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Mortgage deed of “pledged vāṭikā” by a Caityakāra of Jhotāpola to an unspecified creditor (NS 665)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0434
Title: Mortgage deed of “pledged vāṭikā” by a Caityakāra of Jhotāpola to an unspecified creditor (NS 665)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This deed records a loan transaction secured against a garden property for a fixed term of five years. Amṛta of Āram Bāhāra witnesses this deed.
Issued by and to: A Caityakāra of Jhotapola
Place: Jhotāpola
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 665 Bhādra bright 10 unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1544

Script and language

Language, script: Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 20.00; 5.00; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: palm-leaf; loose; 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 12/09/2023
Running no., exposures: 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes: The palm leaf has big black cross marks and cracked in multiple sections. letters are dimmed and badly affected.
Technical terms: ṛṇa

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