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A rukkā from King Gīrvāṇa to instrumentalists providing land for Bhaktapur's Vārāhī Bājā Guṭhī (NS 934)

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Identifier: K_0292_0034
Title: A rukkā from King Gīrvāṇa to instrumentalists providing land for Bhaktapur's Vārāhī Bājā Guṭhī (NS 934)
Type, original: rukkā; original

Content

Abstract: This executive order (rukkā) of King Girvāṇa provides 31 ropanis of land for the singers of devotional songs at the temple of Vārāhi, Bhaktapur. This document exempts them from corvee.
Issued by and to: King Gīrvāṇa; instrumentalists
Place: Bhaktapur; Vārāhi; Śākta
Donor, king: Girvāṇa; king
Type of endowment: bājā guṭhī
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment: to earn merit
Amount of endowment: 31 ropanis

Date

Date: NS 934 Jyeṣṭha dark 9 Thursday
Further details: card gives date as: "V.S. 1871"
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 183; 25; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: fair; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; 6; Bā. Da. no. 1
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 03/03/1993 as NGMPP K 292/34
Running no., exposures: K 17798; 7

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 8/27/19, 12:00 AM; 9/28/22, 7:50 AM; 18
Notes: card gives type of documents as: "singing devotional songs"
Technical terms: ropanī

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