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A lagata from the Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā recording a ketakī ornament offered to Svayambhū Bhagavāna (VS 1947)

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Identifier: K_0563_0045
Title: A lagata from the Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā recording a ketakī ornament offered to Svayambhū Bhagavāna (VS 1947)
Type, original: gahanā lagata; original

Content

Abstract: Mention is made of a silver ketakīpatra mounted with a lotus flower and a motif of the moon offered to the deity. It weighs 19 tolās of silver.
Issued by and to: Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā; priest
Place: Svayambhū; Svayambhū Bhagavāna
Donor, king: Dhirja Rāma Maharjan, Kilāgal
Type of endowment: ketakī ornament
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 1 item

Date

Date: VS 1947 Vaiśākha dark 14 unspecified
Further details: card gives date as: "NS 1010"
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 22; 9.5; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card no. 244; Pokā no. 5 Lagat no. 363
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 13/11/1996 as NGMPP K 563/45
Running no., exposures: K 37029; 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 6/26/20, 12:00 AM; 10/8/21, 7:12 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: tolā

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