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A sale deed for “Kvānā Vande Kvāṭa field” by Ratna Siṃha Māhān Bhāro to Jayapaṭala Bhāva (NS 842)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0438
Title: A sale deed for “Kvānā Vande Kvāṭa field” by Ratna Siṃha Māhān Bhāro to Jayapaṭala Bhāva (NS 842)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This sale deed records the transfer of about one ropanī field named Kvānā Vande Kvāṭa according to prevailing custom. Lakṣmarāma Bhāvo is the witness.
Issued by and to: Ratna Siṃha Māhān Bhāro; Jayapaṭala Bhāva
Place: Māṇigla, Patan
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 842 Pauṣa bright 3 unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1722

Script and language

Language, script: Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 31.50; 3.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: palm-leaf; 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 12/09/2023
Running no., exposures: 3

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes: Clay seal with Śri mark is present. The palm leaf is dimmed and some letters are erased in witness section. Later added date is found to the back side.
Technical terms: ropanī

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