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A document recording donation of a land plot named Yedola by Viśvakarmā Kṛṣṇarāja Bhāro in memory of his father Jīvaśaṅkharāja Bhāro (NS 792)

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Identifier: PCRIND_0029_0464B
Title: A document recording donation of a land plot named Yedola by Viśvakarmā Kṛṣṇarāja Bhāro in memory of his father Jīvaśaṅkharāja Bhāro (NS 792)
Type, original: original

Content

Abstract: This document records a donation of a plot of land made by Viśvakarmā Kṛṣṇarāja Bhāro on the occasion of a solar eclipse, in memory of his deceased father Jīvaśaṅkharāja Bhāro. Viśvakarmā Vijaya Siṃha Bhāro is the witness. The document instructs to use the income of the land for the annual offerings to the Dīpaṅkara idol which was consecrated, also in memory of his father, in NS 790 (recorded on the recto side, see PCRIND_0029_0464A).
Issued by and to: Viśvakarmā Kṛṣṇarāja Bhāro
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Donor, king:
Type of endowment:
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Date

Date: NS 792 Āśvina dark 30 (amāvasyā) Thursday
Further details:
Converted: 1672

Script and language

Language, script: Nepal Bhasa; Nepāla Lipi

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 80.50; 4.00; 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: The palm leaf is long and descriptive. Both the sides of the palm leaf is written.
Technical terms: Sūrya-grāsa, bhūmidāna, guṭhi, dattapatra, pañca-mahāpātaka, bhattāraka

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