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Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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ID Word Notes Type
2708 dharmastambha [S.] A pillar inscribed with legal, moral or religious injunctions. t.t.
2345 dhārnī [fr. Skt. dhāraṇī] var. dhārni; n. measure of weight equal to 12 pāus, “equivalent to 2.393 kg“ (cf. M.R. Pant 2002: 132 ). t.t.
2987 ḍhig [fr. P.] var. ḍhika; bank, embankment (Turner 1931: s.v.). t.t.
2306 dhobī See Hindu dhobī. t.t.
3038 ḍholaki var. ḍholak; n. a double-headed barrel drum whose smaller head is played with a hand and the larger one with a stick (Tingey 1990: 46-51). t.t.
3041 dhop bānā n. a straight, conical bore natural trumpet with a bell and an integral mouthpiece (Tingey 1990: 74). t.t.
2112 dhotī [fr. S.] n. 1) rectangular piece of unstitched cloth wordn around the lower body, usually one end of which passes between the legs and is tucked in behind. 2) a cotton sari. t.t.
2464 ḍhuṅgo chuvāunu lit. "to make sb. touch a stone". According to Hodgson (RRS 1984 16.9, p. 168), a rite at the end of a trial where the losing party has to touch a stone representing Viṣṇu or the king and has to place a fee on it, maybe for the purpose of expiation. t.t.
2860 dhūpa [S.] var. dhupa; n. incense. t.t.
2862 dhūpapātra [S.] n. vessel for burning incense (dhūpa), see also dhūpauro. t.t.
2861 dhūpauro var. dhupāūro; n. vessel for burning incense (dhūpa), see also dhūpapātra. t.t.
3079 Dhura n. unit of land-measurement in the Tarai region, comprising 16.93 m2 = 182.25 sq. ft. One kaṭṭhā is made up of 20 dhuras. Dhura is subdivided into 20 dhurkī. t.t.
2803 dhuvā n. a particular kind of fine linen. t.t.
2914 ḍibiyā var. dīvīyā; n. a small box or casket. t.t.
3045 ḍihī var. ḍihi. n. 1. unirrigated flat land at the foot of a hill on a somewhat higher ground (cf. Parājulī et al. VS 2067: s.v.); 2. mound; platform; 3. small house (cf. Turner 1931: s.v. ḍihi), homestead. t.t.
1893 ḍiṭṭhā var. ḍīṭṭhā, ḍiṭhā; a civil servant ranking above a mukhiyā and lower than a subbā (cf. Stiller 1981: 379). According to Edwards 1975: 107, ḍiṭṭhās originally had been the judges who presided over the courts in Kathmandu but later could serve in a number of other offices (such as the kausī, the hāttīsāra or the sadara daphtarakhānā; see also Kumar 1967: 165; M.C. Regmi 1978: 226). The Mulukī Ain distinguishes three categories of the ḍiṭṭhās; the jaṅgī kote ḍiṭṭhā (probably, combatant personnel), the lājimā ḍiṭṭhā and the ḍiṭṭhā in charge of Elephant or horse stable or cowshed (MA-54.31.11). t.t.
2865 diyo [fr. S. dīpa] var. dīyo; n. 1) a light, a lamp, a latern. 2) a vessel holding the oil or ghee for a lamp. t.t.
2072 dobhāna n. the confluence of two rivers. t.t.
2601 Ḍoma n. a water unacceptable caste who is listed together with Kasāī̃, Kusle and Kulu castes (MA-54 145.11). t.t.
3010 ḍoriyā n. striped material (esp. muslin). t.t.
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