Word | Notes |
biseṭa | var. biseṭ, viseṭ, viseṭa, besata; n. 1) a temple steward (cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 855) or a person responsible for administering a religious institution. 2) an official responsible for accountancy of temple trusts, as e.g. of the Paśupatinātha Bhaṇḍāra (Michaels 1994: 158-161). Michaels renders the term as "viśeṣ" and relates the different spellings attested to Skt. viśeṣa (ibd.: 160 n. 138). As the earliest reference quoted goes back to the Malla period (NS 794) and renders the term as beseta (G. Vajrācārya 1966: 23) it seems more likely that the term comes from Newari and is a variant of New. besata/byaṣṭa, "messenger" (cp. Malla et al. 2000: s.v.). |
Chebhaḍela | n. government institution responsible for building and renovating state houses and properties (M.C. Regmi 1978: 856; M.C. Regmi 1978: 226); “The Chhebhadel according to Brian Hodgson, was a tribunal for the settlement of all disputes relating to houses which did not possess criminal jurisdiction. The chief of this office Chhibha collected taxes and payments as well from the inhabitants of Kathmandu, as well as from traders visiting the town from outside. He was in charge of the supply of fuelwood to the royal palace. He also caught cattle, goats, sheep and horses which were let loose in the field and handed them over to the royal cattle sheds.“ (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 5): 125). |
darśana | n. a vision, sight or blessing of a deity or an honourable person. On darśana, see
D. Eck (1985)
and Michaels “Darśana”, in: Religion Past and Present,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_03411 (first published online in 2011; last accessed on 21 June 2022). |
Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā | var. Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍā, Guṭhi Bandobasta Aḍā; n. "Guthi Administration Office", office responsible for the management of guṭhīs; established under Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā in 1852-1853 as replacement of the former Guṭhī Kacaharī. Its foundation marks the change from the guṭhīyāri system of the guṭhī management to the contractor based system; remained the central office to coordinate all offices subsequently established for handling different aspects of guṭhī management, including the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā and others. Separate Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍās managed the śrī 5 sarkāra guṭhīs and the śrī 3 sarkāra guṭhīs (cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 713-715). |
hākima | [H. fr. A.] var. hākim, hākīm; n. chief of an administrative unit, government office or court (Adhikari 1984: 349; Kumar 1967: 165; Michael 2012: 131; M.C. Regmi 2002: 299). |
kamyāṇḍara ina cipha janarala | [fr. E.] mod. N. kamāṇḍara °; var. kamyāṇḍara īna cīpha janarala; n. commander-in-chief general, formal head of the army; second in the Rāṇā hierarchy and first in the Rāṇā roll of succession. |
kārindā | [fr. P. kāranda] var. kārīṃdā, kārīndā; n. clerk or low-ranking official. |
khānagī / khānkī / khāngī | n. 1) salary, wages, or an annual emolument. 2) emoluments of government employees and functionaries, generally in the form of land assignments (M.C. Regmi 1978: 227; cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 860; Adhikari 1984: 351). 3) rents accruing from the lands assigned to jāgiradāras (cf. M.C. Regmi 1965: 18-19). |
purjī | [fr. P. purja] var. purji, pūrjī; n. 1) slip of paper, note. 2) formal letter written by a government institution or an official to another institution or to a person. |
Rāṇā Roll of Succession | The Rāṇā roll of succession fixed the names of lawful claimants to various high offices of the state in hierarchical order from the top-most post of prime minister and commander-in-chief (prāimaminisṭara yaṇḍa kamyāṇḍara ina cipha) downwards. It was initiated by Jaṅga Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā after his return from Europe in 1856 (and revised by him in 1860 and 1868). Later, Vīra Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā and other prime ministers either made new rolls or revised the existing ones (Kumar 1967: 66).
The offices were:
1. commander-in-chief general (kamyāṇḍara ina cipha janarala)
2. western commanding general (paścima tarphakā kamyāṃḍiṅ janarala)
3. eastern commanding general (pūrva tarphakā kamyāṃḍiṅ janarala)
4. southern commanding general (dakṣiṇa tarphakā kamyāṃḍiṅ janarala)
5. northern commanding general (uttara tarphakā kamyāṃḍiṅ janarala)
followed by:
- generals (janarala)
- lieutenant generals (lephṭena janarala)
- major generals (mejara janarala)
- lieutenant colonels (lephṭena karṇela)
- colonels (karṇela)
- etc.
(Kumar 1967: 66, 100).
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śrī | [S.] n. word of blessing, can be used as apprecatio, in which case it means 'good fortune' (Pant and Pierce 1989: 12), can be used as a prefix to names of persons and gods, in which case it means 'venerable' or 'glorious' respectively. The number of śrīs used varies, depending on context. |
śrī 5 sarkāra | lit. "five-times venerable ruler"; commonly used to refer to the Śāha king (cp. Whelpton 2005: 266) and often indistinctively to his government (Lecomte-Tilouine 2015). |
. VS 2073.
. Kathmandu: Makālu Prakāśana Gṛha.