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879 Batang placeName not to be confused with Batang in Sichuan; a city at the old border between Tibet and China. #checked# View details
646 Beijing placeName also known as Peking; capital of China; wiki:Beijing, viaf:312565158, gnd:4075971-4. #checked# View details
1139 Belaghārī placeName location needs to be verified; the document suggests a village in Pyuthan district. #checked# View details
803 Belāyata placeName see/link under Britain. View details
1195 Belbās placeName a former village development committee in Pyuthan district; wiki:Belbas. #checked# View details
420 Benares placeName see/link under Varanasi. View details
610 Bengal placeName a region in the Indian subcontinent, now shared between India (West Bengal) and Bangladesh; wiki:Bengal, dbr:Bengal. #checked# View details
128 Benitar placeName a populated locality at the bank of the Marsyangdi river in Tanahun; geonames: 8002587. #checked# View details
1198 Betāne placeName a village within the Bādikoṭ village development committee in Pyuthan district; wiki:Bandikot. #checked# View details
818 Betrawati geogName also Betrāvatī; a river in Nuwakot district; eastern tributary of the Trishuli river with its mouth at Betrawati Bazar; wiki:Betrawati,_the_Uttar_Gaya. #checked# View details
231 Bettiah placeName a city and the administrative headquarters of West Champaran district, Bihar, India; a former principality established in the 15th oder 16th century by Brahman lineages (Michael 2012: 36 with further literature) wiki:Bettiah, viaf:133813146, geonames:1276393. #checked# View details
1203 Bevare placeName a village within the Bādikoṭ village development committee in Pyuthan district. #checked# View details
1962 Bhabhu Gīra Gīra persName flourished: 1759 (ŚS 1680, K_0113_0023); gender: male; details: witness to a land a slave donation to the Ādiviśveśvara temple in Bisaṅkhu. #new# View details
1530 Bhācheu Pradhān Pradhān persName flourished: 1836 (VS 1893); gender: male; details: lived in Bhaktapur; held the title of ḍhalapā; involved in fixing boundaries of royal land grants. #checked# View details
897 Bhāḍera placeName location needs to be verified; document suggests a locality in Gwalior. #checked# View details
2597 Bhāḍosīṃ persName flourished: CE 1887 (VS 1944); gender: male; #new# View details
565 Bhadrakali placeName an open air shrine (pīṭha) of the goddess Bhadrakālī east of Ṭuṇḍikhela, Kathmandu, and the area surrounding it. #checked# View details
2553 Bhagatavīra persName flourished: CE 1887 (VS 1944); gender: male; details: lived in Bhaktapur; #new# View details
2074 Bhagavanta Bāḍā Bāḍā persName flourished: 1776 (VS 1832, K_0579_0063); died: 1787 (VS 1844, K_0579_0055); gender: male; details: pūjārī of Bhagavatī at Palāñcoka. #new# View details
1 Bhagavantanātha Nātha persName also known as: Bhagavaṃtanātha, Bhagavaṃntanātha Gosāī̃jyū, Bhavaṃntanātha o.a.; born: before 1763 (VS 1820); died: 1786/87 (VS 1843); gender: male; details: influential siddha of the Nātha tradition; appeared in 1763 (VS 1820, cf. Naraharinātha n.d.: 85) in the kingdom of Salyan and impressed the local ruler, King Śrīkṛṣṇa Śāha, by working miracles (ibid.: 85f., Bouillier 1991: 8f., Unbescheid 1980: 27f.); seemingly Surapratāpa Śāha introduced Bhagavantanātha to his brother Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha, the king of Gorkha, whose adviser and rājaguru he became (Baral 1964: 232, Unbescheid 1980: 25, Panta et al. VS 2025: 1070); known for arranging the marriage between King Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa's daughter, Vilāsa Kumārī Śāha, and King Śrīkṛṣṇa Śāha's son, Raṇabhīma Śāha, in 1766 (VS 1823, cf. Bouillier 1991: 155, Naraharinātha n.d.: 87, Unbescheid 1980: 27); legends ascribe him an important role in Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa's conquest of Kirtipur in 1767 and later documents (NH) mention a rich reward, including the royal insignia of the conquered king, his male and female slaves and a gift (bheṭī) of 125,000 rupees (Bouillier 1991: 155f., Naraharinātha n.d.: 87, Unbescheid 1980: 25f., Zotter 2022: 214); returned to Salyan and founded his first monastery (maṭha) in Rānāgāũ; appointed as central overseer (maṇḍalāi) of jogīs in 1770 (K_0469_0009), a privilege repeatedly reconfirmed by Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa's successors Pratāpa Siṃha Śāha (DNA_0014_0050) and Raṇabahādura Śāha (K_0469_0008 and K_0469_0010); kept on supporting Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa by managing alliances with western principalities (such as Jumla and Jajarkot) and sending emissaries, spies or blessed swords for military campaigns (see e.g. K_0469_0032, Naraharinātha n.d.: 83-85, cf. Bouillier 1991: 13f., Bouillier 1991: 155, Unbescheid 1980: 27, Zotter 2022: 215); was granted a piece of land in Dang by Śrīkṛṣṇa Śāha in 1780 and founded his second monastery in Śrīgāũ (cf. Bouillier 1991: 155f.); took samādhi in Śrīgāũ in 1786/87 (VS 1843, Bouillier 1991: 15, Naraharinātha n.d.: 88, Unbescheid 1980: 27); successors on his monastic throne (gaddī) are (cf. K_0469_0033 and Bouillier 1991): 1. Bhuvaneśvaranātha (1787-?); 2. Rūpanātha (?-1832); 3. Lokanātha (1832-1848); 4. Jagadīśvaranātha (1848-1878?); 5. Khīmānātha (1878?-1886); 6. Hīrānātha (1888-1905); 7. Chatra- or Chetranātha (1905-1907); 8. (after a struggle between Lokanātha and Devīnātha) Puṣkaranātha? (cf. Bouillier 1991: 168); 9. Yamanātha (son of Puṣkaranātha, cf. Bouillier 1991: 168). #checked# View details
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