Mu Baha monastery, (in) Patan, Bagmati Zone, NP

Raw data

This is a small, simple monastery in Patan. There is a donative inscription from 1447 CE. It's size suggest no more than 20 monks. —

See Kathmandu Valley: The Preservation of Physical Environment and Cultural Heritage, A Protective Inventory (Vienna: Anton Schroll & Co,1975), II, p. 147

Patan's early name was Yupagrama.

See Theodore Riccardi, Jr., "Buddhism in Ancient and Early Medieval Nepal" In A.K. Narain, Studies in History of Buddhism (Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation. 1980), p. 270.

Src: Nepal

Input by: Stewart Gordon, Sep 20, 2009

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 03 Oct 2013

Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.

General location of the Mu Baha monastery, NP.
Lat 27.6667 Long 85.3333
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.

Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=27.6667+85.3333+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Mu%20Baha%20monastery,%20NP)&ll=27.6667,85.3333&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

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Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

• Mu Baha

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2. Monastery's modern country & province

• Nepal: Bagmati Zone

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3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

• Yupagrama - Riccardi (1980:270)

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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

• Approx., Lat 27.6667 Long 85.3333 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html

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5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

• [missing data]

6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village

• Patan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html

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7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

• Yala - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html
• Lalitapura - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html
• Pātan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html
• Lalitpur - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html

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8. The settlement's coordinates

• Approx., Lat 27.6667 Long 85.3333 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html

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9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

• Mahayana

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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

• [missing data]

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11. Date-early

• [missing data]

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12. Date-intermediate

• 1447 CE (inscription of repair)

MBM chrono-tag: 1200=> - tmciolek 03 Oct 2013
1200=> dated-x

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13. Date-late

• [missing data]

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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

• [missing data]

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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

• archaeology, one inscription

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16. Additional notes

• Less than 20 monks in the late 20th. c.

17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

• [missing data]

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