A votive inscription on the pinnacle of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot by Kīrti Bhakti Kumārī Devī and Ḍamvara Jaṅga Bahādūra Rāṇā recording the donation of a Vajrasattva idol (VS 1937)

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Identifier: NHDP_0001_0142
Title: A votive inscription on the pinnacle of the Buṅgadyaḥ chariot by Kīrti Bhakti Kumārī Devī and Ḍamvara Jaṅga Bahādūra Rāṇā recording the donation of a Vajrasattva idol (VS 1937)
Type, original: Inscription; original

Content

Abstract: This votive inscription from Jaṅga Bahādura's wife Kīrti Bhakti Kumārī Devī and her son Ḍamvara Jaṅga Bahādūra Rāṇā records the donation of a tympanum with a gilded Vajrasattva idol and a crest-jewel.
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Date

Date: VS 1937 Vaiśākha bright 1 unspecified
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Converted: 1880

Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

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Material, binding, and colour: copper; unspecified; reddish brown
Condition: damaged; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Guṭhī Saṃsthāna Office, Taḥ Bāhāḥ; 85.32289037045501,27.670370209509155; none
Source and details: NHDP catalogue entry; own assessment; Photographed by NHDP on 01/05/2022 as LAL0041_I_010
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Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 8/30/22, 4:14 PM; 11/23/22, 4:05 PM; 21
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DANAM catalogue entry: 63839ea4-84e4-48d3-a8f7-9a1aab155573

Type of writing support: The inscription is applied to the back side of the object together with two other inscriptions by members of the Rāṇā family.

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