| Identifier: |
K_0640_0069 |
| Title: |
A dānapatra from King Gīrvāṇa earmarking land as an endowment for performing the rituals of Mahāpūjā (VS 1856) |
| Type, original: |
dānapatra, copperplate; copy |
Content |
| Abstract: |
This dānapatra earmarks 400 murīs of land as an endowment for the conduct of the Mahāpūjā of the deity. Person guilty of misappropriation of the trust will be condemned to hell as a worm for 60 thousand years. |
| Issued by and to: |
King Gīrvāṇa |
| Place: |
Kāntipur; Paśupati Śiva: Mahāpūjā |
| Donor, king: |
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| Type of endowment: |
land |
| Region of endowment: |
Gokarṇa |
| Purpose of endowment: |
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| Amount of endowment: |
400 murīs of land |
Date |
| Date: |
VS 1856 Āśvina bright 8 Sunday |
| Further details: |
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| Converted: |
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Script and language |
| Language, script: |
Nepali; Devanagari |
Physical appearance |
| Width, height, and unit: |
22.5; 69; cm |
| No. of folios: |
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| Material, binding, and colour: |
Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified |
| Condition: |
good; complete |
Institution |
| Institution and reg. no.: |
Bhadrakālī; card no. 8 |
| Source and details: |
NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 03/07/1998 as NGMPP K 640/69 |
| Running no., exposures: |
K 42860; 2 |
Project specific information |
| Created, modified, ID: |
6/26/20, 12:00 AM; 1/6/22, 8:44 AM; 18 |
| Notes: |
card gives on the top margin: "Śiva Mahāpūjā of Paśupati" |
| Technical terms: |
murī, pūjā |
