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A tāmrapatra from the King to trustees assigning land for conducting rituals and annual worship ceremony (VS 1877)

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Identifier: K_0350_0061
Title: A tāmrapatra from the King to trustees assigning land for conducting rituals and annual worship ceremony (VS 1877)
Type, original: tāmrapatra; copy

Content

Abstract: This tāmrapatra assigns the land to the trustees for a purpose of conducting rituals and annual worship ceremony. The land dedicated to the trust by Gulābha Dhāi was made Kusa Birta.
Issued by and to: King; Trustees
Place: Ṭekudobhāna; Gangeśvara Mahādevā Nitya Pūjā Ārati Guthi ; Śaiva
Donor, king: Rāja Guthi (Gulābha Dhāi)
Type of endowment: land
Region of endowment: Kathmandu, Bakhusi Kheta
Purpose of endowment: to celebrate daily and annual rituals
Amount of endowment: 1 kheta

Date

Date: VS 1877 Kārttika dark 1 Sunday
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25; 30; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; unspecified
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Kausi-Tośākhānā; card nos. 187-320; Book no. 2; Bha. Gu. La. Ta. Ms. no. 263
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 12/01/1994 as NGMPP K 350/61
Running no., exposures: K 21434; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 12/2/22, 8:55 AM
Notes:
Technical terms: kuśabirtā, kheta

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