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Guṭhi regulation deed concerning communal obligations (NS 520)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0462
Title: Guṭhi regulation deed concerning communal obligations (NS 520)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This inscription records regulations related to a guṭhi i.e., religious trust established at Cenyāgulam in the southern quarter. Tilāpadve Jaśī Bhāro is the witness.
Issued by and to:
Place: Śrī Cenyāgulamsthāna, Dakṣiṇa Tola
Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
Region of endowment:
Purpose of endowment:
Amount of endowment:

Date

Date: NS 520 Caitra bright 7 unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1400

Script and language

Language, script: Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 46.00; 3.00; 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 cracks in multiple section. Date is written to the back side of the palm leaf which is added later.
Technical terms: guṭhi, parihāra, dāma

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