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A lagata from the Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā recording a ketakī ornament offered to Harisiddhi (VS 1920)

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Identifier: K_0518_0017
Title: A lagata from the Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā recording a ketakī ornament offered to Harisiddhi (VS 1920)
Type, original: gahanā lagata; copy

Content

Abstract: This document records a silver ketakī ornament set with a lotus offered to the deity. It weighs 9 ½ tolās of silver and gold.
Issued by and to: Gu. Jā. Aḍḍā
Place: Lalitpur; Harisiddhi; Śākta
Donor, king: Kānchā Māhārāni Lalita Kumāri (junior queen)
Type of endowment: kikinpā (ketakī)
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment: 1 item

Date

Date: VS 1920 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details:
Converted:

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25; 6.5; cm
No. of folios:
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; card no. 145; Pokā no. 1, Lagata no. 117
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 28/02/1996 as NGMPP K 518/17
Running no., exposures: K 33732; 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 2/12/21, 12:00 AM; 8/9/21, 10:14 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: tolā

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