A rukkā from Premier Janga Bāhādura retaining Raghuvamsa Girī as mahanta of Bhaktapur's Tāja Maṭha (VS 1929)

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Identifier: K_0193_0064
Title: A rukkā from Premier Janga Bāhādura retaining Raghuvamsa Girī as mahanta of Bhaktapur's Tāja Maṭha (VS 1929)
Type, original: unspecified

Content

Abstract: This is a rukkā (a short note) of Prime Minister Jaṅga Bāhādura Rāṇā issued to Raghuvamsa Girī. It has retained him for the post of the Mahanta of the Tāja Maṭha under the recommendation of Mahanta Iśvara Girī as the former Mahantas namely Bhima Girī and Bihāri Girī have been found guilty of adultery contrary to the ethics of the Maṭha. Thus they were dismissed and put in fetters on the charge of their defamatory acts. This is a duplicate copy preserved in the Bhadrakāli.
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Date

Date: VS 1929 Jyeṣṭha bright 3 Sunday
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 26.00; 16.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; loose; brown
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Tājā Maṭha Guṭhī, Bhaktapur; Po. 3 Kha. Gu. Bam.
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 28/10/1991 as NGMPP K 193/64
Running no., exposures: K 10554

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 4/13/18, 12:00 AM; 3/23/23, 1:34 PM; 18
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Technical terms: mahanta

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