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A tāmrapatra from King Raṇa Bahādura Śāha assigning land to the priest et al. for rituals at Hanumānaḍhokā's Śrī Ṭhūlā Bhairava (VS 1854)

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Identifier: K_0350_0015
Title: A tāmrapatra from King Raṇa Bahādura Śāha assigning land to the priest et al. for rituals at Hanumānaḍhokā's Śrī Ṭhūlā Bhairava (VS 1854)
Type, original: tāmrapatra; copy

Content

Abstract: This tāmrapatra of King Raṇa Bahādur Śāha assigns the land as an endowment to the priest and other concerned members of the trust for a purpose of conducting various kinds of rituals held at different time and occasions, particularly of Indrajātrā festival.
Issued by and to: king; trustee
Place: Kathmandu (Durbāra Square); Ṭhūlā Bhairava Nitya Naimitya Pūjā Guṭhī; Tantric
Donor, king: Rāja Guṭhī (King Raṇa Bahādura Śāha)
Type of endowment: land
Region of endowment: Kirtipur: Balakhuḍola
Purpose of endowment: to provide materials required for rituals
Amount of endowment: 104 ropanīs

Date

Date: VS 1854 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Sanskrit, Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25.00; 30.00; cm
No. of folios: 4
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; unspecified
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card nos. 187-320; Kauśi-Tośākhānā; Bha. Gu. La. Ta. Ms. no. 222
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 10/01/1994 as NGMPP K 350/15
Running no., exposures: K 21388; 7

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 11/7/18, 12:00 AM; 12/1/22, 1:02 PM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: ropanī

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