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2381 dhāmī n. oracle medium, possessed by and acting as a lineage or territorial deity (see Shrestha-Schipper 2009@BJ); could be "appointed by the State in some Tarai and inner Tarai districts to look after the people and keep the gods satisfied. Their main function was to check the depredations of wild animals, particularly tigers" (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 6): 148 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 226; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 183). t.t.
2143 dhanasāra [fr. S.] var. dhansāra; n. 1) granary, ration godown. 2) an office for revenue collection. 3) one of the four central courts (cāra adālata) located in Kathmandu, the others being Koṭiliṅga, Ṭaksāra and Iṭācapalī. t.t.
3084 dharma [S.] duty, law, religious duty, caste duty; religion; righteousness, goodness. t.t.
2254 dharmādhikāra / dharmādhikārī [S. dharmādhikārin] n. chief judge in religious jurisdiction whose main duties are to grant expiation and rehabilitation to polluted individuals. The term is exclusively used for Brahmins. t.t.
1334 dharmapatra [fr. S.] n. 1) a religiously solemnized document. 2) a written oath (cf. Whelpton 1991: 282). 3) a religious deed (cf. Karmacharya 2001a: 321). t.t.
2253 dharmaśālā [S.] n. charitable institution, often attached to temples or pilgrimage places. t.t.
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 var. dhur; 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. One 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.
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