ID | Word | Notes | Type |
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. |
905 | ḍaṅgola | var. ḍagola, ḍogola; n. 1) a measurer of land, houses etc. 2) a particular Newar caste. | t.t. |
1802 | danuvāra | n. an ethnic group in the lowland (cf. Bista 1996: 139-144). | t.t. |
2493 | daphadarakhānā | var. daphdarakhāna; n. registration office responsible for dealing with land assignments. | t.t. |
2371 | daphtarī | var. daphadarīyā; n. A revenue functionary responsible for the accounts of land assigned to the army personnel as emolument. The corresponding office is called daphtarakhānā. | t.t. |
2719 | darā | n. revenue sub-division comprising a number of villages in the Baisi and the Jumla region (M.C. Regmi 1978: 161; M.C. Regmi 1988: 266), sub-division of a tahasila (Kumar 1967: 165). | t.t. |