| Identifier: |
PCCHA_0001_0140 |
| Title: |
A letter from Kaṃca Purī to Gosāīṃ Rāya Bhāratī and others informing about trade disruption due to smallpox epidemic in Shigatse and other trade issues (NS 859) |
| Type, original: |
ciṭṭhīpatra; original |
Content |
| Abstract: |
Sent from Tibet in NS 859 (1739 CE), this letter from Kaṃca Purī to Gosāīṃ Rāya Bhāratī and other clan members in the Jhorachẽ Maṭha, Patan, reports on trade operations amid a deadly smallpox epidemic in Shigatse. Quoting the local gold price at 23.5 moharas, Purī notes that widespread mortality has disrupted travel, though he managed to dispatch a parcel via a trader associated with Dhanidhara. He instructs the Patan house to settle transactions with Prabhā Purī regardless of market disparities, forward consignments of corals and topazes via Nārāyaṇa Purī and Prabhā Purī, and explains that being stationed in Lhatse has constrained his movement until trade routes reopen. |
| Issued by and to: |
Kaṃca Purī; Gosāīṃ Rāya Bhāratī, Jayarāma Bhāratī, Balabhadra Purī, Śiva Purī |
| Place: |
Chāy Bāhāḥ; Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha; Daśanāmī |
| Donor, king: |
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| Type of endowment: |
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Date |
| Date: |
NS 859 Āśvina bright 13 unspecified |
| Further details: |
text gives month as: "Āśuṃ Suhri" (Āśvina) |
| Converted: |
1739 CE |
Script and language |
| Language, script: |
Nepal Bhasa and Sanskrit; Newar; Pracalita |
Physical appearance |
| Width, height, and unit: |
0.00; 23.60; 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_0137_0002; Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha |
| Source and details: |
Chāy Bāhāḥ Maṭha; Photographed on 2023-11-07 as PD_0003_0137_0002 |
| Running no., exposures: |
2 |
Project specific information |
| Created, modified, ID: |
5/8/24, 12:00 AM; 11/5/26, 1:52 PM; 18 |
| Notes: |
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| Technical terms: |
mohara, sukā, baṃjāra |
