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A stone inscription at Mahābū Bāhāḥ, Mahabuddha, Kathmandu, recording the paving of the plinth by Madhuvajra Vajrācārya in memory of his deceased mother, Jñānīdevī Vajrācārya (NS 1119)

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Identifier: NHDP_0001_0386
Title: A stone inscription at Mahābū Bāhāḥ, Mahabuddha, Kathmandu, recording the paving of the plinth by Madhuvajra Vajrācārya in memory of his deceased mother, Jñānīdevī Vajrācārya (NS 1119)
Type, original: Inscription; original

Content

Abstract: Madhuvajra Vajrācārya, in the name of his deceased mother Jñānīdevī Vajrācārya, had the peṭī (base/pedestal enclosure) within the garbhagṛha, where Akṣobhya is enshrined, faced with stone.
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Date

Date: NS 1119 unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Further details:
Converted: 1999

Script and language

Language, script: Newari; Newari

Physical appearance

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No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: stone; unspecified; dark gray
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Mahābū Bāhāḥ, Mahabuddha, Kathmandu; 85.3124946201711,27.7058148500482; unspecified
Source and details: KAT0590_I_007_20260119; Photographed by NHDP on 19/01/2026 as: KAT0590_I_007
Running no., exposures: 1

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 10/2/26, 12:02 AM; 10/2/26, 12:02 AM; 28
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