Goddesses have played a vital role in the conception, structure, and expression of kingship in Nepal. In royal ideology, kings have relied on their śakti—“might” or “regal power”—which manifests in many forms. Accordingly, the Shah kings—like earlier dynasties—sponsored rituals and places of worship dedicated to various goddesses, both in their capitals and throughout their realm. The aim of this project is to trace the relationship between female deities and human rulers, as well as the relationships among the goddesses themselves, with a particular focus on the history and development of specific local worship traditions.
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 items provided for Navarātra worship (VS 1838)
K_0582_0046: A rukkā from King Gīrvāṇayuddha to the trustees and servants of Śrī Bhagavatī of Kaḍelacoka regarding worship materials 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 regarding the offering of female slaves to Palāñcoka Bhagavatī (VS 1832)
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K_0580_0002: A copy of a lālamohara from King Raṇabahādura regarding a trust for the worship of 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 from Commander-in-Chief Bhīma Śamśera ordering the Gūṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā to summon recalcitrant ritualists from 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 regarding the management of the Taleju Temple trust 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 granting land to Cāmyā Damāī for a trust to maintain 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 issued by 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 issued by 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 issued by King Rājendra instructing the priest Viśṇupada Pādhyā to conduct a sadāvarta related to the Tripurasundarī temple in Tripurākoṭa (VS 1897)
K_0093_0002W: A copy of a rukkā from King Rājendra authorizing Syāmadhara Kaṭhāyet to receive one pāṭhī of jhusyā from each household for his ritual duties at the Tripurasundarī temple in Jumlā (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 receive one pāṭhī of jhusyā from each household for his ritual duties at the Tripurasundarī temple in Jumlā (VS 1909)
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(VS 1911)
K_0025_0028A: A copy of a lālamohara from King Surendra instructing Colonel Kṛṣṇadhvaja Kuvara Rāṇā to provide substitute land closer to the Tripurasundarī temple in Tripurākoṭ (VS 1911)
K_0093_0002K: An executive order from Kṛṣṇadhvaja Kũvara Rāṇā to Vīsnupada Pādhyā restoring him to his post at the Tripurasundarī Guṭhī in Tripurākoṭ (VS 1912)K_0165_0013: A letter from the Gośvārā of the East, no. 2 to the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā regarding a record of expenses for 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 from Jītajaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā instructing a local revenue official not to collect taxes 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 at 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 Sindhupalchok (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 regarding 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 regarding 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 regarding 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 an investigation into the priests Jogabāhādura and Durgācarṇa Karmācārye regarding the theft of a Tripurasundarī statue (VS 1977)
statue (VS 1977)
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 regarding 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 regarding the theft of a statue of Tripurasundarī in Bhaktapur (VS 1977)
K_0262_0057: A purjī from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā to Devānī Phā̃ṭa regarding the 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 regarding the confiscation of property belonging to the priest Jogabāhādura (VS 1977)
K_0262_0061: A public notice from the Guṭhī Bandobasta to the residents of Tulāche regarding 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 regarding the auction of property confiscated from the priest Joga Bāhādura (VS 1977)
K_0207_0065: A document from the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā to the Sindhupalchok Māla office regarding a missing document relating to an annual report on the operating costs of the Tripurasundarī and Vatsalā temples (VS 1981)
K_0199_0028: A report and petition from Kājīlāla Karmācāryya describing problems in organizing the Vīskāṭa procession festival of Tripurasundarī in Bhaktapur (VS 1984)
K_0177_0041: A petition submitted by Bikulāla Karmācārjye to the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā requesting that an emolument related to the Bisket jātrā and the Tripurasundarī temple in 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 regarding the Dasaĩ rituals at the Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1944)
K_0636_0036: A copy of a purjī from Commander-in-Chief General Deva Śamśera to Kharidāra Harilāla regarding the Baḍādasaĩ rituals at the Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1947)
K_0379_0073: A copy of a purjī from Commander-in-Chief General Deva Śamśera to Kharidāra Narahari Pādhyā regarding the Baḍādasaĩ rituals at the Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1951)
K_0625_0006: A copy of a purjī from Commander-in-Chief General Deva Śamśera to Kharidāra Narahari Pādhyā regarding the Baḍādasaĩ rituals at the PāñK_0640_0019: A copy of a purjī from Commander-in-Chief General Deva Śamśera to Kharidāra Candra Bahādura Sāha regarding the Dasaĩ rituals at the Pāñcāyana temple (VS 1954)
K_0614_0029: A copy of a purjī from Commander-in-Chief Deva Śamśera to the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā requesting cash and in-kind contributions to conduct the Dasaĩ rituals (VS 1955)K_0269_0038: A deposition submitted by Joga Bahādura Karmācārya before the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā regarding the operation of the Taleju Temple trust 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 and petition by 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 granting land to Cāmyā Damāī for a trust to maintain 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
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Dolpa
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