| Notes | also known as: Bhuvanesvaranāthajī, Bhuvaneśvaranāthajī, Bhuvaṇesvaranātha, Bhuvanesvaranātha;
flourished: 1787–1797;
gender: male;
details:
first successor of Bhagavantanātha on the throne (gaddī) in Rānāgāũ;
in 1787 (VS 1844) King Raṇabahādura wrote a letter addressing the thrice venerable (śrī 3) Bhuvaneśvaranātha as "śrīmad gorakṣapraṇītāgamadharmānuṣṭhānaparāyaṇa" (Naraharinātha VS 2022: 459; cf. Bouillier 1991: 159)
in 1790 (VS 1847), he built the samādhi of Bhagavantanātha in Śrīgāũ (Unbescheid 1980: 28 [with reference to Yogīvaṃśāvalī II, p. 89; cf. Bouillier 1991: 159);
in 1797 (VS 1854), he received an executive order of Raṇabhīma Śāha confirming a birtā grant originally given to Bhagavantanātha by Raṇabhīma's father, Śrīkṛṣṇa Śāha, the king of Salyan (Naraharinātha VS 2022: 460; for copies, see K_0123_0050 and K_0469_0025, see also the summary in K_0469_0017 [doc. 7]);
as Bouillier writes his mahanta-ships lasted almost thirty years (1991: 160);
suceeded by his disciple Rūpanātha.
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