A copy of a lālamohara from King Gīrvāṇayuddha re financing worship of Śrī Kālikā of Gorkhā’s dasaĩghara (VS 1865)

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Catalogue identifier: kali-fifty4-013
Alternate titles and import identifiers: KALI-50B4-013
Author or attribution: Astrid Zotter, editor and translator, in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya
Record type: Reference
Language: Nepali / English
Date / edition: 2021; revised 2023-03-01
Source / repository: Documenta Nepalica — Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Access: Open access
Subjects: 50 Full-Text Sources — Batch 4, November 2026; Historical ritual and temple document editions; Historical Document Editions; Government Records

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This short royal administrative record fixes the revenue contract supporting twenty-four annual aṣṭamī observances for Śrī Kālikā at Gorkha. It identifies the Purkoṭa land endowment, enumerates exemptions from taxes and customs duties, and requires people living within the trust to transport ritual supplies. The edition includes the Nepali text, English translation and a commentary explaining the contract mechanism and its relationship to the queen mother’s earlier donation. It is useful for tracing how worship depended on agricultural revenue, labor and state protection. The editor carefully leaves unresolved when the trust began operating and how long this revenue-collection arrangement lasted. It is a distinct 1808 instrument, not another link to the 1799 charter.

Curator source KALI-50B4-013. Historical ritual and temple document editions. Research supplement dated 5 November 2026.
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13. A copy of a lālamohara from King Gīrvāṇayuddha re financing worship of Śrī Kālikā of Gorkhā’s dasaĩghara (VS 1865)
Author/editor: Astrid Zotter, editor and translator, in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya | 2021; revised 2023-03-01
Type / language: Complete scholarly digital edition and English translation of a historical document | Nepali and English
This short royal administrative record fixes the revenue contract supporting twenty-four annual aṣṭamī observances for Śrī Kālikā at Gorkha. It identifies the Purkoṭa land endowment, enumerates exemptions from taxes and customs duties, and requires people living within the trust to transport ritual supplies. The edition includes the Nepali text, English translation and a commentary explaining the contract mechanism and its relationship to the queen mother’s earlier donation. It is useful for tracing how worship depended on agricultural revenue, labor and state protection. The editor carefully leaves unresolved when the trust began operating and how long this revenue-collection arrangement lasted. It is a distinct 1808 instrument, not another link to the 1799 charter.
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Astrid Zotter, editor and translator, in collaboration with Pabitra Bajracharya. A copy of a lālamohara from King Gīrvāṇayuddha re financing worship of Śrī Kālikā of Gorkhā’s dasaĩghara (VS 1865). Documenta Nepalica — Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. 2021; revised 2023-03-01. https://nepalica.hadw-bw.de/nepal/editions/show/3542

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