from Adyar archives of the International Theosophical Society
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vol. title: vol. period: 1879-1880 pages in vol.: 577 |
< Letter from Maha Ranee Sumomoyee to H. S. Olcott (continued from page 10-5) >
to the "Theosophist."
To ensure safety of the remittance I enclose halves of the notes and beg to be favored with an acknowledgment.
I am.
Your's faithfully
Maha Ranee Surnomoyee
শ্রীমন্মহারানী স্বর্ণময়ী]
Cossimbazar
Rajbaree
The 3rd September 1879
Editor's notes
- ↑ image by unknown author. This circular trilingual seal is the official administrative emblem of the Maharani of Cossimbazar, validating documents through colonial, regional, and traditional scripts. The fixed outer rim is engraved with "SHEEMUTTEE MAHARANEE SURNOMOYEE • 19th SEPTEMBER 1872," the permanent date of her official Investiture ("THE COSSIMBAZAR DURBAR," The Homeward Mail from India, China and the East, October 14, 1872, Vol. XVI, No. 823, p. 1290). The internal Bengali field was a dynamic section used for dating specific registrations, which in this case reads সন ১২৮৬ সাল তারিখ ৪ আশ্বিন (September 19, 1879). Notably, this registration occurred exactly on the seventh anniversary of her investiture, sixteen days after the letter was drafted on September 3. Whether a deliberate act of symbolism or a remarkable administrative coincidence, this alignment emphasizes the importance of the document, which was finalized with the invocation শ্রীশ্রীলক্ষ্মীনারায়ণজি সহায় ("With the aid of Sri Sri Lakshmi-Narayanji") and her formal title শ্রীমতী মহারানী স্বর্ণময়ী, asserting her ancestral authority just twelve days before the launch of The Theosophist magazine.