Goddesses have played a vital role for the conception, constitution and
expression of rulership in Nepal. In royal ideology kings have depended
one their śakti, "might" or "regal power", that manifests in many forms.
Accordingly the Shah kings, as earlier dynasties too, sponsored rituals
and worship places of different goddesses both, at their capitals as
well as all throughout their realm. Tracing the relation between female
deities and human rulers as well as the goddesses' relations to one
another with a particular focus on the history and development of
specific local worship traditions is the aim of this project.
Digutaleju
DNA_0013_0031: A lālamohara from King Gīrvāṇayuddha
granting land to Badhuvā Nagārci for conducting rituals (VS
1864)
Guhyeśvarī
DNA_0013_0071: A rukkā from King Pratāpasiṃha
requesting a supply of sugandharāja flowers from the amālidāra of
Patan (VS 1832)
Kaḍelacoka Bhagavatī
K_0582_0045: A copy of a rukkā from King
Raṇabahādura listing material provided for Navarātra worship (VS
1838)
K_0582_0046: A rukkā from King Gīrvāṇayuddha to the
trustees and servants of Śrī Bhagavatī of Kaḍelacoka re worship
material for the Dasaĩ festival (VS 1867)
Kumārī
K_0214_0044: A darkhāsta from Vimalāramaṇa
Rājopādhyā to the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā requesting material
provisions for installing a new Kumārī (VS 1980)
K_0214_0045: A purjī from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā
to the Kausī Tosākhānā requesting a disbursement of funds for
installing a new Kumārī (VS 1980)
K_0214_0046: A purjī from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā
to the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā ordering the disbursement of funds for
installing a new Kumārī (VS 1980)
K_0214_0047: A purjī from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā
to the Kausī Tosākhānā requesting the disbursement of funds for
installing a new Kumārī (VS 1980)
Manakāmanā
K_0029_0025B: A copy of a lālamohara from King
Gīrvāṇayuddha appointing Śrīkṛṣṇa and Ranyā Thāpā as priests of
Manakāmanā (VS 1864)
Palāñcoka Bhagavatī
K_0579_0063: A document from Joganārāyaṇa Malla to
Bhagavanta Bā̃ḍā re the offering of female slaves to Palāñcoka
Bhagavatī (VS 1832)
K_0579_0071: A copy of a letter from Kaparadāra
Kālidāsa Khaḍkā re the worship of Śrī Bhagavatī at Palāñcoka (VS
1841)
K_0580_0002: A copy of a lālamohara from King
Raṇabahādura re a trust for worshipping Śrī Bhagavatī of Palāñcoka
(VS 1847)
K_0580_0004: A copy of a letter from Jaṅga Bahādura
ordering the protection of forests on land belonging to Śrī
Bhagavatī of Palāñcoka (VS 1906)
Taleju
DNA_0012_0056: A rukkā from King Surendra to the
chief officer of the Kausī Tosākhānā containing new regulations for
the Daitya and Kumāra dances at the Taleju temple (VS 1933)
K_0230_0034: A purjī of Commander-in-Chief Bhīma
Śamśera ordering the Gūṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā to summon recalcitrant
ritualists of Bhaktapur's Taleju for the Dasaĩ festival (VS
1962)
K_0213_0039: A muculkā submitted by the priest
Jogabāhādura Karmācāryye to the Guṭhī Jā̃ca Aḍḍā regarding a theft
at Bhaktapur's Taleju temple (VS 1981) [Bhaktapur]
K_0269_0038: A deposition submitted by Joga Bahādura
Karmācārya before the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā re operating the trust
of the Taleju temple in Bhaktapur (VS 1981)
Tripurasundarī
K_0108_0035: A lālamohara from King Gīrvāṇa
restoring land to Dolakhā's Tripurasundarī Guṭhī (VS 1860)
K_0093_0002D: A rukkā from King Gīrvāṇayuddha
authorizing Syurām Pādhyā to perform rituals in the temple of
Tripurasundarī in Jumla Tiprīkoṭ (VS 1861)
DNA_0013_0023: A lālamohara from King Gīrvāṇayuddha
endowing land to Cāmyā Damāī for a trust for the upkeep of musical
instruments (VS 1869)
K_0093_0002H: A copy of a rukkā from King Gīrvāṇa
granting an additional eight murīs of land to a guṭhī devoted to the
worship of Tripurasundarī (VS 1871)
K_0015_0017A: A copy of a lālamohara of King
Rājendra reinstating Saṃkara Pādhyā Neūpāne as overseer of a
Tripurasundarī guṭhī (VS 1877)
K_0007_0043C: A copy of a rukkā from King Rājendra
exempting Viṣnupada Pādhyā and Badrī Pādhyā from annual payments in
return for performing Dasaĩ rituals (VS 1895)
K_0093_0002E: A copy of a rukkā of King Rājendra
providing remuneration to the priest Viśṇupada Pādhyā for performing
rituals at a Tripurasundarī temple (VS 1895)
K_0093_0002F: A copy of a rukkā of King Rājendra
directing the priest Visnupada Pādhyā to run a sadāvarta related to
the Tripurasundarī temple of Tripurākoṭa (VS 1897)
K_0093_0002W: A copy of a rukkā from King Rājendra
authorizing Syāmadhara Kaṭhāyet to enjoy one pāṭhī of jhusyā from
each household for his ritual roles at Jumlā's Tripurasundarī (VS
1901)
K_0093_0002P: A copy of an appointment letter signed
by Nainasīṃ Thāpā defining Syāmadhara Kaṭhāyet's ritual duties at
Jumlā's Tripurasundarī temple (VS 1902)
K_0093_0002O: A copy of a purjī from the
Daphatarakhānā confirming Śyāmadhara Kaṭhāyeta's right to enjoy one
pāṭhī of jhusyā from each household for his ritual duties at Jumlā's
Tripurasundarī temple (VS 1909)
K_0025_0027C
: A copy of a lālamohara from King Surendra ordering
Colonel Kṛṣṇadhvaja Kũvara Rāṇā to extend the period of Vīsnupada
Pādhyā's oversight of the Tripurasundarī guṭhī in Tripurākoṭ (VS
1911)
K_0025_0028A: A copy of a lālamohara from King
Surendra telling Colonel Kṛṣṇadhvaja Kuvara Rāṇā to provide
substitute land nearer to the Tripurasundarī temple of Tripurākoṭ
(VS 1911)
K_0093_0002K: An executive order from Kṛṣṇadhvaja
Kũvara Rāṇā to Vīsnupada Pādhyā restoring him to his post in the
Tripurasundarī Guṭhī of Tripurākoṭ (VS 1912)
K_0165_0013: A letter from the Gośvārā of East no. 2
to the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā regarding a record of expenses of the
Bhīmeśvara and Tripurasundarī guṭhī (VS 1915)
K_0093_0002C: A purjī from Jagatasiṃ Pāḍe Kṣetrī
authorizing Viśnupada Upādhyā to continue recitations in the temple
of Tripurasundarī in Tripurākoṭ (VS 1918)
K_0093_0002I: A letter of Jītajaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā
restraining a local revenue official from collecting revenue on
Tripurasundarī guṭhī lands in Jumla (VS 1936)
K_0076_0003C: A copy of a document from the Tauthalī
Koṭa revenue office exempting Subedāra Kulamāna Siṃha Pradhāna, a
priest under the Tripurasundarī guṭhī, from corvée (VS 1939)
[Sindhupalchok]
K_0076_0003A: A copy of a petition submitted by
Subedāra Kulamāna Siṃha Pradhāna to Prime Minister Raṇa Uddīpa Siṃha
requesting exemption from customary taxes and levies for performing
ritual worship of Tripurasundarī in Sindhupalcok (VS 1941)
K_0087_0031A: A kacaharī jabānabandī muculkā by
Harṣanārāṃ Ācārya et al. listing temple assets of Bhaktapur’s
Tripurasundarī temple (VS 1944) [Bhaktapur]
K_0132_0027: A purjī from the Dolakhā Māla to the
Guṭhī Bandobasta re an officer who failed to send standing crops
from the Bhīmeśvara–Tripurāsundarī Guṭhī (VS 1972)
K_0159_0045: A purjī from the Dolakhā Māla to the
Guṭhī Bandovasta Aḍḍā re planned deductions from the account of a
local Śrī Tripurāsundarī guṭhī (VS 1973)
K_0262_0051: A letter from the Aḍḍā Jā̃ca Śrestā
Phā̃ṭa to the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā re the theft of a statue of
Tripurasundarī in Bhādagāũ (VS 1977)
K_0262_0052: A letter from the Guṭhī Bandobasta to
the Choṭī Jaṅgī Koṭavālī of Bhaktapur ordering that the priests
Jogabāhādura and Durgācarṇa Karmācārye be investigated re the theft
of a Tripurasundarī statue (VS 1977)
K_0262_0054: A letter from the Choṭī Jaṅgī Koṭavālī
of Bhaktapur to the Guṭhī Bandobasta accompanying the transfer of
the detained priest Durgācaraṃ Karmācārjye to them (VS 1977)
K_0262_0055: A written statement submitted by
Jogabāhādura Karmācārje re the theft of a statue of Tripurasundarī
in Bhaktapur (VS 1977)
K_0262_0056: A purjī from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā
to the priest Joga Bahādura Karmācārjye re the theft of a statue of
Tripurasundarī in Bhaktapur (VS 1977)
K_0262_0057: A purjī from the the Guṭhī Bandobasta
Aḍḍā to the Devānī Phā̃ṭa re consequences arising from the theft of
a statue of Tripurasundarī in Bhaktapur (VS 1977)
K_0262_0059: A letter from the Guṭhī Bandobasta to
the Jaṅgī Koṭavālī of Bhaktapur re the confiscation of property
belonging to the priest Jogabāhādura (VS 1977)
K_0262_0061: A public notice from the Guṭhī
Bandobasta to the locals of Tulāche re the seizure of property
belonging to the priest Jogabāhādura (VS 1977)
K_0262_0064: A letter from the Guṭhī Bandobasta to
the Choṭī Guṭhī Kharca of Bhaktapur re auctioning off property
confiscated from the priest Joga Bāhādura (VS 1977)
K_0207_0065: A document from the Guṭhī Bandobasta
Aḍḍā to the Sindhupalchok Māla office re a missing document relating
to a yearly report of operational costs of Tripurasundarī and
Vatsalā temples (VS 1981)
K_0199_0028: A report-cum-petition from Kājīlāla
Karmācāryya describing problems in organizing the Vīskāṭa procession
festival of Tripurasundarī in Bhaktapur (VS 1984)
K_0177_0041: A petition made by Bikulāla Karmācārjye
to the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā requesting that an emolument relating
to the Bisket jātrā and the Tripurasundarī temple of Bhaktapur be
transferred to him (VS 1986) [Bhaktapur]
K_0294_0018: A ledger recording the revenue and
expenditures of the guṭhī of the Tripurāsundarī temple located at
Salyānkoṭ, Dhading (VS 2003)
K_0297_0047: A ledger recording the revenue and
expenditures of the guṭhī serving the Śrī Raṇasainī Bhagavatī temple
located in Baitaḍī (VS 2007)
K_0316_0009: A lagata of a guṭhī of the
Tripurasundarī temple in Tauthali, Sindhupalchok (VS 2008)
The Rāṇās' iṣṭadevatā/kuladevatā
K_0476_0060: A copy of a purjī from C-in-C General
Deva Śamśera to Biseṭ Ḍiṭṭhā Jotirāja Śreṣṭha re the Dasaĩ rituals
at the Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1944)
K_0636_0036: A copy of a purjī from C-in-C General
Deva Śamśera to Kharidāra Harilāla re the Baḍādasaĩ rituals at the
Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1947)
K_0379_0073: A copy of a purjī from C-in-C General
Deva Śamśera to Kharidāra Narahari Pādhyā re the Baḍādasaĩ rituals
at the Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1951)
K_0625_0006: A copy of a purjī from C-in-C General
Deva Śamśera to Kharidāra Narahari Pādhyā re the Baḍādasaĩ rituals
at the Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1953)
K_0640_0019: A copy of a purjī from C-in-C General
Deva Śamśera to Kharidāra Candra Bahādura Sāha re the Dasaĩ rituals
at the Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1954)
K_0614_0029: A copy from a purjī from C-in-C Deva
Śamaśera to the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā to provide cash and kinds to
operate Dasaĩ rituals (VS 1955)
Places
Baitadi
K_0269_0038: A deposition submitted by Joga Bahādura
Karmācārya before the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā re operating the trust
of the Taleju temple in Bhaktapur (VS 1981)
K_0297_0047: A ledger recording the revenue and
expenditures of the guṭhī serving the Śrī Raṇasainī Bhagavatī temple
located in Baitaḍī (VS 2007)
Bhaktapur
K_0199_0028: A report-cum-petition from Kājīlāla
Karmācāryya describing problems in organizing the Vīskāṭa procession
festival of Tripurasundarī in Bhaktapur (VS 1984)
Dhading
DNA_0013_0023: A lālamohara from King Gīrvāṇayuddha
endowing land to Cāmyā Damāī for a trust for the upkeep of musical
instruments (VS 1869)
K_0294_0018: A ledger recording the revenue and
expenditures of the guṭhī of the Tripurāsundarī temple located at
Salyānkoṭ, Dhading (VS 2003)
Dolpa
K_0025_0027C
: A copy of a lālamohara from King Surendra ordering
Colonel Kṛṣṇadhvaja Kũvara Rāṇā to extend the period of Vīsnupada
Pādhyā's oversight of the Tripurasundarī guṭhī in Tripurākoṭ (VS
1911)
