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Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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ID Word Notes Type
932 guṭha / guṭhi / guṭhī [fr. S. goṣṭhī] var. guṭh, guthi; n. 1) a socio-religious organization that manages and finances religious and charitable functions, a trust. 2) “endowed lands or other sources of revenue for financing religious and charitable functions“ (M.R. Pant 2002: 132; cf. M.C. Regmi 1988: 267). t.t.
1877 guṭharaikara n. raikara land (i.e. taxable state-owned land) which has been endowed to a gūṭhī (cf. M.C. Regmi 1976: 58). t.t.
1810 Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā var. Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍā, Guṭhi Bandobasta Aḍā; n. "Guthi Administration Office", office responsible for the management of guṭhīs; established under Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā in 1852-1853 as replacement of the former Guṭhī Kacaharī. Its foundation marks the change from the guṭhīyāri system of the guṭhī management to the contractor based system; remained the central office to coordinate all offices subsequently established for handling different aspects of guṭhī management, including the Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā and others. Separate Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍās managed the śrī 5 sarkāra guṭhīs and the śrī 3 sarkāra guṭhīs (cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 713-715). t.t.
3049 guṭhī gosvārā var. guṭhī gosvarā; n. office for keeping the paperwork for guṭhīs. t.t.
1875 Guṭhī Jā̃ca Aḍḍā n. an institution serving an oversight function within the state’s supervision of local guṭhī management, for example in matters relating to tender arrangements. t.t.
2196 Guṭhī Kacaharī n. office responsible for the management of guṭhīs, for deciding disputes over guṭhī land and for the care for orphans and poor people (Adhikari 1984: 85–86); later replaced by the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā (cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 713-714). t.t.
2320 Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā n. office responsible for managing the expenses of the guṭhīs working under the head of the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā; two separate Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍās managed the śrī 5 sarkāra guṭhīs and the śrī 3 sarkāra guṭhīs. t.t.
2531 Guṭhī Lagata Jā̃ca Aḍḍā n. office responsible for managing the records of the guṭhīs working under the head of the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā; created before August 1908 under PM Candra Śamśera Rāṇā as part of his administrative reforms (Regmi 1984: 12). t.t.
3034 Guṭhī Saṃsthāna n. a public corporation established in 1964 (VS 2021) overseeing the management of rājaguṭhīs. t.t.
2491 Guṭhī Tahabila Phā̃ṭa n. office responsible for keeping the accounts of guṭhīs. Was it part of the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā? t.t.
2769 Guṭhī Tahasila Aḍḍā n. office responsible for collecting revenue in cash and kind from guṭhī lands, established before 1891 (K_0402_0058). t.t.
2445 guṭhiyāra var. guṭhīyāra, guṭhiāra, guṭhīāra; n. member of a guṭhī, trustee, functionary responsible for the administration and management of guṭhīs (M.C. Regmi 1978: 708–711). t.t.
1815 habaladāra / havaladāra var. havaldāra; n. a lower, non-commissioned military officer (Kumar 1967: 165; Whelpton 1991: 282; Stiller 1981: 380) equivalent to Sergeant (Adhikari 1984: 349); below the jamadāra (cf. Parājulī et al 1995: s.v. habaladāra). See also huddā. t.t.
2146 hāḍaphorā [fr. S.] var. haḍphorā; n. incestuous sexual relation. t.t.
2477 haka [A.] var. hak; n. 1) “Prescriptive right or claim“ (Adhikari 1984: 349). 2) material or property on which one holds a right or claim. t.t.
1986 hākima [H. fr. A.] var. hākim, hākīm; n. chief of an administrative unit, government office or court (Adhikari 1984: 349; Kumar 1967: 165; Michael 2012: 131; M.C. Regmi 2002: 299). t.t.
2396 hale n. pākho land holding in the hill region which could be plowed by one ox-team in one day, half of such holding was called pāte, a holding smaller than pāte was called kodāle (M.C. Regmi 2002: 299; cf. M.C. Regmi 1999: 234 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 858; M.C. Regmi 1988: 267). t.t.
3082 haṇḍā var. haṃḍā; n. a large pot made of metal or clay; cauldron. Used in some documents instead of haṇḍī (alms). t.t.
2170 haṇḍī [H.] var. haṇḍi; 1) n. an earthen pot. 2) an earthen pot to give alms mainly regularly by the government or other institution to ascetics, students, poor people etc. 3) alms regularly given by the government or another institution to ascetics, student etc., consisting of a “quantity of rice, lentils, vegetables, spices, salt, etc., given as a dole for a full meal.“ (M.C. Regmi 1978: 859) t.t.
2766 haribodhinī ekādaśī [S.] n. eleventh lunar day of the bright fortnight of Kārttika that celebrates the end of Viṣṇu's sleep during the monsoon, the end of the caturmāsa period. t.t.
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