A tāmrapatra granting land to the Gorakhanātha Guṭhī for conducting rituals (NS 788)
| Identifier: | K_0440_0015 |
| Title: | A tāmrapatra granting land to the Gorakhanātha Guṭhī for conducting rituals (NS 788) |
| Type, original: | tāmrapatra; copy |
Content | |
| Abstract: | This copper plate grants 60 muris of land to the Gorakhanātha Guthi for a purpose of conducting the Pancopacāra rituals and feeding feast to the jogi out of its income. The persons guilty of misappropriating the trust land shall be persecuted for the offence of five heinous crimes. |
| Issued by and to: | Pustaka Khānā; Guthi Bandovasta Aḍḍā |
| Place: | Mṛgasthali; Gorakhanātha; Nātha |
| Donor, king: | King Pratāpa Malla |
| Type of endowment: | land |
| Region of endowment: | |
| Purpose of endowment: | to conduct to pancopacāra ritual |
| Amount of endowment: | 60 muris of land (15 ropanis) |
Date | |
| Date: | NS 788 Vaiśākha bright unspecified unspecified |
| Further details: | card gives date as: "V.S. 1725, aṣṭamī" |
| Converted: | |
Script and language | |
| Language, script: | Sanskrit, Newari; Devanagari |
Physical appearance | |
| Width, height, and unit: | 24; 43; cm |
| No. of folios: | 2 |
| Material, binding, and colour: | Nepali paper; unspecified; unspecified |
| Condition: | good; complete |
Institution | |
| Institution and reg. no.: | Bhadrakālī; Pokā no. 10 no.60/84; Bha. Gu. La. Ta. Aḍḍā Ms. no. 70 |
| Source and details: | NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 09/05/1995 as NGMPP K 440/15 |
| Running no., exposures: | K 28607; 1 |
Project specific information | |
| Created, modified, ID: | 5/26/21, 6:33 AM |
| Notes: | |
| Technical terms: | muri, ropanī |
Associated secondary literature
Naraharinātha, Yogī: Itihāsa-prakāśa [Light on history]. No. 2, pt. 1-3 (page(s) pt. 3: 453f.)Unbescheid, Günter: Kānphaṭā: Untersuchungen zu Kult, Mythologie und Geschichte śivaitischer Tantriker in Nepal (page(s) 176f.) [study]