Details for Lokanātha

ID281
NameLokanātha
TypepersName
Notesthird successor of Bhagavantanātha on the monastical throne (gaddī) in Śrīgāũ;

confirmed as successor of his guru Rūpanātha by King Rājendra in 1832 (VS 1889 Āṣādha kṛṣṇa 5; K_0469_0003 and K_0469_0036).

according to the Yogivaṃśāvalī, he added further buildings to the site in Śrīgāũ in 1842 (VS 1899, Naraharinātha n.d.: 88, see also Naraharinātha VS 2022: 414; Bouillier 1991: 161f.), and, after completing the construction works, he left Kharkākoṭa (=Śrīgāũ) for Rānagāũ "where he established the custom to make the Dasai puja for Devi, Bhairav and Navadurga with the royal paraphernalia of the Kirtipur Raja" (Bouillier 1991: 162 [with reference to Naraharinātha n.d.: 88]).

Succeeded on the throne by his disciple Jagadīśvaranātha in 1848.

SurnameNātha
Name XML file Year reliable?
Lokanātha K_0097_0039 (n) 1882 (VS 1938) yes
Lokanātha K_0356_0032 (c) 1852 (VS 1909) yes
Lokanātha K_0356_0042 (c) 1853 (VS 1910) yes
Lokanātha K_0468_0062 1848 (VS 1904) yes
Lokanātha K_0469_0003 1832 (VS 1889) yes
Lokanātha K_0469_0028 (c) VS 1897 yes
Lokanātha K_0469_0032 (n) [1774 (VS 1831)] yes
Lokanātha K_0469_0035 (c) 1822 (VS 1879) yes
Lokanātha K_0469_0036 1832 (VS 1889) yes
Lokanātha K_0469_0039 1907 (VS 1964) yes
Lokanātha K_0469_0042 1907 (VS 1964) yes
Lokanātha-jī K_0469_0033 1907 (VS 1964) yes
लोकनाथ K_0468_0062 1848 (VS 1904) yes
लोकनाथ K_0469_0003 1832 (VS 1889) yes
लोकनाथ K_0469_0036 1832 (VS 1889) yes
लोकनाथ K_0469_0042 1907 (VS 1964) yes
लोकनाथजीलाइ K_0469_0033 1907 (VS 1964) yes
लोकनाथ•का K_0469_0042 1907 (VS 1964) yes