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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | dasaĩghara | var. dasaighara; n. lit. "house for dasaĩ;" ritual arena for worshipping the goddess Durgā on the occasion of dasaĩ, either in a room or building exclusively used for this purpose (see K_0625_0039), or temporarily erected within another building. | t.t. |
| 3031 | daśakarma | [S.] n. lit. "the ten rituals". In Newar Buddhism a set of ten life-cycle rituals used to consecrate or reconsecrate a holy image. The ten rites consist of: 1) jātakarma (birth purification) 2) nāmakaraṇa (name giving) 3) phalaprāśana (feeding fruits) 4) annaprāśana (first rice feeding) 5) cūḍākaraṇa (first head-shaving) 6) vratādeśa (beginning learning) 7) upanayana (loincloth worship/monastic initiation) 8) vratamokṣaṇa (removing monk's robe) 9) pāṇigrahaṇa (marriage) 10) prāṇapratiṣṭhā (the actual consecration of the image) (see Locke 1980: 210-18; Gellner 1992: 198-99). | t.t. |
| 1818 | daśanāmī | [S.] n. an order of Śaiva ascetics said to be founded by Śaṅkarācharya. | t.t. |
| 2206 | daśanāmī | var. dasanāma; | t.t. |
| 2326 | Dāsatvamocana Aḍḍā | n. the manumission office established by Candra Śamśera in VS 1982 (1925 CE). | t.t. |
| 2178 | dasauda | n. a 10-percent tax or fee imposed on sales, compensations etc. by the state. | t.t. |
| 2256 | daskata / daskhata | var. dasṣat; [fr. P. dastkhata]; n. 1) signature, especially that of the prime minister (Adhikari 1984: 347); 2) a missive signed by the prime minister (see also lālamohara daskhata and rukkā daskhata) or another high official. | t.t. |
| 2563 | dastkhata | [P.]; n. signature. See also daskata / daskhata. | t.t. |
| 909 | dastura | [fr. P. dastūr] n. 1) customary fee. 2) custom, tradition, rule. See also daidastura. | t.t. |
| 2232 | deśī | var. desi; | t.t. |
| 2223 | devabhāju | var. Deobhāju; n. a Hindu Newar priest. The Rājopādhyāyas are known as Devabhājus, prominently, in the Kathmandu Valley. They act as household priests for high Hindu Newar castes. In the officially endorsed caste-hierarchy in the Mulukī Ain they were ranked lower than Upādhyāya and Jaisī Brahmins. | t.t. |
| 2685 | devālīpūjā | [fr. S.] n. collective worship of the kuladevatā with blood sacrifice, performed regularly on a specific lunar day, for which all members of a lineage (kulabandhu) convene. | t.t. |
| 2194 | devāna | [fr. A.] var. divāna, dīvāna; n. 1) head of the Revenue and Finance Departments, minister, chief officer of the State Revenue Ministry or Department (Michael 2012: 131). 2) a local tax-collection functionary in the western tarai region (M.C. Regmi 1978b: 856). | t.t. |
| 1992 | devāna | Head of the State Revenue Ministry or Department. | t.t. |
| 2713 | Devānī Phā̃ṭa | var. devānī phāṭ, divānī phāṭ, dīvānī phāṭā, dīvānī phā̃ṭā; n. division or section of a civil court. | t.t. |
| 2778 | ḍhaḍḍā | n. "register, often containing land details" (Michael 2012: 131). | t.t. |
| 2782 | dhaḥmā | [fr. New. dharamā] n. the shaft used for steering a chariot (Malla 2000: 240); a shaft that passes through the chariot between the wheels and which is upturned at one end. There is always a painting of Bhairava covered by a well-made gilt copper image of the same deity on the face of the upturned part of the dhaḥmā of Buṅgadyaḥ (Red Matsyendranātha). The dhaḥmā itself is considered to represent Karkoṭaka Nāgarāja, the serpent deity who, according to a legend, stretched itself across a river from one end to another so that the King, his priest and his porter were able to cross the river with Bungadyaḥ. The water of the river had fantastical properties and turned everything which touched it into stone: as such, it was known as as Śilā Nadi, the stone river. After helping the trio, the serpent deity also sought to cross the river, but accidentally dipped the tip of his tail in the water. The part that touched the river immediately turned into stone and fell off. It is for this reason that the other end of the dhaḥmā does not have a pointed tip like a serpent’s tail; syn. ghaḥmā. | t.t. |
| 2287 | ḍhaka | t.t. | |
| 913 | ḍhākre | t.t. | |
| 2922 | ḍhāla | [S.] n. a shield. | t.t. |
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