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A deed of monetary loan by Śrī Jayara Siṃha (NS 724)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0452
Title: A deed of monetary loan by Śrī Jayara Siṃha (NS 724)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This deed documents a loan of a specified sum in Ṭanka, outlining fixed annual interest rates and defined repayment conditions. Members of the Bāhāra Guthi appear to have served as witnesses to the transaction.
Issued by and to: Śrī Jayara Siṃha
Place: Śrī Śrivacha Bāhāra
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 724 Kārttika bright 8 unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1603

Script and language

Language, script: Sanskrit; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 22.00; 3.00; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: palm-leaf; loose; brown
Condition: broken; 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: Few lines at the right edge is damaged and the white patch is observed. The attached section to the edge doesnot match the original either in letters' stroke or number of lines it has.
Technical terms: Guṭhi, Ṭanka

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