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A document recording a pañcapātra dedicated to Sāṅkhu's Śrī Vajrayoginī by Sankhara Ohāi

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Identifier: K_0235_0002
Title: A document recording a pañcapātra dedicated to Sāṅkhu's Śrī Vajrayoginī by Sankhara Ohāi
Type, original: unspecified

Content

Abstract: This is the pañcapātra (a font) used for holding water of purification by way of sipping donated to the deity by Sankhara Ohāi. This pot is made of silver.
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Date

Date: unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24.00; 3.00; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; brown
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; 901; Sānkhu Vajrayoginī Gahanā Guṭhī, Sānkhu, Kathmandu; Gu. La. no. 393 Po. no. 5
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 21/04/1992 as NGMPP K 235/2
Running no., exposures: K 13842

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 3/29/19, 12:00 AM; 8/1/22, 12:25 PM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: pañcapātra

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