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248 ghaḍī [fr. S. gaṭhikā] var. ghari, gharī, ghaṭi, ghaṭī, ghaḍi; n. a measure of time equal to 24 minutes usually measured by floating a bowl with a hole on a bucket filled with water. t.t.
2091 ghaiyā n. a variety of upland rice which can be grown on unirrigated or pākho land (M.C. Regmi 1978b: 857 ). t.t.
2155 ghale [?] n. a clan (thara) among the Guruṅ, descendants of the ghale dynasty. t.t.
2935 ghana [S.] n. a large hammer, sledge hammer. t.t.
2442 ghaṇṭākarṇacaturdaśī [S.] n. fourteenth of the dark fortnight of the month of Śrāvaṇa and the festival held on that day. t.t.
2127 gharabārī n. 1) a plot of land near a house. 2) birtā grant for residential purposes, usually on a life-time basis (M.C. Regmi 1978: 857). t.t.
253 gharadara n., system of enumerating homesteads and pākho holdings every 10 years for tax assessment in the Kathmandu valley and the hilly regions (M.C. Regmi 1963: 266). t.t.
2712 gharagantī var. gharaganī, gharagandī; n. lit. "counting houses", "generic term used to denote taxes and levies collected on homesteads.“ (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 6): 150). t.t.
2961 gharī var. ghari; n. a bunch of bananas, consisting of several hands (kā̃giyā / kāī̃yo). t.t.
2657 ghaṭasthāpana [S.] n. lit. "setting up the jar", a ritual that marks the beginning of the Navarātra festival. t.t.
2560 ghā̃ṭu n. a village headman (Pant and Pierce 1989: 93). See also ghā̃ṭu buḍhā. t.t.
2561 ghā̃ṭu buḍhā var. ghāṭu vuḍhā; n. a village headman; Pant and Pierce understand ghā̃ṭu and buḍhā as two different forms of village headmen (cf. Pant and Pierce 1989: 17, 93). t.t.
2723 ghiukhānī var. ghyūkhāni, ghyukhāne, ghyūkhāne, ghiukhāne; n. "a cash levy paid on rice-fields in the hill region" (M.C. Regmi 1978: 162). t.t.
2391 ghyāṅ [fr. Tib.] n. 1) place for Buddhist worship according to the Tibetan tradition; "Buddhist monastery in the northern regions of Nepal" (M.C. Regmi 1978: 858); cf. gumbā. t.t.
2160 ghyāpriṅa [?] var. ghyābriṅ, ghyāvriṃ; also "ghyabrẽ" (Mumford 1989) or "klihbrĩ" (Pignède 1993); n. a priest (cf. Parājulī et al. VS 2052 s.v. ghyāpriṅa) or shaman (cf. Fezas 1986: 175) of the Guruṅ. t.t.
2863 gilāsa [fr. E. glass] var. gīlāsa; n. tumbler, glass. t.t.
2910 gilaṭa [fr. E. gilt] var. gīleṭ; n. nickel; German silver (Turner 1931: s.v. gilaṭ); gilt, gilding; chromium or metal plating of any kind (McGregor 1993: s.v.). t.t.
263 goḍadhuvā var. goḍadhovā; n. 1) presents in cash and kind offered to bride and groom by the bride's side during their washing of the couple's feet. 2) tax levied to finance the wedding and dowry of the reigning king's eldest daughter (Adhikari 1984: 348; M.C. Regmi 1988: 267); imposed in 1804 when Gīrvāṇayuddha's elder sister, Raṇabahādura's daughter was married (M.C. Regmi 1995: 28); in 1898/1899 (VS 1955/1956) when Princess Prāṇa Lakṣmī was married (E_3372_0037, Tsum_0001). t.t.
2299 godāna [S.] n. 1) lit. "gift of a cow", ritual gift of a cow to a Brahmin or a certain amount of money gifted in its lieu. 2) fine paid by a person who committed an offense involving loss of caste to the dharmādhikāra or a Brahmin for expiation (MA-54 60.15). 3) one of the rāja aṅka levied country-wide to finance the ritual gift of cows at the royal palace, especially for expiation in royal death rituals, collected in 1806 when Raṇa Bahādura was assassinated and in 1866 when Gīrvāṇayuddha died. (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 6): 150 ; M.C. Regmi 2002: 299 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 226; M.C. Regmi 1995: 29). t.t.
2334 gokuladhūpa [fr. S. gugguladhūpa] var. gokuladhupa, guguladhupa; n. bdellium incense, resin from the Indian bdellium-tree (Commiphora wightii [Arn.] Bhandari). t.t.
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