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A lagata recording a silver water vessel offered to Śrī Paśupatinātha

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Identifier: PN_0015_0062
Title: A lagata recording a silver water vessel offered to Śrī Paśupatinātha
Type, original: gahanā lagata; original

Content

Abstract: This document records a silver jalaharī (water vessel) decorated with the motifs of lotus and argha as a worshipping vessel and a bull as a vehicle offered to the deity. They weigh 95 tolās and 1 māsā of silver.
Issued by and to:
Place: Deopatan; Paśupatinātha
Donor, king: Gerneral Jita Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā
Type of endowment: vasāha (bull), jalaharī (vessel), arghā
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 3 items

Date

Date: unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 19; 5; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: fair; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Paśupati Gośvārā; card no. 77
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 07/06/1999 as NGMPP PN 15/62
Running no., exposures: PN 735

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 5/13/20, 12:00 AM; 5/13/20, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: vasāha, jalaharī, argha, tolā, māsā

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