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Guthi or endowment deed of funeral-feast provisions by Rāghava Duvāla and others (NS 697)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0440
Title: Guthi or endowment deed of funeral-feast provisions by Rāghava Duvāla and others (NS 697)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This deed records the establishment of a guthi endowment by Rāghava Duvāla, Hāku Duvāla, and Āsavarma Duvāla for memorial rites of their deceased father Lagu Duvāla. Halakha Siṃha Bhāro and Jayana Siṃha Bhāro are the witnesses, and written by the scribe Hākukasta.
Issued by and to: Rāghava Duvāla and others
Place: Panthu Ṭola, Thimi
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 697 Jyeṣṭha dark 2 unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1576

Script and language

Language, script: Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 64.00; 3.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: palm-leaf; loose; brown
Condition: good; 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: Palmealf is broken in copule of places. "Jolatipācu guṭhi" is written at the back of the it.
Technical terms: guthi, dāna

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