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A document recording an ornament offered to Gorkha's Manakāmanāmāi by Bhujanga Bira (VS 1958)

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Identifier: K_0249_0052
Title: A document recording an ornament offered to Gorkha's Manakāmanāmāi by Bhujanga Bira (VS 1958)
Type, original: unspecified

Content

Abstract: As stated in the document, a silver kikiṃpā mounted with the suki (25 paisā) coins is offered to the deity by Bhujanga Bira. This ornament is made out of the collection of fund from the visitors in VS 1899. It weighs 6 1/2 tolās of silver.
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Date

Date: VS 1958 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24.00; 5.00; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; brown
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; 18; Gorakhā Śrī Manakāmanāmāi Gahanā Guṭhī; Gu. La. no. 532 Po. no. 5
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 18/06/1992 as NGMPP K 249/52
Running no., exposures: K 15064

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 2/12/20, 12:00 AM; 8/27/22, 9:32 AM; 18
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Technical terms: tolā, paisā, sukā

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