A palm-leaf document from King Jaya Prakāśa Malla earmarking land to Lumaḍīmaī Piśācacaturdaśī Guṭhī (NS 860)

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Identifier: K_0361_0001
Title: A palm-leaf document from King Jaya Prakāśa Malla earmarking land to Lumaḍīmaī Piśācacaturdaśī Guṭhī (NS 860)
Type, original: tāḍapatra; copy

Content

Abstract: This palm-leaf inscription of King Jaya Prakāśa Malla earmaks the land to the deity for a purpose of offering the pañcopacāra rituals on the occasion of Piśācacaturdaśī day.
Issued by and to:
Place: Bhadrakāli, Ṭundikhela; Lumaḍīmaī (Bhadrakāli) Piśācacaturdaśī Guṭhī; Śākta
Donor, king: Rāja Guṭhī (King Jaya Prakāśa Malla)
Type of endowment: land
Region of endowment: Lundhala, Khālasi
Purpose of endowment: to offer five kinds of rituals (pañcopacāra)
Amount of endowment: 6 ropanīs

Date

Date: NS 860 Āṣāḍha bright 2 unspecified
Further details: card gives date as: "VS 1797"
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Sanskrit, Newari; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 24.00; 46.00; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Pokā no. 2 File no. 47; Bha. Gu. La. Ta. Ms. no. 11
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 16/03/1994 as NGMPP K 361/1
Running no., exposures: K 22191; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 2/27/20, 12:00 AM; 12/13/22, 9:21 AM; 18
Notes: card gives language as: "Nepali Translation"
Technical terms: pañcopacāra, ropanī, piśācacaturdaśī

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