Liṅga situated in Deopatan, close to the Paśupatinath temple, Kathmandu. Saṃvat 399.

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Object ID OB02006
Title Deopatan Sivalinga
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Inscription(s) IN02009
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Description
Material Stone / sandstone
Object Type liṅga
Dimensions:
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Height 19,5
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Details Liṅga circumference: 89 cm Base of the liṅga: H 19,5 cm Spout: 40 cm See Mirnig, Nina. “Early Strata of Śaivism in the Kathmandu Valley”. Indo-Iranian Journal. 2016: 59, p. 326, Table 1.
History
Created:
Date 477
Place Kathmandu
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Place Kathmandu
Other modern history Now situated in the house of Shivasharan Raj Bhandari, Pashupatinath area (N.Mirnig)
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Date 2014
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Authority Mirnig, Nina. "Early Strata of Śaivism in the Kathmandu Valley". 2016. Indo-Iranian Journal, 59: 321-322.
Details Gnoli, Raniero. Nepalese Inscriptions in Gupta Characters. Roma: Is. M. E. O. 1956. Plate 8, Inscription 6, p. 9. Vajrācārya, Dhanavajra. Licchavikālakā abhilekha. 1973. Kathmandu: Nepāla ra Eśiyālī Adhyayana Saṃsthāna, Tribhuvana Viśvavidyālaya. pp. 50-54; Regmi, Dilli Raman. Inscriptions of Ancient Nepal. 1983. Vol. 1, p. 10; vol. 2. pp. 6-7. Mirnig, Nina. “Early Strata of Śaivism in the Kathmandu Valley”. Indo-Iranian Journal. 2016:59, pp. 321-322.
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