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ID Word Notes Type
2329 CSI title of member of the third class (Companion) of the "Most Exalted Order of the Star of India", an order founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. Other classes are: GCSI and KCSI. t.t.
2628 cula var. cul, cura, cu; n. unit of land measurement, one fourth of a ropanī or khā. t.t.
2933 culesī var. culyāsī; a long curved blade for cutting and preparing vegetables for cooking. t.t.
2694 curā / curo n. bracelet, bangle, made of metal or glass. t.t.
2305 curauṭe var. cuḍārā, curyāḍā; n. “hill muslims”, renowned for their bracelet manufacture. t.t.
151 cuvāna / cumāvana var. cumāuna, cumāūnī; n. levy imposed on occasion of the life-cyclic initiation (vratabandha) of the King or the Crown Prince (M.C. Regmi 1978: 856; cf.: M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 5): 125 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 225 ; M.C. Regmi 1988: 266; M.C. Regmi 1995: 76; Adhikari 1984: 346p.; Michael 2012: 130); collected in 1779 for Raṇabahādura, in 1808 for Gīrvāṇayuddha (M.C. Regmi 1995: 28), in 1863 for the son of Surendra, probably Crown Prince Trailokya (1847-1878) who died during his father's life-time (Tsum_0001_0052). t.t.
2234 cyāmakhala / cyāme [fr. N.] var. cyāhmā, cyāhmākhalaka, cyāhmāṣalaka; n. Newar caste similar to Poḍes in occupation yet considered lower to Poḍes in social gradation, the lowest caste among the Untouchable caste groups according to the Mulukī Ain (MA-54.160.1), inferior to Poḍhe caste. t.t.
1807 ḍabalī n. the central open part of a market; an open public space at crossroads. t.t.
2913 ḍāḍu var. ḍāru; n. scoop with a long handle. t.t.
1904 daidastura n. a customary fee. See also dastura. t.t.
2061 dakṣiṇā [S.] var. dachiṇa, dachīnā, dachenā; sacrificial fee or wage paid to the priest at the end of a ritual. t.t.
2537 dakṣiṇa tarphakā kamyāṃḍiṅ janarala n. southern commanding general; fifth position in the Rāṇā hierarchy and fourth in the Rāṇā roll of succession. t.t.
2140 dāma var. dām; n. the smallest monetary unit, one-fourth of one paisā (in case of measurements of land etc.) and one-256th of one mohararupaiyā̃. t.t.
2179 damāī̃ var. ḍamāī, damāi, damāī, damai; also nagarcī or darjī; n. 1) sub-caste traditionally working as tailors and musicians at temples and in life-cyclic rituals of the Indo-Parbatiya. 2) 5th lowest caste (superior to Cyāmes, Poḍhes, Vādīs and Gāines) among the Untouchables in the Mulukī Ain’s caste hierarchy (MA-54.160.5). t.t.
171 dāmala n. To brand an offender; MA-KM 1854 42.2 regulates that an offender should be branded on the left cheek. t.t.
3013 damāra n. 1. malarious place in forested ravines or at riverbanks; 2. a bushy area. t.t.
2943 dambarakumārī n. a particular fabric printed with colourful pattern; ḍhākā imitation. t.t.
904 daṃḍakuṃḍa / daṇḍakuṇḍa n. generic term for judicial fines and penalties. t.t.
2838 dānā [fr. P. dāna] n. a grain, seed, berry; a single small object; something to be threaded (as a bead, a pearl). t.t.
2261 dānapatra [S.] n. deed of gift. t.t.
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