā recording a silver and gold ketakipatra offered to Lubhu's Śrī Mahālakṣmī (VS 882)

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Identifier: K_0555_0017
Title: A lagata from the Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā recording a silver and gold ketakipatra offered to Lubhu's Śrī Mahālakṣmī (VS 882)
Type, original: gahanā lagata; copy

Content

Abstract: This document records a silver ketaki ornament offered to the deity Mahālakṣmī. It weighs 2 tolās and 1 māsā of silver and 1 māsā of gold.
Issued by and to: Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā
Place: Lubhu; Mahālakṣmī, Mahābhairava; Śākta
Donor, king: Bhāju Bir
Type of endowment: ketakipatra
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 1 item

Date

Date: NS 882 Vaiśākha bright 3 unspecified
Further details: card gives date as: "V.S. 1819"
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali, Newari; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25.00; 6.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card no. 8; Po. no. 3 Lagata no. 296
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 06/08/1996 as NGMPP K 555/17
Running no., exposures: K 36417; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 5/24/18, 12:00 AM; 10/4/21, 9:32 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: māsā, tolā

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