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A letter from Kaṃca Purī in Lhasa to Rāya Bhāratī in Patan inquiring about issues related to their trade with Lhāsā (NS 859)

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Identifier: PCCHA_0001_0039
Title: A letter from Kaṃca Purī in Lhasa to Rāya Bhāratī in Patan inquiring about issues related to their trade with Lhāsā (NS 859)
Type, original: ciṭṭhīpatra; original

Content

Abstract: This letter from Kaṃca Purī based in Lhasa inquires whether packages with money and gold that he sent from Shigatse have arrived safely and asks Rāya Bhāratī to send two persons to Lhasa as soon as possible.
Issued by and to: Kaṃca Purī; Gosāīṃ Rāya Bhāratī, Maṃsā Girī, Sukhadeva Gosāīṃ, Jayarāma Bhāratī, Balabhadra Purī, Śiva Purī etc.
Place: Chāy Bāhāḥ; Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha; Daśanāmī
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Date

Date: NS 859 unspecified Dark fortnight 2 unspecified
Further details: text gives month as "Dirāgāka" (Dillāgā/Āṣāḍha)
Converted: 1739 CE

Script and language

Language, script: Sanskrit, Newari; Newari; Pracalita

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 0.00; 21.40; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; loose; light natural colour
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Chāy Bāhāḥ, Lalitpur; PD_0003_0039_0002; Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha
Source and details: Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha; Photographed on 2023-11-07 as PD_0003_0039_0002
Running no., exposures: 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 5/8/24, 12:00 AM; 11/5/26, 1:39 PM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: Gosāīṃ, Gusāhi, bakū, mohara, pura, pusyāra

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