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Guṭhi grant deed of religious endowment by Śrī Devamulī (NS 781)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0336
Title: Guṭhi grant deed of religious endowment by Śrī Devamulī (NS 781)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This document records a religious endowment by Śrī Devamulī at Baka Bāhāra, assigning monetary resources for the perpetual maintenance of ritual activities and guṭhi functions (NS 781). Dānapati Savavāśrīhana is the witness.
Issued by and to: Śrī Devamulī
Place: Baka Bāhāra
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 781 Caitra bright 9 unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1661

Script and language

Language, script: Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 25.50; 3.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: palm-leaf, talipot; loose; brown
Condition: fair; 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 07/09/2023
Running no., exposures: 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes: Gātra Bāharayāta yādānapatra is written at the back of the palm leaf along with later added date. The palm leaf is cracked to multiple sections.
Technical terms: guṭhi, mohora, ṭaṅka, mahāpātaka

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