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A lagata from Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā recording ketakī ornament offered to Bhaktapur's Śrī Vārāhī (NS 931)

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Identifier: K_0544_0038
Title: A lagata from Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā recording ketakī ornament offered to Bhaktapur's Śrī Vārāhī (NS 931)
Type, original: gahanā lagata; copy

Content

Abstract: This document records a silver ketaki ornament set with a lotus-flower offered to the deity. It weighs 26 tolās of silver.
Issued by and to: Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā
Place: Tekhāco, Bhaktapur; Vārāhi; Śākta
Donor, king: Lakṣmi Nārāyaṇa
Type of endowment: ketakipatra
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 1 item

Date

Date: NS 931 Caitra dark 12 Thursday
Further details: card gives date as: "V.S. 1868"
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24; 7; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: dim; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card no. 51; Lagata no. 292
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 20/06/1996 as NGMPP K 544/38
Running no., exposures: K 35581; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 8/27/19, 12:00 AM; 9/22/21, 8:29 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: tolā

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