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A copy of a rukkā from King Gīrvāṇayuddha confirming Saṃkaradatta Vajhā's appointment to the office of priest (VS 1860)

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Identifier: K_0001_0039C
Title: A copy of a rukkā from King Gīrvāṇayuddha confirming Saṃkaradatta Vajhā's appointment to the office of priest (VS 1860)
Type, original: lālamohara; unspecified

Content

Abstract: This lālamohara addressed to Śaṅkara Daṭṭa Ojhā retains two ropanīs of land given rent-free as a fee for his services in reciting 200000 times the hymns from caṇḍī to propitiate the goddess to ward off the danger posed by the Chinese invasion. He is entitled to function as a priest for 50 households of Ṭhimi.
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Date

Date: VS 1860 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 26; 6; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; bound; brown
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Śitalā Guṭhī; Pā. Bam. Ta. 1 Ms. no. 80
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 23/11/1986 as NGMPP K 1/39C
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Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 6/26/20, 12:00 AM; 3/25/25, 10:03 AM; 18
Notes: For another copy of the document, see K_0090_0049.
Technical terms: caṇḍī, ropanī

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