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A guthi charter of Śrī Taka Bāhā for the dharmakārya (religious work) (NS 650)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0206
Title: A guthi charter of Śrī Taka Bāhā for the dharmakārya (religious work) (NS 650)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: A religious endowment (Guthi) charter recording the establishment or regulation of a Guthi Samuha (religious trust/community association) for the performance of dharmakārya (religious rites and pious works).
Issued by and to:
Place: Śrī Tak Bāhā
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 650 Āśvina bright 12 unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1529

Script and language

Language, script: Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 17.50; 3.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: palm-leaf, talipot; loose; light brown
Condition: damaged; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Research Unit "Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Premodern Nepal"; Walter Rindfleisch Collection
Source and details: document itself; Digitized by the project “Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal” on 2023/09/04
Running no., exposures: 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes: badly damaged and dimmed letters, holes at multiple places and missing words.
Technical terms: Guthi, dharmakārya

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