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A copperplate from Queen Bhuvana Lakṣmī Devī to Bhuvaneśvara Mahādeva Guṭhī earmarking land for conducting rituals (NS 831)

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Identifier: K_0360_0037
Title: A copperplate from Queen Bhuvana Lakṣmī Devī to Bhuvaneśvara Mahādeva Guṭhī earmarking land for conducting rituals (NS 831)
Type, original: tāmrapatra; copy

Content

Abstract: This copperplate inscription issued by Queen Bhuvana Lakṣmī Devī earmarks the land for a purpose of conducting various kinds of rituals of the deity. Persons guilty of misappropriating the trust land shall be condemned to hell as a worm for 60 thousand years and invite frowning [?] look of the deity.
Issued by and to: Queen Bhuvana Lakṣmī Devī; Bhuvaneśvara Mahādeva Guṭhī
Place: Hanumānḍhoka Darbāra; Bhuvaneśvara Mahādeva Guṭhī; Śaiva
Donor, king: Rāja Guṭhī
Type of endowment: land
Region of endowment: at various places (Lhuti) Gongabu
Purpose of endowment: to support the trust for its rituals and maintenance
Amount of endowment: 63 ropanīs

Date

Date: NS 831 Vaiśākha bright 5 unspecified
Further details: card gives date as: "V.S. 1768
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Sanskrit, Newari; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25.00; 148.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: fair; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Po. no. 2 (file no. 24); Bha. Gu. La. Ta. Ms. no. 13B
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 15/03/1994 as NGMPP K 360/37
Running no., exposures: K 22175; 5

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 1/10/19, 12:00 AM; 1/10/19, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: ropanī

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