Notes | born: 20 January 1783 (ŚS 1704, 2nd of the dark fortnight of Māgha, Monday; Panta 2041: 27);
died: 1806;
spouse: King Raṇabahādura (m. 1789) (senior queen);
details:
grand-daughter of Śiva Śāha, king of Gulmi;
held the title of regent from March 1799 to April 1800 and February 1803 to 1804;
left Nepal for Benares with the abdicated King Raṇabahādura in April 1800;
returned to Nepal 15 March 1802 (Amatya 1978: 12);
imprisoned at Helambu 1804-1806;
became a satī after Raṇabahādura's death, according to Buyers by orders of Bhīmsena Thāpā on the bank of the Salinadī river at Sankhu on 5 May 1806;
E_0914_0006, K_0045_0011C, K_0045_0011D, K_0045_0011E, K_0125_0051 and others speak of her becoming satī on the 15th of the bright half of Vaiśākha VS 1863 (3 May 1806) at Āryāghāṭa, Deopatan (cf. K_0096_0026, K_0156_0028, K_0390_0084);
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