A stone slab inscription at Pintu Bahī in Patan re the installation of a pula and a statue of Cakrasamvara at Duntu Bahī [NS 804]
| Identifier: | NHDP_0001_0065 |
| Title: | A stone slab inscription at Pintu Bahī in Patan re the installation of a pula and a statue of Cakrasamvara at Duntu Bahī [NS 804] |
| Type, original: | Inscription; Original |
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| Abstract: | This inscription records the construction of a pula at Duntu Bahī (LAL0960) at the behest of Thapāḥju Duyaju in NS 789 (1669 CE), and then records his death in NS 804 (1684 CE). His two sons donate a statue of Cakrasamvara with his consort Vajrabārāhī and enshrine it at the āgaṃ, along with statues of their parents. |
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Date | |
| Date: | NS 804 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified |
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| Converted: | 1684 |
Script and language | |
| Language, script: | Newari; Newari |
Physical appearance | |
| Width, height, and unit: | 25; 34; cm |
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| Material, binding, and colour: | Stone ; unspecified; unspecified |
| Condition: | Damaged,Chips; A layer of stone has come off, making some letters in lines 3-7 unreadable. Slightly damaged at the bottom of the inscription.; Complete |
Institution | |
| Institution and reg. no.: | Pintu Bahī, north of Nāga Bāhāḥ, Lalitpur; 85.32497717107339,27.67795752059237; unspecified |
| Source and details: | DOI of image(s): https://doi.org/10.11588/heidicon/1256956; Photographed by NHDP as: LAL0970_I_008 |
| Running no., exposures: | 1 |
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| Created, modified, ID: | 4/16/21, 12:00 AM; 5/3/21, 7:09 AM; 18 |
| Notes: | DANAM catalogue entry: 1b7daaa1-a755-49a8-81d8-954dfb56f374 Type of writing support: Stone slab; The stone slab is placed on the ground attached to a wall. Text legibility: Mostly legible; The exact date of the installation of this inscription is unclear, but it must have taken place some time after the 6th of the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha in NS 804 (1684 CE), the day when the thapāḥju of the bahī passed away. The weekday is not mentioned. There is another date, the 8th of the bright fortnight of NS 789 (1669 CE), which also does not specify the weekday. |
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