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A document recording a silver necklace offered to Gorkha's Manakāmanāmāi by Queen Siddhilakṣmi Devi (VS 1972)

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Identifier: K_0250_0001
Title: A document recording a silver necklace offered to Gorkha's Manakāmanāmāi by Queen Siddhilakṣmi Devi (VS 1972)
Type, original: unspecified

Content

Abstract: This document contains a silver necklace of heads known as muṇḍamālā as a donation offered to the deity by Queen Siddhilakṣmi Devi. This necklace is interwoven with 109 heads and 110 leaves of the pipala plant. It weighs 55 tolās of silver.
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Date

Date: VS 1972 Āśvina bright 10 unspecified
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24.00; 4.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; brown
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; 116; Gorakhā Śrī Manakāmanāmāi Gahanā Guṭhī; Gu. La. no. 532 Po. no. 5
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 21/06/1992 as NGMPP K 250/1
Running no., exposures: K 15103

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 2/12/20, 12:00 AM; 8/29/22, 8:14 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: tolā

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