| Identifier: |
PCCHA_0001_0094 |
| Title: |
A letter from Kaṃca Purī to Rāya Bhāratī informing disruption of trade due to smallpox outbreak and detailing cash shares for his monastic kins in Patan (NS 859) |
| Type, original: |
ciṭṭhīpatra; original |
Content |
| Abstract: |
Sent from Lhasa in NS 859 (1739 CE), this letter from Kaṃca Purī to Rāya Bhāratī, Balabhadra Purī, and their monastic partners in Patan details trade operations amidst a disruptive smallpox epidemic. Purī announces his appointment by the Tibetan king as mahanta of an akhāḍā in Lhasa, requests further consignments of corals and topazes, and reports shipments of gold and three bakūs of musk pods via Tibetan couriers. Crucially, he lays out a precise distribution plan for 9,600 moharas in cash and commodities among eight named associates, while urging the Patan monastery to dispatch a reliable assistant to Tibet. |
| Issued by and to: |
Kaṃca Purī ; Rāya Bhāratī, Balabhadra Purī and others |
| Place: |
Chāy Bāhāḥ; Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha; Daśanāmī |
| Donor, king: |
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| Type of endowment: |
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| Region of endowment: |
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| Purpose of endowment: |
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| Amount of endowment: |
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Date |
| Date: |
NS 859 Jyeṣṭha dark 5 unspecified |
| Further details: |
card gives month as: Jyarsta |
| Converted: |
1739 CE |
Script and language |
| Language, script: |
Sanskrit, Newari; Newari; Pracalita |
Physical appearance |
| Width, height, and unit: |
0.00; 25.50; cm |
| No. of folios: |
1 |
| Material, binding, and colour: |
Nepali paper; loose; light natural colour |
| Condition: |
good; complete |
Institution |
| Institution and reg. no.: |
Private; Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha; PD_0003_0093_0002; Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha |
| Source and details: |
Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha; Photographed on 2023-11-07 as PD_0003_0093_0002 |
| Running no., exposures: |
1 |
Project specific information |
| Created, modified, ID: |
5/8/24, 12:00 AM; 10/1/26, 9:18 AM; 18 |
| Notes: |
Rāya Bhāratī and Balabhadra Purī at the Jhorachẽ Maṭha are named on the top of the document. |
| Technical terms: |
mahanta, akhāḍā, mohara, |
