A document by Dayārāma re land endowed to Bhaktapur's Vāmaliṅga Mahādeva Guṭhī (NS 968)

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Identifier: K_0213_0076
Title: A document by Dayārāma re land endowed to Bhaktapur's Vāmaliṅga Mahādeva Guṭhī (NS 968)
Type, original: copy

Content

Abstract: This is a copy of the document of Dayārāma deposited in the Bir Library (now National Archive) allocates two karṣu (1/2 of ropani) of land as an endowment dedicating to the Vāmalinga Māhādeva in respect of conducting the regular rituals of the deity out of its rent of the land assigned to priest Juju Rāma Brahman. As revealed in the document, person guilty of misappropriation of the trust land had to make his life as a worm for 60 thousand years sprang up from the excrement.
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Date

Date: NS 968 Bhādra dark unspecified Thursday
Further details: card gives date as: "V.S. 1905" and "Bhādra Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā"
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali, Sanskrita; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 23.00; 20.50; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; loose; brown
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Vāmalinga Mahādeva Guṭhī, Bhaktapur; Gu. Bam. Kha. Po. no. 10
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 21/01/1992 as NGMPP K 213/76
Running no., exposures: K 12147

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 5/31/19, 12:00 AM; 5/31/19, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: ropanī, karṣa

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