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A brass inscription at Makhaṃ Bahī, Kathmandu, recording the offering of a gilded toraṇa by Tejasiddhī, Kumārasiddhī, and Ṣaḍgasiddhī with their mother, Putalī, after their father Siddhimānasiddhi’s death (NS 1068)

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Identifier: NHDP_0001_0327
Title: A brass inscription at Makhaṃ Bahī, Kathmandu, recording the offering of a gilded toraṇa by Tejasiddhī, Kumārasiddhī, and Ṣaḍgasiddhī with their mother, Putalī, after their father Siddhimānasiddhi’s death (NS 1068)
Type, original: Inscription; original

Content

Abstract: After the death of their father Siddhimānasiddhi, the sons Tejasiddhī, Kumārasiddhī, Ṣaḍgasiddhī, and their mother Putalī installed a toraṇa covered with gilded sheets on top of the sanctum’s entrance.
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Date

Date: NS 1068 Jyeṣṭha (Jeṭha) Bright fortnight unspecified unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1948

Script and language

Language, script: Newari; Newari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 9; 103; cm
No. of folios: 2
Material, binding, and colour: brass; unspecified; dark yellow
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Makhaṃ Bahī, Makhaṃ, Kathmandu; 85.30871313611567,27.705382984785132; unspecified
Source and details: NHDP catalogue entry; own assessment; Photographed by NHDP on 12/01/2023 as: KAT1480_I_010
Running no., exposures: 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 4/27/26, 11:19 AM; 4/27/26, 11:19 AM; 28
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