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890 birtābitalapyā also known as bitalapyā. n. holder of a birtābitalaba land grant. t.t.
892 birtāvāra / birtāvāla / birtāvālā var. virtavāra, birttāvāra, birttāvāla, birttāvālā, virttavāra; n. holder of a birtā (cf. Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v. birtā; Karmacharya 2001: 91; Whelpton 2005: 260). t.t.
1928 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.). t.t.
893 bitalaba var. bītalaba, bitalapa; also birtābitalaba or bitalapabirtā; n. an often tax-exempted land grant made by the state instead of talaba, pay or wages (cf. Parājulī et al. VS 2052: s.v.). According to M.R. Pant 2002: 132, it obliges its beneficiary, the bitalapyā or birtābitalapyā, to work for the state when called upon to do so (cf. Michael 2010: 16; M.C. Regmi 1978: 855). t.t.
2152 bitalababirtā see birtābitalaba. t.t.
894 bitalapyā var. bītalapayā, vatalapyā; also birtābitalapyā; n. holder of a bitalaba land grant. t.t.
2461 bubhaḍela n. "The Residential Title Office. An office that registered the transfer of residential property and that also had jurisdiction in disputes concerning boundaries of plots of lands and houses." (Sever 1993: 478) t.t.
2559 buḍhā n. a village headman in northwestern Nepal (Karmacharya 2001: 91; Pant and Pierce 1989: 93; M.C. Regmi 1970: 124). See also ghā̃ṭu buḍhā. t.t.
2019 buḍhāko pagarī dastura n. "fee payable by a village headman on account of his holding the office of a headman" (M.L. Karmacharya 1996: 62) t.t.
106 buḍhyaulī var. buḍheulī; n. 1) a member of the Limbu village council in Pallokirat. 2) a village headman in some areas in the north-western Himalayan region. (M.C. Regmi 1978b: 855; cf.: M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 5): 124 ); a village functionary (Adhikari 1984: 346) t.t.
2844 bulākī [fr. T. bulaq] n. a pendant worn from the septum of the nose. t.t.
2440 busādhã [New.] see varṣabandhana. t.t.
2842 buṭṭā n. an ornamentation in form of a tree, creeper, flower etc.; embroidery; braid; filigree work. t.t.
2122 cāhāra [fr. P.] n. 1) land of the fourth or lowest quality. 2) fourth. t.t.
2097 caite dasaĩ var. caityā dasai, caitra dasai, caitrā dasai; n. festival to worship the goddess Durgā as slayer of the buffalo demon, held in the bright half of the spring month of Caitra. Cf. dasaĩ / daśaĩ. t.t.
2653 caitrāṣṭamī [S.] var. caitra aṣṭamī; n. eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Caitra and major day of the Caitedasaĩ festival. t.t.
2156 cākacakuī var. cākacakui, cāṣa caṣui; n. often translated as "adultery" or "fine for adultery" (see e.g. M.C. Regmi 1982: 135; cf. Śarmā VS 2032: s.v. cākacakuī) and sometimes as "incest" (cf. Bhaṭṭarāī and Dāhāla VS 2041: s.v. cāka cakuī) the word also denotes forms of marriage among different ethnic groups which are not in accordance with the Hindu ideal of marriage (see Stiller 1976: 174). According to the Mulukī Ain, the punishment for members of Enslavable castes was the enslavement of the man (cāka) and the woman (cakuī or cakuī) (see Fezas 1986: 173 with reference to the Mulukī Ain, ch. 86"māsinyā jyū amālile lināko" [MA-KM VS 2022: 367-68], for further details, see note in DNA_0014_0028). t.t.
1849 cākhuro / cyākhuro var. cākhurā; n. a certain bird, probably Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar [Gray]), according to Turner 1931 (s.v. cākhuro): red-legged partridge [Alectoris rufa]. See commentary to DNA_0013_0070. t.t.
2002 cakrapūjā [S.] var. cakrapujā; n. lit. "worship in a circle", a ritual performed by the Kanphaṭṭās in an annual cycle in different localities in Kathmandu Valley (see Unbescheid 1980: 109-127 and passim). t.t.
2874 camcā [H.] var. camacā; 1) n. a large spoon. 2) ladle. t.t.
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